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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams
Diplomat
18-Aug-1807 21-Nov-1886 US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68
Brian Aldiss
Author
18-Aug-1925   Supertoys Last All Summer Long
Pete Aldridge
Business
18-Aug-1938   Under Secretary of Defense, 2001-03
Brian Michael Bendis
Author
18-Aug-1967   Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil
Craig Bierko
Actor
18-Aug-1964   Cinderella Man
Charles A. Blixt
Attorney
18-Aug-1951   Former counsel, RJ Reynolds
Mika Boorem
Actor
18-Aug-1987   The Education of Little Tree
Elayne Boosler
Comic
18-Aug-1952   Has had 7 cable comedy specials
Carole Bouquet
Actor
18-Aug-1957   For Your Eyes Only
Vincent Bugliosi
Government
18-Aug-1934   Prosecuted Manson, wrote Helter Skelter
Doro Bush
Relative
18-Aug-1959   George W. Bush's sister
Felipe Calderón
Head of State
18-Aug-1962   President of Mexico
Marcel Carné
Film Director
18-Aug-1909 31-Oct-1996 Les Enfants du Paradis
Rosalynn Carter
First Lady
18-Aug-1927   Wife of US President Jimmy Carter
Sarita Choudhury
Actor
18-Aug-1966   Mississippi Masala
Roberto Clemente
Baseball
18-Aug-1934 31-Dec-1972 Puerto Rican baseball star
Nathan Clifford
Politician
18-Aug-1803 25-Jul-1881 Congressman, Attorney General, Supreme Court
Frances Bean Cobain
Relative
18-Aug-1992   Kurt and Courtney's child
Virginia Dare
Oddity
18-Aug-1587 ? Firstborn white child of the New World
Jean Dasté
Actor
18-Aug-1904 15-Oct-1994 L'Atalante
W. Eugene Davis
Judge
18-Aug-1936   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
David Dewhurst
Politician
18-Aug-1945   Lt. Governor of Texas
Tan Dun
Composer
18-Aug-1957   Heaven, Earth, Mankind
Gus Edwards
Songwriter
18-Aug-1879 7-Nov-1945 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Taher Elgamal
Computer Programmer
18-Aug-1955   Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm
Heino Ferch
Actor
18-Aug-1963   The Tunnel
Marshall Field
Business
18-Aug-1834 16-Jan-1906 Founder of Marshall Field's
Gail Fisher
Actor
18-Aug-1935 2-Dec-2000 Peggy Fair on Mannix
Walther Funk
Government
18-Aug-1890 31-May-1960 Reich economic minister
Timothy F. Geithner
Government
18-Aug-1961   US Secretary of the Treasury
Louie Gohmert
Politician
18-Aug-1953   Congressman, Texas 1st
Susan Golding
Politician
18-Aug-1945   Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000
Austan D. Goolsbee
Economist
18-Aug-1969   Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-11
Otto Harbach
Songwriter
18-Aug-1873 24-Jan-1963 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Marvin Harris
Anthropologist
18-Aug-1927 25-Oct-2001 Anthropological historian
Walter J. Hickel
Politician
18-Aug-1919 7-May-2010 Twice Governor of Alaska
Robert B. Horton
Business
18-Aug-1939   CEO of BP, 1989-92
Richard D. James
Electronic Musician
18-Aug-1971   Aphex Twin
John Scarlett
Spy
18-Aug-1948   Head of MI6
Rafer Johnson
Track and Field
18-Aug-1935   Olympic track and field star
Christopher Jones
Actor
18-Aug-1941   Wild in the Streets
Donald Kennedy
Educator
18-Aug-1931   Editor-in-Chief of Science
Masta Killa
Musician
18-Aug-1969   Wu-Tang Clan
Joseph E. Kurtz
Religion
18-Aug-1946   Catholic Archbishop of Louisville
Denis Leary
Comic
18-Aug-1957   Loud, smoking comic
Meriwether Lewis
Explorer
18-Aug-1774 11-Oct-1809 Lewis and Clark expedition
Kermit V. Lipez
Judge
18-Aug-1941   1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph Marcell
Actor
18-Aug-1948   Geoffrey on Fresh Prince
William P. McCormick
Diplomat
18-Aug-1939   US Ambassador to New Zealand
Mika
Singer
18-Aug-1983   Lebanese Britpop singer
Luc Montagnier
Scientist
18-Aug-1932   Co-Discoverer of HIV
Alan Mowbray
Actor
18-Aug-1896 25-Mar-1969 Founding member, Screen Actors Guild
Martin Mull
Comic
18-Aug-1943   Fernwood Tonight
Edward Norton
Actor
18-Aug-1969   Fight Club
Bo Hi Pak
Business
18-Aug-1930   Sun Myung Moon's right-hand man
Glenn Plummer
Actor
18-Aug-1961   South Central
Roman Polanski
Film Director
18-Aug-1933   Chinatown
John Price
Diplomat
18-Aug-1933   US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05
Robert Redford
Actor
18-Aug-1936   The Sundance Kid
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Novelist
18-Aug-1922 18-Feb-2008 Proponent of the nouveau roman
Antonio Salieri
Composer
18-Aug-1750 7-May-1825 Tarare
Andy Samberg
Actor
18-Aug-1978   SNL, The Lonely Island
Henry G. Sanders
Actor
18-Aug-1942   Robert E. on Dr. Quinn
Robert Sayre
Diplomat
18-Aug-1924   US Ambassador to Brazil, 1978-81
Marge Schott
Baseball
18-Aug-1928 2-Mar-2004 Owner, Cincinnati Reds
Jeremy Shockey
Football
18-Aug-1980   NY Giants Tight End
Christian Slater
Actor
18-Aug-1969   Kuffs, True Romance
Leo Slezak
Singer
18-Aug-1873 1-Jun-1946 Operatic tenor
Adam Storke
Actor
18-Aug-1962   Mystic Pizza
Madeleine Stowe
Actor
18-Aug-1958   The General's Daughter
Nadine Strossen
Activist
18-Aug-1950   President of the ACLU
Patrick Swayze
Actor
18-Aug-1952 14-Sep-2009 Dirty Dancing
Brook Taylor
Mathematician
18-Aug-1685 29-Dec-1731 Calculus of Finite Differences
Jacob Vargas
Actor
18-Aug-1971   The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Actor
18-Aug-1970   Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Silas Warner
Computer Programmer
18-Aug-1949 26-Feb-2004 Castle Wolfenstein
Caspar Weinberger
Government
18-Aug-1917 28-Mar-2006 Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
Grant Williams
Actor
18-Aug-1930 28-Jul-1985 The Incredible Shrinking Man
Robert H. Winters
Politician
18-Aug-1910 10-Oct-1969 Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68
Shelley Winters
Actor
18-Aug-1920 14-Jan-2006 Method actress and camp queen
Bob Woodruff
Journalist
18-Aug-1961   Co-Anchor, World News Tonight


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