LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rodney C. Adkins	Business	23-Aug-1958		Senior VP at IBM
John Adler	Politician	23-Aug-1959	4-Apr-2011	Congressman from New Jersey, 2009-11
Kenneth J. Arrow	Economist	23-Aug-1921		Social Choice and Individual Values
Roger Avary	Screenwriter	23-Aug-1965		Co-Author, Pulp Fiction
Tony Bill	Film Director	23-Aug-1940		Six Weeks
Houari Boumédienne	Head of State	23-Aug-1932	27-Dec-1978	Algerian Dictator, 1965-78
Charles F. Brannan	Politician	23-Aug-1903	2-Jul-1992	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53
Kobe Bryant	Basketball	23-Aug-1978		Embattled Los Angeles Lakers star
Scott Caan	Actor	23-Aug-1976		Hawaii Five-O
Julian Casablancas	Musician	23-Aug-1978		The Strokes frontman
John T. Chambers	Business	23-Aug-1949		CEO of Cisco
Albert Claude	Scientist	23-Aug-1899	22-May-1983	Microstructure of the cell
Lillie Hitchcock Coit	Philanthropist	23-Aug-1843	22-Jul-1929	San Francisco eccentric
John S. Cooper	Politician	23-Aug-1901	21-Feb-1991	US Senator from Kentucky
Robert F. Curl, Jr.	Chemist	23-Aug-1933		Co-Discovered fullerines
Georges Cuvier	Zoologist	23-Aug-1769	13-May-1832	Comparative anatomist, paleontologist
Nelson DeMille	Novelist	23-Aug-1943		The General's Daughter
Bobby Diamond	Actor	23-Aug-1943		Joey Newton on Fury
Kirby Dick	Film Director	23-Aug-1952		This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Barbara Eden	Actor	23-Aug-1934		I Dream of Jeannie
Lawrence Frank	Basketball	23-Aug-1970		Head Coach, Detroit Pistons
Clifford Geertz	Anthropologist	23-Aug-1926	30-Oct-2006	Thick Description
Rex Grossman	Football	23-Aug-1980		Chicago Bears QB
Bill Haslam	Politician	23-Aug-1958		Governor of Tennessee
W. E. Henley	Poet	23-Aug-1849	11-Jul-1903	Invictus
François Hotman	Scholar	23-Aug-1524	12-Feb-1590	Franco-Gallia
Robert P. Hunter	Activist	23-Aug-1940		Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Andy Ireland	Politician	23-Aug-1930		Congressman from Florida, 1977-93
Itcho Ito	Politician	23-Aug-1945	18-Apr-2007	Mayor of Nagasaki, 1995-2007
Raymond A. Jean	Business	23-Aug-1942		CEO of Quanex
Sonny Jurgensen	Football	23-Aug-1934		NFL Hall of Famer
Akhmad Kadyrov	Politician	23-Aug-1951	9-May-2004	President of Chechnya
George Kell	Baseball	23-Aug-1922	24-Mar-2009	3rd Baseman, MLB Hall of Famer
Gene Kelly	Actor	23-Aug-1912	2-Feb-1996	Singin' in the Rain
Sophie Kerr	Novelist	23-Aug-1880	6-Feb-1965	The Sound of Petticoats
Constant Lambert	Composer	23-Aug-1905	21-Aug-1951	Rio Grande
Bunny Lee	Musician	23-Aug-1941		Prolific reggae record producer
Jeremy Lin	Basketball	23-Aug-1988		Houston Rockets point guard
Shelley Long	Actor	23-Aug-1949		Diane on Cheers
Louis XVI	Royalty	23-Aug-1754	21-Jan-1793	King of France, 1774-91
Henry Lee Lucas	Criminal	23-Aug-1936	12-Mar-2001	Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Charles Martel	Royalty	23-Aug-686 AD	22-Oct-741 AD	Stopped the 732 AD Moorish advance
Edgar Lee Masters	Poet	23-Aug-1869	5-Mar-1950	Spoon River Anthology
Vera Miles	Actor	23-Aug-1929		The Searchers
Ogden L. Mills	Government	23-Aug-1884	11-Oct-1937	US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33
Jay Mohr	Comic	23-Aug-1970		Gary Unmarried
Keith Moon	Drummer	23-Aug-1946	7-Sep-1978	Drummer for The Who
Robert Mulligan	Film Director	23-Aug-1925	20-Dec-2008	To Kill a Mockingbird
Queen Noor	Royalty	23-Aug-1951		Queen of Jordan
Antonia C. Novello	Doctor	23-Aug-1944		US Surgeon General, 1990-93
Onora O'Neill	Philosopher	23-Aug-1941		President of the British Academy, 2005-09
Chan-wook Park	Film Director	23-Aug-1963		Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Ray Park	Actor	23-Aug-1974		Darth Maul
Sarah Parker	Judge	23-Aug-1942		North Carolina Chief Justice
Oliver Hazard Perry	Military	23-Aug-1785	23-Aug-1819	Won the Battle of Lake Erie
River Phoenix	Actor	23-Aug-1970	31-Oct-1993	My Own Private Idaho
Chris Potter	Actor	23-Aug-1960		Dan Lennox on Wild Card
Rags Ragland	Actor	23-Aug-1905	20-Aug-1946	Panama Hattie
Malvina Reynolds	Singer/Songwriter	23-Aug-1900	17-Mar-1978	Little Boxes
James Rolph, Jr.	Government	23-Aug-1869	2-Jun-1934	Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31
Mark Russell	Comic	23-Aug-1932		Political musician and satirist
Richard Sanders	Actor	23-Aug-1940		Les Nessman on WKRP
Hamilton O. Smith	Scientist	23-Aug-1931		Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Robert M. Solow	Economist	23-Aug-1924		Theory of economic growth
Merrie Spaeth	Business	23-Aug-1948		PR guru for Reagan, Swift Boat Vets
Rick Springfield	Musician	23-Aug-1949		Jessie's Girl
Thomas A. Steitz	Scientist	23-Aug-1940		Ribosomes
Peter Thomson	Golf	23-Aug-1929		Five-time British Open winner
James Van Praagh	Paranormal	23-Aug-1958		Spiritualist faker
Fausto Vitello	Publisher	23-Aug-1946	22-Apr-2006	Founding publisher of Thrasher
Jonathan M. Wainwright	Military	23-Aug-1883	2-Sep-1953	Commander of the Philippines
Chris Whittle	Business	23-Aug-1947		Edison Schools
Pete Wilson	Politician	23-Aug-1933		Governor of California, 1991-99
Peter Wyngarde	Actor	23-Aug-1933		Jason King

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