| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Herbert M. Allison |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 2002-08 |
| Yasser Arafat |
Politician |
24-Aug-1929 |
10-Nov-2004 |
Palestinian leader, former terrorist |
| Anne Archer |
Actor |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
Fatal Attraction |
| Kenny Baker |
Actor |
24-Aug-1934 |
|
The man inside R2D2 |
| Rich Beem |
Golf |
24-Aug-1970 |
|
Winner, 2002 PGA Championship |
| Max Beerbohm |
Critic |
24-Aug-1872 |
20-May-1956 |
Caricaturist, Seven Men |
| Ronee Blakley |
Actor |
24-Aug-1945 |
|
Nashville |
| Jorge Luis Borges |
Author |
24-Aug-1899 |
14-Jun-1986 |
The Garden of Forking Paths |
| Robert R. Bowie |
Government |
24-Aug-1909 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79 |
| Danny Joe Brown |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1951 |
10-Mar-2005 |
Singer for Molly Hatchet |
| A. S. Byatt |
Critic |
24-Aug-1936 |
|
Possession |
| Orson Scott Card |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1951 |
|
Ender's Game |
| Helena Carter |
Actor |
24-Aug-1923 |
11-Jan-2000 |
Invaders from Mars |
| Dave Chappelle |
Comic |
24-Aug-1973 |
|
Chappelle's Show |
| Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Max Cleland |
Politician |
24-Aug-1942 |
|
US Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003 |
| Paulo Coelho |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
The Alchemist |
| Gerry Cooney |
Boxing |
24-Aug-1956 |
|
Fought Larry Holmes |
| Malcolm Cowley |
Author |
24-Aug-1898 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Exile's Return |
| William J. Coyne |
Politician |
24-Aug-1936 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1981-2003 |
| John Culberson |
Politician |
24-Aug-1956 |
|
Congressman, Texas 7th |
| Richard Cardinal Cushing |
Religion |
24-Aug-1895 |
2-Nov-1970 |
Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70 |
| James D'Arcy |
Actor |
24-Aug-1975 |
|
Revelation |
| Grey DeLisle |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1973 |
|
Singer and voice actress |
| Nick Denton |
Publisher |
24-Aug-1966 |
|
Gawker Media |
| Betty Dodson |
Author |
24-Aug-1929 |
|
Sex for One |
| Avery Cardinal Dulles |
Religion |
24-Aug-1918 |
12-Dec-2008 |
Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal |
| Preston Foster |
Actor |
24-Aug-1900 |
14-Jul-1970 |
My Friend Flicka |
| Stephen Fry |
Actor |
24-Aug-1957 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster |
| Carlo Gambino |
Criminal |
24-Aug-1902 |
15-Oct-1976 |
Don of the Gambino Crime family |
| Carmine Giovinazzo |
Actor |
24-Aug-1973 |
|
Det. Danny Messer on CSI: NY |
| David Gregory |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1970 |
|
NBC News White House correspondent |
| Rupert Grint |
Actor |
24-Aug-1988 |
|
Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series |
| Kenny Guinn |
Politician |
24-Aug-1936 |
22-Jul-2010 |
Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007 |
| Steve Guttenberg |
Actor |
24-Aug-1958 |
|
Police Academy |
| Victor Halperin |
Film Director |
24-Aug-1895 |
17-May-1983 |
White Zombie |
| Nedda Harrigan |
Actor |
24-Aug-1899 |
1-Apr-1989 |
Devil's Island |
| Jared Harris |
Actor |
24-Aug-1961 |
|
I Shot Andy Warhol |
| Ken Hensley |
Musician |
24-Aug-1945 |
|
Former Uriah Heep keyboardist |
| Oscar Hijuelos |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1951 |
|
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love |
| Linda Hogan |
TV Personality |
24-Aug-1959 |
|
Ex-wife of Hulk Hogan |
| Bob Holden |
Politician |
24-Aug-1949 |
|
Governor of Missouri, 2001-05 |
| Harry Hooper |
Baseball |
24-Aug-1887 |
18-Dec-1974 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Mike Huckabee |
Politician |
24-Aug-1955 |
|
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007 |
| Shirley Hufstedler |
Judge |
24-Aug-1925 |
|
US Secretary of Education, 1979-81 |
| Dennis James |
Game Show Host |
24-Aug-1917 |
3-Jun-1997 |
Early TV game show pioneer |
| Jean-Michel Jarre |
Electronic Musician |
24-Aug-1948 |
|
Oxygene and Equinoxe |
| Duke Kahanamoku |
Swimmer |
24-Aug-1890 |
22-Jan-1968 |
Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist |
| Mel Karmazin |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 |
| Craig Kilborn |
Talk Show Host |
24-Aug-1962 |
|
Anchor of The Daily Show, 1996-98 |
| David Koechner |
Actor |
24-Aug-1962 |
|
SNL alumnus, character actor |
| René Lévesque |
Politician |
24-Aug-1922 |
1-Nov-1987 |
Premier of Quebec, 1976-85 |
| Jennifer Lien |
Actor |
24-Aug-1974 |
|
Kes on Star Trek: Voyager |
| Joe Manchin |
Politician |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
US Senator from West Virginia |
| Harry M. Markowitz |
Economist |
24-Aug-1927 |
|
Portfolio theory |
| Marlee Matlin |
Actor |
24-Aug-1965 |
|
Deaf actress on The West Wing |
| Vince McMahon |
Wrestling |
24-Aug-1945 |
|
World Wrestling Entertainment impresario |
| Aparicio Méndez |
Head of State |
24-Aug-1904 |
26-Jun-1988 |
President of Uruguay, 1976-81 |
| Takashi Miike |
Film Director |
24-Aug-1960 |
|
Ichi the Killer |
| Reggie Miller |
Basketball |
24-Aug-1965 |
|
Indiana Pacers guard |
| Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor |
Religion |
24-Aug-1932 |
|
Archbishop of Westminster |
| Chad Michael Murray |
Actor |
24-Aug-1981 |
|
Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill |
| John Newton |
Military |
24-Aug-1823 |
1-May-1895 |
Union Army General and engineer |
| Alex O'Loughlin |
Actor |
24-Aug-1975 |
|
Hawaii Five-O |
| Carl Paladino |
Business |
24-Aug-1946 |
|
Buffalo real estate baron |
| Steve Pearce |
Politician |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
Congressman, New Mexico 2nd |
| Joe Regalbuto |
Actor |
24-Aug-1949 |
|
Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown |
| Jean Rhys |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1890 |
14-May-1979 |
Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Beth Riesgraf |
Actor |
24-Aug-1978 |
|
Parker on Leverage |
| Cal Ripken |
Baseball |
24-Aug-1960 |
|
American League MVP 1983, 1991 |
| Charles Rocket |
Actor |
24-Aug-1949 |
7-Oct-2005 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Kyle Schmid |
Actor |
24-Aug-1984 |
|
Henry Fitzroy on Blood Ties |
| Mike Shanahan |
Football |
24-Aug-1952 |
|
Washington Redskins Head Coach |
| Ali Smith |
Author |
24-Aug-1962 |
|
There But For The |
| Hal Smith |
Actor |
24-Aug-1916 |
28-Jan-1994 |
Prolific voice actor |
| Donald Somervell |
Politician |
24-Aug-1889 |
18-Nov-1960 |
AG for England and Wales, 1936-45 |
| Karrine Steffans |
Model |
24-Aug-1978 |
|
Confessions of a Video Vixen |
| John Taylor |
Poet |
24-Aug-1580 |
Dec-1653 |
The Water-Poet |
| Llewellyn E. Thompson |
Diplomat |
24-Aug-1904 |
6-Feb-1972 |
Twice US Ambassador to USSR |
| Carole Ita White |
Actor |
24-Aug-1949 |
|
Big Rosie on Laverne and Shirley |
| William Wilberforce |
Activist |
24-Aug-1759 |
29-Jul-1833 |
Abolitionist activist and author |
| Frank J. Williams |
Judge |
24-Aug-1940 |
|
Rhode Island Chief Justice |
| Todd Young |
Politician |
24-Aug-1972 |
|
Congressman, Indiana 9th |
| Howard Zinn |
Historian |
24-Aug-1922 |
27-Jan-2010 |
A People's History of the United States |
