| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Prince Albert |
Royalty |
26-Aug-1819 |
14-Dec-1861 |
Royal Consort of Queen Victoria |
| Guillaume Apollinaire |
Poet |
26-Aug-1880 |
9-Nov-1918 |
Alcools, Calligrammes |
| Phil Baker |
Radio Personality |
26-Aug-1896 |
30-Nov-1963 |
Host of Take It or Leave It, 1941-47 |
| Robert B. Barnett |
Attorney |
26-Aug-1946 |
|
Washington literary agent, debate coach |
| Reginald K. Brack |
Business |
26-Aug-1937 |
|
CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94 |
| Ben Bradlee |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1921 |
|
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| John Buchan |
Author |
26-Aug-1875 |
11-Feb-1940 |
The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Chris Burke |
Actor |
26-Aug-1965 |
|
Corky on Life Goes On |
| Cassie |
Singer |
26-Aug-1986 |
|
Me & U |
| Kiran Chetry |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1974 |
|
CNN anchor |
| Jan Clayton |
Actor |
26-Aug-1917 |
28-Aug-1983 |
Ellen Miller on Lassie |
| Julio Cortázar |
Author |
26-Aug-1914 |
12-Feb-1984 |
Argentine fantasy short story writer |
| James J. Couzens |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
22-Oct-1936 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36 |
| Eddie Crowder |
Football |
26-Aug-1931 |
9-Sep-2008 |
Colorado Head Coach, 1963-73 |
| Macaulay Culkin |
Actor |
26-Aug-1980 |
|
Home Alone |
| Brett Cullen |
Actor |
26-Aug-1956 |
|
Dan Fixx on Falcon Crest |
| Vic Dana |
Singer |
26-Aug-1942 |
|
Red Roses for a Blue Lady |
| Jim Davis |
Actor |
26-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Jock Ewing on Dallas |
| Wanda De Jesus |
Actor |
26-Aug-1960 |
|
The Glass Shield |
| Meredith Eaton |
Actor |
26-Aug-1974 |
|
Dwarf actress |
| Barbara Ehrenreich |
Author |
26-Aug-1941 |
|
Nickel and Dimed |
| Max Faget |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1921 |
9-Oct-2004 |
Designer of NASA spacecraft |
| Geraldine Ferraro |
Politician |
26-Aug-1935 |
26-Mar-2011 |
Walter Mondale's VP candidate in 1984 |
| Tom Fink |
Politician |
26-Aug-1928 |
|
Mayor of Anchorage, 1987-94 |
| Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
| James Franck |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1882 |
21-May-1964 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
| Elizebeth Friedman |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1892 |
31-Oct-1980 |
America's first female cryptanalyst |
| Zona Gale |
Novelist |
26-Aug-1874 |
27-Dec-1938 |
Miss Lulu Bett |
| Finis J. Garrett |
Politician |
26-Aug-1875 |
25-May-1956 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1905-29 |
| Hutton Gibson |
Relative |
26-Aug-1918 |
|
Father of Mel Gibson |
| Franz Guertner |
Government |
26-Aug-1881 |
29-Jan-1941 |
Reich Minister of Justice |
| Peggy Guggenheim |
Socialite |
26-Aug-1898 |
23-Dec-1979 |
Renowned art collector |
| James Harden |
Basketball |
26-Aug-1989 |
|
Oklahoma City Thunder |
| James Harlan |
Politician |
26-Aug-1820 |
5-Oct-1899 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1855-73 |
| Tom Heinsohn |
Basketball |
26-Aug-1934 |
|
Boston Celtics Head Coach, 1969-78 |
| Gottlob Honold |
Engineer |
26-Aug-1876 |
17-Mar-1923 |
Invented the spark plug |
| William Hoste |
Military |
26-Aug-1780 |
6-Dec-1828 |
British naval captain |
| Christopher Isherwood |
Author |
26-Aug-1904 |
4-Jan-1986 |
The Berlin Stories |
| Michael Jeter |
Actor |
26-Aug-1952 |
30-Mar-2003 |
Evening Shade |
| Richard H. Jones |
Diplomat |
26-Aug-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 2005-08 |
| Tom Kindness |
Politician |
26-Aug-1929 |
8-Jan-2004 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87 |
| Marius Kloppers |
Business |
26-Aug-1962 |
|
CEO of BHP Billiton |
| James L. Koley |
Attorney |
26-Aug-1930 |
|
Koley Jessen LP |
| Don LaFontaine |
Actor |
26-Aug-1940 |
1-Sep-2008 |
Voiceover powerhouse |
| Johann Heinrich Lambert |
Mathematician |
26-Aug-1728 |
25-Sep-1777 |
Pyrometrie |
| Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier |
Chemist |
26-Aug-1743 |
8-May-1794 |
Father of modern chemistry |
| Irving R. Levine |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1922 |
27-Mar-2009 |
NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
| Earl Long |
Politician |
26-Aug-1895 |
5-Sep-1960 |
Three-time Governor of Louisiana |
| Rilwanu Lukman |
Government |
26-Aug-1938 |
|
Secretary General of OPEC, 1995-2000 |
| Mark Mangino |
Football |
26-Aug-1956 |
|
Kansas Jayhawks Head Coach |
| Shirley Manson |
Musician |
26-Aug-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Garbage |
| Branford Marsalis |
Jazz Musician |
26-Aug-1960 |
|
Saxophonist |
| Melissa McCarthy |
Actor |
26-Aug-1970 |
|
Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls |
| Julian M. Niemczyk |
Military |
26-Aug-1920 |
16-Sep-2009 |
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89 |
| James D. P. Ogden |
Business |
26-Aug-1790 |
7-Apr-1870 |
First President of New York Life Insurance Company |
| Henry D. Owen |
Diplomat |
26-Aug-1920 |
5-Nov-2011 |
US Ambassador at Large, 1977-81 |
| Keke Palmer |
Actor |
26-Aug-1993 |
|
Akeelah and the Bee |
| Chris Pine |
Actor |
26-Aug-1980 |
|
Star Trek's new Captain Kirk |
| Ted Rall |
Cartoonist |
26-Aug-1963 |
|
Godless heathen cartoonist |
| Ola Ray |
Actor |
26-Aug-1960 |
|
With Michael Jackson in Thriller, Playmate |
| Leon Redbone |
Musician |
26-Aug-1949 |
|
Vaudevillian with mysterious background |
| Charles Richet |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1850 |
4-Dec-1935 |
Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm |
| Tom Ridge |
Politician |
26-Aug-1945 |
|
US Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-04 |
| Barret Robbins |
Football |
26-Aug-1973 |
|
Superbowl XXXVII no-show |
| Joe T. Robinson |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
14-Jul-1937 |
US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37 |
| Evan Ross |
Actor |
26-Aug-1988 |
|
Son of Diana Ross |
| Jimmy Rushing |
Singer |
26-Aug-1901 |
8-Jun-1972 |
Mr. Five By Five |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| Mark Sandrich |
Film Director |
26-Aug-1900 |
4-Mar-1945 |
Top Hat |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch |
Conductor |
26-Aug-1923 |
|
Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003 |
| Will Shortz |
Editor |
26-Aug-1952 |
|
Crossword editor, New York Times |
| Valerie Simpson |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Aug-1948 |
|
Half of Ashford and Simpson |
| William French Smith |
Government |
26-Aug-1917 |
29-Oct-1990 |
US Attorney General, 1981-85 |
| Alison Steadman |
Actor |
26-Aug-1946 |
|
Life Is Sweet |
| Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
| Mother Teresa |
Religion |
26-Aug-1910 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Missionaries of Charity |
| Thalia |
Singer |
26-Aug-1971 |
|
Latin soap opera queen and pop star |
| Moe Tucker |
Drummer |
26-Aug-1944 |
|
Drummer for The Velvet Underground |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| Yvette Vickers |
Actor |
26-Aug-1928 |
27-Apr-2011 |
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman |
| Robert Walpole |
Head of State |
26-Aug-1676 |
18-Mar-1745 |
UK's first Prime Minister |
| Mel Watt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1945 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 12th |
| Ben Wattenberg |
Pundit |
26-Aug-1933 |
|
Think Tank moderator |
| Edward Witten |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1951 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
