| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
| Charles H. Aldrich | 
Attorney | 
28-Aug-1850 | 
13-Apr-1929 | 
US Solicitor General, 1892-93 | 
| Stanley Andrews | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1891 | 
23-Jun-1969 | 
Death Valley Days | 
| J. D. Roy Atchison | 
Government | 
28-Aug-1954 | 
5-Oct-2007 | 
Assistant US Attorney | 
| James Aubrey | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1947 | 
6-Apr-2010 | 
Lord of the Flies | 
| Robert L. Barry | 
Diplomat | 
28-Aug-1934 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1992-95 | 
| Andy Bathgate | 
Hockey | 
28-Aug-1932 | 
  | 
NHL Hall of Famer | 
| John Betjeman | 
Poet | 
28-Aug-1906 | 
19-May-1984 | 
Summoned By Bells | 
| Bruno Bettelheim | 
Psychologist | 
28-Aug-1903 | 
13-Mar-1990 | 
Fraudulent child psychologist | 
| Jack Black | 
Musician | 
28-Aug-1969 | 
  | 
Half of Tenacious D | 
| Karl Böhm | 
Conductor | 
28-Aug-1894 | 
14-Aug-1981 | 
Conductor, Vienna State Opera | 
| Billy Boyd | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1968 | 
  | 
Pippin in The Lord of the Rings | 
| Charles Boyer | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1899 | 
26-Aug-1978 | 
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | 
| Edward Burne-Jones | 
Painter | 
28-Aug-1833 | 
16-Jun-1898 | 
British Pre-Raphaelite painter | 
| E. E. Clive | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1879 | 
6-Jun-1940 | 
Tenney in Bulldog Drummond | 
| William Cohen | 
Government | 
28-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01 | 
| Jennifer Coolidge | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1961 | 
  | 
Legally Blonde | 
| Hugh Cudlipp | 
Business | 
28-Aug-1913 | 
17-May-1998 | 
British news magnate | 
| Robertson Davies | 
Author | 
28-Aug-1913 | 
3-Dec-1995 | 
Fifth Business | 
| Laura Day | 
TV Personality | 
28-Aug-1972 | 
  | 
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces | 
| José Eduardo dos Santos | 
Head of State | 
28-Aug-1942 | 
  | 
President of Angola | 
| Rita Dove | 
Poet | 
28-Aug-1952 | 
  | 
7th US Poet Laureate, 1993-95 | 
| Leslie Dwyer | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1906 | 
29-Dec-1986 | 
Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi! | 
| Janet Evans | 
Swimmer | 
28-Aug-1971 | 
  | 
Olympic distance swimmer | 
| Frank Fahrenkopf | 
Business | 
28-Aug-1939 | 
  | 
CEO, American Gaming Association | 
| Fernando Fernán-Gómez | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1921 | 
21-Nov-2007 | 
Voyage to Nowhere | 
| David Fincher | 
Film Director | 
28-Aug-1962 | 
  | 
Fight Club | 
| Janet Frame | 
Author | 
28-Aug-1924 | 
29-Jan-2004 | 
Kiwi author, subject of An Angel at My Table | 
| Peter Fraser | 
Head of State | 
28-Aug-1884 | 
5-Aug-1950 | 
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49 | 
| Ben Gazzara | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1930 | 
3-Feb-2012 | 
The Thomas Crown Affair | 
| Daniel Goddard | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1971 | 
  | 
Dar on BeastMaster | 
| Goethe | 
Author | 
28-Aug-1749 | 
22-Mar-1832 | 
Most influential German writer | 
| Robert Greenwald | 
Film/TV Producer | 
28-Aug-1945 | 
  | 
Outfoxed, Xanadu | 
| Ron Guidry | 
Baseball | 
28-Aug-1950 | 
  | 
Yankees Pitcher, 1975-88 | 
| Ivor Gurney | 
Poet | 
28-Aug-1890 | 
26-Dec-1937 | 
War's Embers | 
| Luis Guzmán | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1956 | 
  | 
Ramon on John From Cincinnati | 
| John H. Hager | 
Politician | 
28-Aug-1936 | 
  | 
Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 | 
| Scott Hamilton | 
Figure Skating | 
28-Aug-1958 | 
  | 
Olympic ice skater | 
| Armie Hammer | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1986 | 
  | 
Billy: The Early Years | 
| Lucy Hayes | 
First Lady | 
28-Aug-1831 | 
25-Jun-1889 | 
Wife of US President Rutherford B. Hayes | 
| Godfrey N. Hounsfield | 
Engineer | 
28-Aug-1919 | 
12-Aug-2004 | 
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) | 
| Whip Hubley | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1958 | 
  | 
Russkies | 
| Lowell Jacoby | 
Military | 
28-Aug-1945 | 
  | 
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 2002-05 | 
| Lee Janzen | 
Golf | 
28-Aug-1964 | 
  | 
Winner of the US Open, 1993 and 1998 | 
| Ken Jenkins | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs | 
| István Kertész | 
Conductor | 
28-Aug-1929 | 
16-Apr-1973 | 
Hungarian operatic conductor | 
| Jack Kirby | 
Cartoonist | 
28-Aug-1917 | 
6-Feb-1994 | 
Captain America | 
| Jen Kirkman | 
Comic | 
28-Aug-1974 | 
  | 
Chelsea Lately | 
| Tjalling C. Koopmans | 
Economist | 
28-Aug-1910 | 
26-Feb-1985 | 
Linear programming | 
| Nancy Kulp | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1921 | 
3-Feb-1991 | 
Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies | 
| Richard A. Lerner | 
Biologist | 
28-Aug-1938 | 
  | 
Scripps Research Institute | 
| S. Robert Lichter | 
Scholar | 
28-Aug-1948 | 
  | 
Center for Media and Public Affairs | 
| Joseph Luns | 
Politician | 
28-Aug-1911 | 
17-Jul-2002 | 
Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71 | 
| John F. Maisto | 
Diplomat | 
28-Aug-1938 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to the OAS, 2003-06 | 
| Burton Malkiel | 
Economist | 
28-Aug-1932 | 
  | 
A Random Walk Down Wall Street | 
| Paul Martin | 
Head of State | 
28-Aug-1938 | 
  | 
21st Prime Minister of Canada | 
| Kyle Massey | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1991 | 
  | 
Cory on That's So Raven | 
| Dick Mayer | 
Golf | 
28-Aug-1924 | 
2-Jun-1989 | 
Winner, 1957 US Open | 
| C. Wright Mills | 
Sociologist | 
28-Aug-1916 | 
20-Mar-1962 | 
The Power Elite | 
| Debra Mooney | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1947 | 
  | 
Edna Harper on Everwood | 
| John Allen Nelson | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1959 | 
  | 
Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara | 
| Bruno Nuytten | 
Film Director | 
28-Aug-1945 | 
  | 
Jean de Florette | 
| Donald O'Connor | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1925 | 
27-Sep-2003 | 
Singin' in the Rain | 
| Liam O'Flaherty | 
Novelist | 
28-Aug-1896 | 
7-Sep-1984 | 
Thy Neighbour's Wife | 
| Simon Oakland | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1915 | 
29-Aug-1983 | 
Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak | 
| Wayne Osmond | 
Musician | 
28-Aug-1951 | 
  | 
One of the Osmonds | 
| Jake Owen | 
Country Musician | 
28-Aug-1981 | 
  | 
Barefoot Blue Jean Night | 
| Kay Parker | 
Pornstar | 
28-Aug-1944 | 
  | 
Taboo series of films | 
| Lou Piniella | 
Baseball | 
28-Aug-1943 | 
  | 
Manager, Chicago Cubs | 
| Carly Pope | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1980 | 
  | 
Sam McPherson on Popular | 
| Jason Priestley | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1969 | 
  | 
Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210 | 
| Ernest S. Rady | 
Business | 
28-Aug-1937 | 
  | 
CEO of WestCorp, 1978-2006 | 
| LeAnn Rimes | 
Country Musician | 
28-Aug-1982 | 
  | 
How Do I Live | 
| Sarah Roemer | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1984 | 
  | 
Disturbia | 
| Roxie Roker | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1929 | 
2-Dec-1995 | 
Helen Willis on The Jeffersons | 
| Rick Rossovich | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1957 | 
  | 
Navy Seals | 
| Emma Samms | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1960 | 
  | 
Fallon Carrington on Dynasty | 
| Sheryl Sandberg | 
Business | 
28-Aug-1969 | 
  | 
COO of Facebook | 
| Sonny Shroyer | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1935 | 
  | 
Enos on The Dukes of Hazzard | 
| David Soul | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1943 | 
  | 
Hutch on Starsky and Hutch | 
| Adolphus Staton | 
Military | 
28-Aug-1879 | 
4-Jun-1964 | 
US Navy admiral | 
| Daniel Stern | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1957 | 
  | 
City Slickers | 
| Amanda Tapping | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1965 | 
  | 
Stargate: SG1 | 
| Brian Thompson | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1959 | 
  | 
The Tillamook Treasure | 
| Richard Tucker | 
Singer | 
28-Aug-1913 | 
8-Jan-1975 | 
Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera | 
| Paul Turan | 
Mathematician | 
28-Aug-1910 | 
26-Sep-1976 | 
Hungarian mathematician | 
| Shania Twain | 
Country Musician | 
28-Aug-1965 | 
  | 
You're Still the One | 
| Jack Vance | 
Novelist | 
28-Aug-1916 | 
  | 
The Dying Earth | 
| Jones Very | 
Poet | 
28-Aug-1813 | 
8-May-1880 | 
Religious mystic | 
| Florence Welch | 
Singer | 
28-Aug-1986 | 
  | 
Florence and the Machine | 
| George H. Whipple | 
Scientist | 
28-Aug-1878 | 
2-Feb-1976 | 
Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver | 
| Patricia J. Williams | 
Scholar | 
28-Aug-1951 | 
  | 
The Alchemy of Race and Rights | 
| Marguerite Young | 
Author | 
28-Aug-1908 | 
17-Nov-1995 | 
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling |