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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Guillaume Amontons
Physicist
31-Aug-1663 11-Oct-1705 Thermometrist
Dee Bradley Baker
Actor
31-Aug-1962   Voice actor
Raymond E. Baldwin
Politician
31-Aug-1893 4-Oct-1986 Governor and Senator from Connecticut
Dean Barkley
Politician
31-Aug-1950   US Senator from Minnesota, 2002-03
Richard Basehart
Actor
31-Aug-1914 17-Sep-1984 La Strada
Jean Béliveau
Hockey
31-Aug-1931   Montreal Canadiens, 1950-71
Eusebius J. Beltran
Religion
31-Aug-1934   Catholic Archbishop of Oklahoma City
Warren Berlinger
Actor
31-Aug-1937   American character actor
Céline Bonnier
Actor
31-Aug-1965   The Assignment
Emilinha Borba
Singer
31-Aug-1921 3-Oct-2005 Queen of Brazilian Radio
Julie Brown
Actor
31-Aug-1962   West Coast Julie Brown
R. Hanbury Brown
Astronomer
31-Aug-1916 16-Jan-2002 Optical intensity interferometer
Joe Budden
Rapper
31-Aug-1980   New Jersey rapper/mixer
Jonathan Cake
Actor
31-Aug-1967   The One and Only
Caligula
Royalty
31-Aug-12 AD 24-Jan-41 AD Roman Emperor, 37-41 AD
Bill Campbell
Business
31-Aug-1940   Chairman of Intuit
Michel-Eugène Chevreul
Chemist
31-Aug-1786 9-Apr-1889 Chemistry of fats, dyes
Ming W. Chin
Judge
31-Aug-1942   Justice, California Supreme Court
Marcia Clark
Attorney
31-Aug-1953   Former O.J. prosecutor
Eldridge Cleaver
Activist
31-Aug-1935 1-May-1998 Black Panther turned Republican
James Coburn
Actor
31-Aug-1928 18-Nov-2002 Our Man Flint
Commodus
Royalty
31-Aug-161 AD 31-Dec-192 AD Roman Emperor, 177-192 AD
Jerome Corsi
Activist
31-Aug-1946   Co-Author, Unfit for Command
Tom Coughlin
Football
31-Aug-1946   Head Coach, New York Giants
Andrew Cunanan
Criminal
31-Aug-1969 23-Jul-1997 Murdered Gianni Versace
Ray Dandridge
Baseball
31-Aug-1913 12-Feb-1994 Negro Leagues 3rd Baseman, Hall of Famer
Marvin Davis
Business
31-Aug-1925 25-Sep-2004 Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox
William O. DeWitt, Jr.
Business
31-Aug-1941   Reynolds DeWitt & Co.
Raymond J. Donovan
Politician
31-Aug-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1981-85
Johann Augustus Eberhard
Philosopher
31-Aug-1739 6-Jan-1809 Neue Apologie des Socrates
Jim Fassel
Football
31-Aug-1949   NY Giants Head Coach, 1997-2003
Richard Gere
Actor
31-Aug-1949   American Gigolo
Debbie Gibson
Singer
31-Aug-1970   Arch-nemesis: Tiffany
Arthur Godfrey
Actor
31-Aug-1903 16-Mar-1983 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
Ed Goeas
Business
31-Aug-1952   Pollster
Larry Grayson
Comic
31-Aug-1923 7-Jan-1995 Ooh, shut that door!
Buddy Hackett
Comic
31-Aug-1924 30-Jun-2003 Abrasive old school comic
Jeff Hardy
Wrestling
31-Aug-1977   The Hardy Boyz
Padraig Harrington
Golf
31-Aug-1971   Winner of 3 Majors
Augustus F. Hawkins
Politician
31-Aug-1907 10-Nov-2007 Congressman from California, 1963-91
DuBose Heyward
Novelist
31-Aug-1885 16-Jun-1940 Porgy
Mickie James
Wrestling
31-Aug-1979   WWE wrestler
Ryan Kelley
Actor
31-Aug-1986   Mean Creek
Robert Kocharian
Head of State
31-Aug-1954   President of Armenia
Jonathan LaPaglia
Actor
31-Aug-1969   Det. Kevin Debreno on The District
Donald C. Leidel
Diplomat
31-Aug-1927   US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1983-86
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Charles James Lever
Novelist
31-Aug-1806 1-Jun-1872 Charles O'Malley
Bernard Lovell
Astronomer
31-Aug-1913 6-Aug-2012 Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank
Ramon Magsaysay
Head of State
31-Aug-1907 17-Mar-1957 7th President of the Philippines
Fredric March
Actor
31-Aug-1897 14-Apr-1975 The Best Years of Our Lives
Phil Martelli
Basketball
31-Aug-1954   Head Coach, Saint Joseph's
Anne McLellan
Politician
31-Aug-1950   Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 2003-06
John Mendelsohn
Biologist
31-Aug-1936   Cancer researcher
Maria Montessori
Educator
31-Aug-1870 6-May-1952 Founder of Montessori Education Method
Van Morrison
Singer/Songwriter
31-Aug-1945   Central figure of the Belfast blues scene
Edwin Moses
Track and Field
31-Aug-1955   Olympic hurdler
Hassan Nasrallah
Terrorist
31-Aug-1960   Hezbollah Secretary-General
Scott Niedermayer
Hockey
31-Aug-1973   Anaheim Ducks
Helmut Panke
Business
31-Aug-1946   Chairman of BMW, 2002-06
Itzhak Perlman
Violinist
31-Aug-1945   Israeli violinist
Owen B. Pickett
Politician
31-Aug-1930 27-Oct-2010 Congressman from Virginia, 1987-2001
H. David Politzer
Physicist
31-Aug-1949   Deep structure of matter
Amilcare Ponchielli
Composer
31-Aug-1834 16-Jan-1886 La Gioconda
Clifton Powell
Actor
31-Aug-1947   Civil Brand
Sara Ramirez
Actor
31-Aug-1975   Dr. Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy
Queen Rania
Royalty
31-Aug-1970   Queen of Jordan
David Lowell Rich
Film Director
31-Aug-1923   The Concorde: Airport '79
Frank Robinson
Baseball
31-Aug-1935   MVP for both AL and NL
William Saroyan
Author
31-Aug-1908 18-May-1981 The Time of Your Life
George Sarton
Historian
31-Aug-1884 22-Mar-1956 Introduction to the History of Science
Dore Schary
Film/TV Producer
31-Aug-1905 7-Jul-1980 President of MGM, 1951-56
Rudolf Schenker
Musician
31-Aug-1948   The Scorpions
Gina Schock
Drummer
31-Aug-1957   Drummer for The Go-Go's
Daniel Schorr
Journalist
31-Aug-1916 23-Jul-2010 Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy
Charl Schwartzel
Golf
31-Aug-1984   Winner, 2011 Masters Tournament
Ted Schwinden
Politician
31-Aug-1925   Governor of Montana, 1981-89
William Shawn
Journalist
31-Aug-1907 8-Dec-1992 Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Jaime Cardinal Sin
Religion
31-Aug-1928 21-Jun-2005 Former Archbishop of Manila
Robert S. Smith
Judge
31-Aug-1944   Judge, NY Court of Appeals
G. D. Spradlin
Actor
31-Aug-1920 24-Jul-2011 Canadian Bacon
Marlin Stutzman
Politician
31-Aug-1976   Congressman, Indiana 3rd
Jack Thompson
Actor
31-Aug-1940   Sunday Too Far Away
Chris Tucker
Comic
31-Aug-1972   Rush Hour
Hermann von Helmholtz
Physicist
31-Aug-1821 8-Sep-1894 Law of Conservation of Energy
Georg von Hertling
Head of State
31-Aug-1843 4-Jan-1919 German Chancellor 1917-18
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Novelist
31-Aug-1844 28-Jan-1911 The Story of Avis
Gary Webb
Journalist
31-Aug-1955 10-Dec-2004 Exposed CIA Nicaragua/drugs angle
Bob Welch
Guitarist
31-Aug-1945 7-Jun-2012 Guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, 1971-74
Dave Weldon
Politician
31-Aug-1953   Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009
Wilhelmina
Royalty
31-Aug-1880 28-Nov-1962 Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948
Raymond Williams
Critic
31-Aug-1921 26-Jan-1988 Culture and Society
Noble Willingham
Actor
31-Aug-1931 17-Jan-2004 Hard-working supporting actor


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