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LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward P. Abraham | Chemist | 10-Jun-1913 | 8-May-1999 | Cephalosporins |
| LaVerne Andrews | Singer | 6-Jul-1911 | 8-May-1967 | The Andrews Sisters |
| Eddy Arnold | Country Musician | 15-May-1918 | 8-May-2008 | The Tennessee Plowboy |
| H. P. Blavatsky | Author | 12-Aug-1831 | 8-May-1891 | Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Dirk Bogarde | Actor | 28-Mar-1921 | 8-May-1999 | A Bridge Too Far |
| Graham Bond | Musician | 28-Oct-1937 | 8-May-1974 | Influential blues keyboardist |
| Avery Brundage | Sports Figure | 28-Sep-1887 | 8-May-1975 | International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72 |
| Charles Cooley | Educator | 17-Aug-1864 | 8-May-1929 | Looking-glass self |
| Lloyd Cutler | Attorney | 10-Nov-1917 | 8-May-2005 | White House Counsel for Carter, Clinton |
| Robert Cutler | Government | 12-Jun-1895 | 8-May-1974 | 1950s National Security Advisor |
| Dixon Denham | Explorer | 1-Jan-1786 | 8-May-1828 | English explorer of Central Africa |
| Richard Derr | Actor | 15-Jun-1918 | 8-May-1992 | When Worlds Collide |
| Leo Diegel | Golf | 27-Apr-1899 | 8-May-1951 | Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships |
| John Fante | Author | 8-Apr-1909 | 8-May-1983 | Bukowski's idol |
| Gustave Flaubert | Novelist | 12-Dec-1821 | 8-May-1880 | Realist novelist, Madame Bovary |
| William Fox | Film/TV Producer | 1-Jan-1879 | 8-May-1952 | Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Paul Gauguin | Painter | 7-Jun-1848 | 8-May-1903 | French post-impressionist painter |
| Ludovic Halévy | Author | 1-Jan-1834 | 8-May-1908 | French vaudevillain author |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Author | 7-Jul-1907 | 8-May-1988 | Starship Troopers |
| Friedrich von Holstein | Politician | 24-Apr-1837 | 8-May-1909 | Ran the German foreign office |
| Richard Jago | Poet | 1715 | 8-May-1781 | The Blackbirds |
| Pope John II | Religion | ? | 8-May-535 AD | Roman Catholic Pope, 533-35 |
| Kamehameha I | Royalty | c. 1758 | 8-May-1819 | Established Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Nicholas Katzenbach | Government | 17-Jan-1922 | 8-May-2012 | US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| Robert H. Krieble | Philanthropist | 1916 | 8-May-1997 | Loctite Corporation |
| Jean Langlais | Composer | 15-Feb-1907 | 8-May-1991 | Organist and composer |
| Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier | Chemist | 26-Aug-1743 | 8-May-1794 | Father of modern chemistry |
| Pietro Longhi | Painter | 1702 | 8-May-1785 | 18th century Venetian painter |
| John Stuart Mill | Philosopher | 20-May-1806 | 8-May-1873 | Liberal philosopher and essayist |
| Eadweard Muybridge | Photographer | 9-Apr-1830 | 8-May-1904 | Animal Locomotion |
| Luigi Nono | Composer | 29-Jan-1924 | 8-May-1990 | Il Canto Sospeso |
| Talcott Parsons | Sociologist | 13-Dec-1902 | 8-May-1979 | The Structure of Social Action |
| Barbara Payton | Actor | 16-Nov-1927 | 8-May-1967 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| George Peppard | Actor | 1-Oct-1928 | 8-May-1994 | The A Team |
| Jennings Randolph | Politician | 8-Mar-1902 | 8-May-1998 | US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85 |
| Bebe Rebozo | Business | 17-Nov-1912 | 8-May-1998 | Nixon confidant |
| Elmer Rice | Playwright | 28-Sep-1892 | 8-May-1967 | Street Scene |
| Raymond Rubicam | Business | 16-Jun-1892 | 8-May-1978 | Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Victor Saville | Film Director | 25-Sep-1895 | 8-May-1979 | Kim |
| Maurice Sendak | Author | 10-Jun-1928 | 8-May-2012 | Where The Wild Things Are |
| Rudolf Serkin | Pianist | 28-Mar-1903 | 8-May-1991 | Czech-American piano prodigy |
| M. B. Skaggs | Business | 5-Apr-1888 | 8-May-1976 | Founder of Safeway |
| Oswald Spengler | Historian | 29-May-1880 | 8-May-1936 | The Decline of the West |
| Theodore Sturgeon | Author | 26-Feb-1918 | 8-May-1985 | More Than Human |
| Dolph Sweet | Actor | 18-Jul-1920 | 8-May-1985 | Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
| Park Trammell | Politician | 9-Apr-1876 | 8-May-1936 | Governor and Senator from Florida |
| Alexander A. Vandegrift | Military | 13-Mar-1887 | 8-May-1973 | 18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48 |
| Jones Very | Poet | 28-Aug-1813 | 8-May-1880 | Religious mystic |
| Lila Wallace | Business | 25-Dec-1889 | 8-May-1984 | Readers Digest co-founder |
| Edward Winslow | Government | 18-Oct-1595 | 8-May-1655 | American pilgrim leader |
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