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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bart Jan Bok Astronomer 28-Apr-1906 5-Aug-1983 Bok globules
Paul Brown Football 7-Sep-1908 5-Aug-1991 Coach and namesake, Cleveland Browns
H. Ralph Burton Government 1882 5-Aug-1971 Red-baiting Senate staffer
Richard Burton Actor 10-Nov-1925 5-Aug-1984 Nineteen Eighty Four
Judy Canova Actor 20-Nov-1913 5-Aug-1983 Comic actress, vaudevillian
William Cecil Government 13-Sep-1520 5-Aug-1598 Closest advisor to Elizabeth I
Roy D. Chapin, Jr. Business c. 1916 5-Aug-2001 Former CEO of American Motors
John Charnley Doctor 29-Aug-1912 5-Aug-1982 Hip replacement surgery
Dutch Clark Football 11-Oct-1906 5-Aug-1978 NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback
Friedrich Engels Economist 28-Nov-1820 5-Aug-1895 Communist Manifesto
Peter Fraser Head of State 28-Aug-1884 5-Aug-1950 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49
Edgar Guest Poet 20-Aug-1881 5-Aug-1959 A Heap o' Livin'
Alec Guinness Actor 2-Apr-1914 5-Aug-2000 Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Chick Hearn Journalist 27-Nov-1916 5-Aug-2002 Legendary basketball announcer
Herbert of Cherbury Philosopher 3-Mar-1583 5-Aug-1648 De Veritate
Sidney Holland Head of State 18-Oct-1893 5-Aug-1961 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57
Soichiro Honda Business 17-Nov-1906 5-Aug-1991 Founder of Honda Motor Company
Richard Howe Military 8-Mar-1726 5-Aug-1799 First Lord of the Admiralty
Cornelius Janssen Painter 14-Oct-1593 5-Aug-1661 Flemish-English painter
Jack Kamen Cartoonist 29-May-1920 5-Aug-2008 EC Comics artist
Clarence M. Kelley Government 24-Oct-1911 5-Aug-1997 FBI Director, 1973-78
Roland Kibbee Screenwriter 15-Feb-1914 5-Aug-1984 A Night in Casablanca
Murray Krieger Critic 27-Nov-1923 5-Aug-2000 The Play and Place of Criticism
Louis III Royalty 863 AD 5-Aug-882 AD King of France, 879-82
Isaac ben Solomon Luria Religion 1534 5-Aug-1572 Jewish mystic
Jean-Marie Lustiger Religion 17-Sep-1926 5-Aug-2007 Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005
Wilhelm Marx Head of State 15-Jan-1863 5-Aug-1946 German Chancellor 1923-25, 1926-28
Ralph Meeker Actor 21-Nov-1920 5-Aug-1988 Kiss Me Deadly
Arthur Meighen Head of State 16-Jun-1874 5-Aug-1960 Twice Canadian Prime Minister
Carmen Miranda Dancer 9-Feb-1909 5-Aug-1955 The lady in the tutti-frutti hat
Marilyn Monroe Actor 1-Jun-1926 5-Aug-1962 Some Like It Hot
Robert Muldoon Head of State 25-Sep-1921 5-Aug-1992 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84
Talbot Mundy Novelist 23-Apr-1879 5-Aug-1940 King of the Khyber Rifles
Thomas Newcomen Inventor 28-Feb-1663 5-Aug-1729 Atmospheric steam engine
St. Oswald Royalty c. 605 AD 5-Aug-642 AD King of Northumbria, 633-42
Francesco Quinn Actor 22-Mar-1963 5-Aug-2011 Platoon
Art Ross Hockey 13-Jan-1886 5-Aug-1964 Longtime Bruins GM and Head Coach
Budd Schulberg Novelist 27-Mar-1914 5-Aug-2009 What Makes Sammy Run?
Philip Henry Sheridan Military 6-Mar-1831 5-Aug-1888 Union Army General
Chavela Vargas Singer 17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Amos Whitney Business 8-Oct-1832 5-Aug-1928 Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney
Heinrich Wieland Chemist 4-Jun-1877 5-Aug-1957 Studied acids of bile
Todor Zhivkov Head of State 7-Sep-1911 5-Aug-1998 Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89

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