| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams III |
Government |
2-Aug-1866 |
11-Jun-1954 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33 |
| Patrick Adiarte |
Actor |
2-Aug-1943 |
|
Prince Chulalongkorn in The King and I |
| Isabel Allende |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
The House of Spirits |
| Decker Anstrom |
Business |
2-Aug-1950 |
|
COO of Landmark Communications |
| Apollonia |
Singer |
2-Aug-1959 |
|
Former Prince protégé |
| Irving Babbitt |
Philosopher |
2-Aug-1865 |
15-Jul-1933 |
Early leader of Neohumanism |
| James Baldwin |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1924 |
30-Nov-1987 |
Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| Benjamin Barber |
Scholar |
2-Aug-1939 |
|
Jihad vs. McWorld |
| Jacinda Barrett |
Actor |
2-Aug-1972 |
|
The Last Kiss |
| Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
Sculptor |
2-Aug-1834 |
4-Oct-1904 |
Statue of Liberty |
| Tom Bell |
Actor |
2-Aug-1933 |
4-Oct-2006 |
Prime Suspect |
| Robert S. Bennett |
Attorney |
2-Aug-1939 |
|
Washington attorney |
| Nadia Bjorlin |
Actor |
2-Aug-1980 |
|
Days of Our Lives |
| Arthur Bliss |
Composer |
2-Aug-1891 |
28-Mar-1975 |
Morning Heroes |
| Dan Boren |
Politician |
2-Aug-1973 |
|
Congressman, Oklahoma 2nd |
| Nancy Boyda |
Politician |
2-Aug-1955 |
|
Congresswoman from Kansas, 2007-09 |
| Bob Burns |
Actor |
2-Aug-1890 |
2-Feb-1956 |
The Arkansas Traveler |
| Caleb Carr |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1955 |
|
The Alienist |
| Joanna Cassidy |
Actor |
2-Aug-1945 |
|
Snake-charmer in Blade Runner |
| Philip M. Condit |
Business |
2-Aug-1941 |
|
CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 |
| Constantine I |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1868 |
11-Jan-1923 |
King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22 |
| Anthony H. Cordesman |
Government |
2-Aug-1938 |
|
The Lessons of Modern War |
| Bridgid Coulter |
Actor |
2-Aug-1968 |
|
Actress/girlfriend of Don Cheadle |
| Wes Craven |
Film Director |
2-Aug-1939 |
|
Freddy Krueger's father |
| F. Marion Crawford |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1854 |
9-Apr-1909 |
Whosoever Shall Offend |
| Bei Dao |
Poet |
2-Aug-1949 |
|
Exiled Chinese poet of the Misty School |
| Ron de Lugo |
Government |
2-Aug-1930 |
|
Congressman, Virgin Islands |
| Ernest Dowson |
Poet |
2-Aug-1867 |
23-Feb-1900 |
English Decadent poet |
| Ann Dvorak |
Actor |
2-Aug-1912 |
10-Dec-1979 |
Cesca in Scarface |
| Larry EchoHawk |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| Hallie Kate Eisenberg |
Actor |
2-Aug-1992 |
|
Beautiful |
| Alice Evans |
Actor |
2-Aug-1971 |
|
102 Dalmatians |
| Andy Fairweather-Low |
Guitarist |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Feather-wielding guitarist |
| James Fallows |
Journalist |
2-Aug-1949 |
|
Atlantic Monthly |
| Joel West Flood |
Judge |
2-Aug-1894 |
27-Apr-1964 |
Virginia Congressman, Judge |
| Sara Foster |
Model |
2-Aug-1981 |
|
The Big Bounce |
| Brian France |
Auto Racing |
2-Aug-1962 |
|
Chairman and CEO of NASCAR |
| Edward Furlong |
Actor |
2-Aug-1977 |
|
Terminator 2 and Pecker |
| Olivier Gruner |
Actor |
2-Aug-1960 |
|
World Kickboxing Champion, 1987 |
| George Habash |
Activist |
2-Aug-1926 |
26-Jan-2008 |
Founder of the PFLP |
| C. Lowell Harriss |
Economist |
2-Aug-1912 |
14-Dec-2009 |
Columbia University Economist |
| Kathryn Harrold |
Actor |
2-Aug-1950 |
|
Raw Deal |
| Steve Hillage |
Guitarist |
2-Aug-1951 |
|
Gong guitarist |
| Jules A. Hoffmann |
Biologist |
2-Aug-1941 |
|
Innate immunity |
| Garth Hudson |
Musician |
2-Aug-1937 |
|
The Band |
| Lamar Hunt |
Football |
2-Aug-1932 |
13-Dec-2006 |
Founder of the American Football League |
| Lance Ito |
Judge |
2-Aug-1950 |
|
Presided over the OJ Simpson trial |
| Victoria Jackson |
Comic |
2-Aug-1959 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Pierre Charles L'Enfant |
Architect |
2-Aug-1754 |
14-Jun-1825 |
Designed Washington, DC |
| Paul Laxalt |
Politician |
2-Aug-1922 |
|
US Senator from Nevada, 1974-87 |
| Ruth Lilly |
Philanthropist |
2-Aug-1915 |
30-Dec-2009 |
Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
| Myrna Loy |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
14-Dec-1993 |
The Thin Man |
| Gary Merrill |
Actor |
2-Aug-1915 |
5-Mar-1990 |
All About Eve |
| Helen Morgan |
Actor |
2-Aug-1900 |
9-Oct-1941 |
Show Boat |
| Ali Naimi |
Government |
2-Aug-1935 |
|
Saudi Minister of Oil |
| Ruth Nelson |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
12-Sep-1992 |
Awakenings |
| Mojo Nixon |
Musician |
2-Aug-1957 |
|
Don Henley Must Die |
| Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Peter O'Toole |
Actor |
2-Aug-1932 |
|
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Nell Irvin Painter |
Historian |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
Creating Black Americans |
| Mary-Louise Parker |
Actor |
2-Aug-1964 |
|
Weeds |
| Butch Patrick |
Actor |
2-Aug-1953 |
|
Eddie on The Munsters |
| Westbrook Pegler |
Columnist |
2-Aug-1894 |
24-Jun-1969 |
Ultraconservative newspaper columnist |
| Nehemiah Persoff |
Actor |
2-Aug-1919 |
|
The Harder They Fall |
| Philippe II, duc d'Orléans |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1674 |
2-Dec-1723 |
Regent of France, 1715-23 |
| Dennis Prager |
Radio Personality |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Conservative Jewish radio host |
| Bob Rae |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Premier of Ontario, 1990-95 |
| Bill Scott |
Actor |
2-Aug-1920 |
29-Nov-1985 |
Voice of Bullwinkle Moose, Dudley Do-Right |
| Grady Sizemore |
Baseball |
2-Aug-1982 |
|
Centerfield, Cleveland Indians |
| Kevin Smith |
Film Director |
2-Aug-1970 |
|
Mallrats |
| John Snow |
Government |
2-Aug-1939 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06 |
| Cynthia Stevenson |
Actor |
2-Aug-1962 |
|
Joy Lass on Dead Like Me |
| Beatrice Straight |
Actor |
2-Aug-1914 |
7-Apr-2001 |
Network |
| Joseph Sturge |
Activist |
2-Aug-1793 |
14-May-1859 |
Anti-slavery activist |
| Nana Vasconcelos |
Drummer |
2-Aug-1944 |
|
Adventurous Brazilian percussionist |
| John Vlissides |
Computer Programmer |
2-Aug-1961 |
24-Nov-2005 |
Author number 4 of the Gang of Four |
| David Waddington |
Politician |
2-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1989-90 |
| Tim Wakefield |
Baseball |
2-Aug-1966 |
|
Pitcher, Boston Red Sox |
| Jack L. Warner |
Business |
2-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
Co-Founder, Warner Bros. |
| Sam Worthington |
Actor |
2-Aug-1976 |
|
Avatar |
| Lawrence Wright |
Author |
2-Aug-1947 |
|
The Looming Tower |
| Max Wright |
Actor |
2-Aug-1943 |
|
The dad on ALF |
| David Yow |
Singer |
2-Aug-1960 |
|
Singer for The Jesus Lizard |