| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Arunah Shepherdson Abell |
Publisher |
10-Aug-1806 |
19-Aug-1888 |
The Baltimore Sun |
| Jorge Amado |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1912 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Dona Flor and her Two Husbands |
| Ian Anderson |
Musician |
10-Aug-1947 |
|
Frontman for Jethro Tull |
| Ken Annakin |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-2009 |
Battle of the Bulge |
| Devon Aoki |
Model |
10-Aug-1982 |
|
Sin City |
| Rosanna Arquette |
Actor |
10-Aug-1959 |
|
Desperately Seeking Susan |
| Patti Austin |
Singer |
10-Aug-1950 |
|
Baby Come to Me |
| John Bailey |
Cinematographer |
10-Aug-1942 |
|
China Moon |
| Sari M. Baldauf |
Business |
10-Aug-1955 |
|
Head of Nokia Networks, 1998-2005 |
| Antonio Banderas |
Actor |
10-Aug-1960 |
|
Zorro |
| Noah Beery, Jr. |
Actor |
10-Aug-1913 |
1-Nov-1994 |
Rocky on The Rockford Files |
| Riddick Bowe |
Boxing |
10-Aug-1967 |
|
Twice World Heavyweight Champion |
| Prescott S. Bush, Jr. |
Relative |
10-Aug-1922 |
23-Jun-2010 |
Brother of George H.W. Bush |
| Eddie Campbell |
Cartoonist |
10-Aug-1955 |
|
Deadface, From Hell |
| Camillo Benso di Cavour |
Activist |
10-Aug-1810 |
6-Jun-1861 |
Genius behind a united Italy |
| Claudia Christian |
Actor |
10-Aug-1965 |
|
Ivanova on Babylon 5 |
| Rocky Colavito |
Baseball |
10-Aug-1933 |
|
Denies having cursed Cleveland |
| Jeff Corey |
Actor |
10-Aug-1914 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Little Big Man |
| David Crane |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Aug-1957 |
|
Co-Creator of Friends |
| Kenneth W. Dam |
Government |
10-Aug-1932 |
|
Deputy Treasury Secretary, 2001-03 |
| Jimmy Dean |
Country Musician |
10-Aug-1928 |
13-Jun-2010 |
Singer, songwriter, sausage-maker |
| Toumani Diabaté |
Musician |
10-Aug-1965 |
|
Master of the Kora |
| Alfred Döblin |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1878 |
26-Jun-1957 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz |
| Leo Fender |
Inventor |
10-Aug-1909 |
21-Mar-1991 |
Electric guitarmaker |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
| Leo Fitzpatrick |
Actor |
10-Aug-1978 |
|
Kids and Storytelling |
| Rhonda Fleming |
Actor |
10-Aug-1923 |
|
Spellbound |
| Joanna Garcia |
Actor |
10-Aug-1979 |
|
Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery on Reba |
| Jack Haley |
Actor |
10-Aug-1898 |
6-Jun-1979 |
Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz |
| Max Hardcore |
Pornstar |
10-Aug-1956 |
|
Extremist pornographist |
| Angie Harmon |
Actor |
10-Aug-1972 |
|
Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights |
| Bobby Hatfield |
Singer |
10-Aug-1940 |
5-Nov-2003 |
The Righteous Brothers |
| Robert E. Hemenway |
Educator |
10-Aug-1941 |
|
Chancellor, University of Kansas |
| Hugh Herbert |
Actor |
10-Aug-1884 |
12-Mar-1952 |
Hellzapoppin |
| William E. Hocking |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1873 |
12-Jun-1966 |
The Meaning of God in Human Experience |
| Red Holzman |
Basketball |
10-Aug-1920 |
13-Nov-1998 |
NY Knicks Head Coach, 1957-82 |
| Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
| William Howe |
Military |
10-Aug-1729 |
12-Jul-1814 |
Commander-in-Chief in America |
| Richard J. Hughes |
Politician |
10-Aug-1909 |
7-Dec-1992 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1962-70 |
| Martha Hyer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1924 |
|
Some Came Running |
| Jeanne P. Jackson |
Business |
10-Aug-1951 |
|
CEO of Banana Republic, 1995-2000 |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Roy Keane |
Soccer |
10-Aug-1971 |
|
Celtic FC |
| Daniel Hugh Kelly |
Actor |
10-Aug-1952 |
|
Hardcastle and McCormick |
| Martha Elizabeth Keys |
Politician |
10-Aug-1930 |
|
Congresswoman from Kansas, 1975-79 |
| Eusebio Kino |
Religion |
10-Aug-1645 |
15-Mar-1711 |
Jesuit missionary to Mexico |
| Walter Lang |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1896 |
7-Feb-1972 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| Tom Laughlin |
Actor |
10-Aug-1931 |
|
Billy Jack |
| James M. Loy |
Military |
10-Aug-1942 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 1998-2002 |
| Jean-François Lyotard |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1924 |
21-Apr-1998 |
Founder of Postmodernism |
| Michael Mantler |
Musician |
10-Aug-1943 |
|
Trumpeter and bandleader |
| Vincent McEveety |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1929 |
|
Herbie Goes Bananas |
| Joseph McKenna |
Judge |
10-Aug-1843 |
21-Nov-1926 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1898-1925 |
| John W. Meriwether |
Business |
10-Aug-1947 |
|
Long-Term Capital Management |
| Harriet Miers |
Government |
10-Aug-1945 |
|
White House Counsel, 2005-07 |
| Douglas Stuart Moore |
Composer |
10-Aug-1893 |
25-Jul-1969 |
The Devil and Daniel Webster |
| Fakir Musafar |
Performance Artist |
10-Aug-1930 |
|
Coined the term modern primitives |
| Henri Nestlé |
Business |
10-Aug-1814 |
7-Jul-1890 |
Invented infant formula |
| Henry O'Neill |
Actor |
10-Aug-1891 |
18-May-1961 |
Anchors Aweigh |
| Rick Overton |
Comic |
10-Aug-1954 |
|
Earth Girls Are Easy |
| Wolfgang Paul |
Physicist |
10-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Co-Inventor of the ion trap |
| Chip Pickering |
Politician |
10-Aug-1963 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 1997-2009 |
| Edmund Randolph |
Politician |
10-Aug-1753 |
12-Sep-1813 |
First Attorney General of the US |
| Charles G. Rose |
Politician |
10-Aug-1939 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1973-97 |
| Juan Manuel Santos |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1951 |
|
President of Colombia |
| Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
| Ronnie Spector |
Singer |
10-Aug-1943 |
|
Be her baby |
| John H. Stelle |
Politician |
10-Aug-1891 |
5-Jul-1962 |
Governor of Illinois, 1940-41 |
| Andrew Sullivan |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1963 |
|
The Daily Dish |
| Don Swayze |
Actor |
10-Aug-1958 |
|
Beach Babes from Beyond |
| James Tenney |
Composer |
10-Aug-1934 |
24-Aug-2006 |
A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' |
| Eric Thal |
Actor |
10-Aug-1965 |
|
The Puppet Masters |
| Justin Theroux |
Actor |
10-Aug-1971 |
|
Mulholland Dr. |
| Ralph Thomas |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1915 |
17-Mar-2001 |
Deadlier Than the Male |
| Lucas Till |
Actor |
10-Aug-1990 |
|
Hannah Montana: The Movie |
| Arne Tiselius |
Chemist |
10-Aug-1902 |
29-Aug-1971 |
Electrophoresis |
| Gino Torretta |
Football |
10-Aug-1970 |
|
Winner, 1992 Heisman Trophy |
| Barry Unsworth |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1930 |
5-Jun-2012 |
Sacred Hunger |
| Diane Venora |
Actor |
10-Aug-1952 |
|
Bird |
| Paul M. Warburg |
Business |
10-Aug-1868 |
24-Jan-1932 |
The Federal Reserve System |
| Morton Dauwen Zabel |
Educator |
10-Aug-1901 |
28-Apr-1964 |
Craft and Character |
| Marvin Zindler |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1921 |
29-Jul-2007 |
Houston reporter, KTRK-TV |