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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for August 30

Last Updated 09-01-2025

✍💰Warren Buffett -- is 95 in the year 2025 and 96 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1930
Author, Executive, Philanthropist

🎭Elizabeth Ashley -- is 86 in the year 2025 and 87 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1939
TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: b. in Ocala, FL; RMLN:Ann Cole; 2x George Peppard's wife
Misc: some say b. 1941
TV Shows: Evening Shade (as Freida Evans), Treme (as Aunt Mimi)
Movie Titles: Coma

🎵🎸Charles "Chuck" Colbert -- is 86 in the year 2025 and 87 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1939 N.S.
Rock and Roll Bassist
Misc: some say b. August 29 or 30, 1944
Group Names: American Breed

✍⚖🎭🎮Ben Jones -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1941
Essayist, Playwright, Congressperson, Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
TV Shows: The Dukes of Hazzard (as Cooter Davenport)
Movie Titles: Primary Colors
Video Games: The Dukes of Hazzard (series)

🎵John McNally -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1941
Singer, Rhythm Guitarist, English
Group Names: The Searchers

✍🎭John Kani -- is 82 in the year 2025 and 83 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1943 N.S.
Playwright, Actor, Director, South African
Misc: The Grandfather of South African Theatre
Movie Titles: Black Panther

🎨🎵Robert Crumb -- is 82 in the year 2025 and 83 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1943 N.S.
Comic Strip Cartoonist, Songwriter, Banjoist, Novelty Singer
Names/Places: aka R. Crumb
Misc: underground comics; Fritz The Cat, Father Time; inducted in the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
Group Names: R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders
Song Titles: My Girl's Pussy (with His Cheap Suit Serenaders on one of the last 78 RPM speed records made)

🏆⚽Robert "Bobby" Lennox -- is 82 in the year 2025 and 83 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1943 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish

🏆🏁🎿Jean-Claude Killy -- is 82 in the year 2025 and 83 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1943
Skier, Olympic Athlete, French
Names/Places: b. in Saint-Cloud
Misc: alpine skier; 2-time World Cup champion (1967-68); won 3 gold medals at 1968 Olympics in Grenoble; co-president of 1992 Winter Games in Albertville.

🎭Frederick De Young -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1944
Comedian

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🎵🎷John Surman -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1944
Baritone-sax, Soprano-sax, Synthesizer, Jazz Clarinetist, English

🎵🎸Fred Tackett -- is 80 in the year 2025 and 81 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1945
Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Little Feat

🏆🏀George Bruns -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1946
NBA Player

🏆🏀Ted McClain -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1946 N.S.
NBA Player
Names/Places: RN: Theodore McClain

🏆🏀Billy Keeler -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1947
NBA Player

🏆🏈Jon Paul Kolb -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1947
NFL Tackle
Misc: Super Bowl: IX, X, XIII, XIV
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers

🏆🏈William Keller -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1947
NFL Player

✍D. B. Gilles -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1947
Screenwriter, Playwright

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✍🎭Lewis Black -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1948 N.S.
Author, Playwright, Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law (as The Deadly Duplicator), Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (as Mr. E)
Movie Titles: The Aristocrats, Inside Out, Unaccompanied Minors

🎵🎸Micky Moody -- is 75 in the year 2025 and 76 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1950
Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Group Names: Juicy Lucy, Whitesnake

🎭Timothy Bottoms -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1951 N.S.
Actor, Producer
Names/Places: b. in Santa Barbara, CA; brother of Joseph & Sam
Misc: some say b. 1950
TV Shows: The Paper Chase, That's My Bush! (as George W. Bush)
Movie Titles: The Girl Next Door, Johnny Got His Gun, The Paper Chase, The Last Picture Show

🎵Dana -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1951
Singer, Irish
Names/Places: RN:Rosemarie Brown

🎵Kenny Andrews -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1952
Singer
Group Names: Darts

🏆🏀Robert L. Parish -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1953
Hall of Famer, NBA Center
Names/Places: NN:The Chief
Misc: played in over 1561 NBA games bettering the 1560 set by Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 1996; career 22,989+ points and 14,444+ rebounds; 4x NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986, 1997); 9x NBA All-Star (1981-1987, 1990-1991); All-NBA Second Team (1982); All-NBA Third Team (1987); 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996); Celtics #00 retired
Sports Teams: Golden State Warriors (1976-1980), Boston Celtics (1980-1994), Charlotte Hornets (1994-1996), Chicago Bulls (1996-1997)

🎵🎸Horace Panter -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1953
Alternative Rock Bassist, Ska Musician, English
Names/Places: aka: Sir Horace Gentleman
Group Names: The Special A.K.A., General Public

🏆Nancie Li Brandi -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1954
Model, Playmate
Misc: December 1975

🎭David Paymer -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1954 N.S.
Actor, Comedian, Producer/Director
TV Shows: The Good Wife (as Judge Richard Cuesta)
Movie Titles: Drag Me to Hell, Quiz Show, Amistad, Mr. Saturday Night, Searching For Bobby Fischer, Mighty Joe Young, Payback, Mumford

🎭James Vallely -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1954
Actor, Producer
Names/Places: Tannis's father
Misc: half of The Funny Boys with Jonathan Schmock
TV Shows: Double Trouble (as Charles Kincaid), Arrested Development (producer), My Wife and Kids (producer), Two and a Half Men (producer), The Golden Girls (producer)

⚖Alexander Lukashenko -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1954 N.S.
President, Belarusian

🎭John Caponera -- is 69 in the year 2025 and 70 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1956
TV Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: The Good Life (as John Bowman)
Movie Titles: For Richer For Poorer, Cloud 9

🎭Dorian Lopinto -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1957
Actress
TV Shows: The Secret Life of Alex Mack (as Barbara Mack)
Movie Titles: He Knows You're Alone, The Prophet's Game

🎵🎷Gerald Albright -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1957
Multi-instrumentalist, Jazz Saxophonist

🎵Martin Jackson -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1958 N.S.
Pop Drummer, English
Group Names: Magazine, Swing Out Sister

🏆Jacko -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1959
Sports Figure
Misc: Actor(?); Eveready man; Australian Football player; The Highwayman

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🎭🎵M'bilia Bel -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1959
Dancer, Composer, Singer, Congolian
Misc: b. Jan 10, 1959?

⚖Thom Tillis -- is 65 in the year 2025 and 66 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1960 N.S.
Senator

🎭🏆Ely Pouget -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1961
Actress, Producer, Model
TV Shows: Dark Shadows (as Maggie)
Movie Titles: Death Machine, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Total Reality, L.A. Takedown

🏆🥊Brian Mitchell -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1961
Hall of Famer, Boxer, South African

🏆🏈Ricky Sanders -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1962
NFL Wide Receiver

🏆🏀Bernard Thompson -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1962
NBA Player

🎭Michael Chiklis -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1963
Actor, Producer/Director
Misc: some say b. 1964
TV Shows: The Shield (as Vic Mackey), The Commish (as Tony Scali the commish), Vegas (as Vincent Savino), Gotham (as Nathaniel Barnes)
Movie Titles: Wired (as John Belushi), Soldier, Fantastic Four (series)

🎵Paul Oakenfold -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1963
Music Producer, Electronica Performer, English
Misc: Remixer and DJ; largely responsible for popularizing house music in Britain in the late 1980s

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🏆🏈Stephen Baker -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1964
NFL Wide Receiver
Sports Teams: New York Giants

🏆Joan Bennett -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1964
Model, Playmate
Misc: January 1985

🎵Robert Clivillés -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1964
Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter

🎭Shona De Nile -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1966 N.S.
Personality
TV Shows: Zoom (1977-1978)

🎭Michael Michele -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1966
Actress
TV Shows: Central Park West (as Nikki Sheridan), Homicide (as Det. Rene Sheppard), ER (as Dr. Cleo Finch), Kevin Hill (as Jessie Grey)
Movie Titles: New Jack City, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Ali, Dark Blue

🏆🏁🏊Mikako Kotani -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1966 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Japanese

💰🏆Frederique Van Der Wal -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1967
Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Model, Dutch (Netherlands)

🎵🎸Patrick Francis -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1967
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Tora Tora

🎭Christopher Diliscia -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1968
Entertainment Figure

🎵Geoff Firebaugh -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1968
Country Musician
Group Names: BR549

🏆🏒Vladimir Malakhov -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1968
NHL Player, Ukrainian

🎭Boaz Rimmer -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1970
Actor, Director

🎭Heather Lere -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1970
XXX-rated Actress

🏆🏈Aubrey Beavers -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1971
NFL Linebacker

🏆🏈Tre Johnson -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1971
NFL Tackle

🎵🎸Lars Frederiksen -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1971
Music Producer, Songwriter, Musician, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Rancid

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🎭🏆Cameron Diaz -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1972 N.S.
Movie Actress, Producer, Model
Names/Places: MN: Michelle
Movie Titles: Gangs of New York, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Mask, She's The One, There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Any Given Sunday, Gangs of New York, Charlie's Angels (series), Shrek (series), In Her Shoes, The Holiday, What Happens in Vegas, My Sister's Keeper

🏆⚾José Herrera -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1972
MLB Player, Dominican Republican

📰🎭Lisa Ling -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1973 N.S.
Journalist, Personality
TV Shows: The View

🎵🎸Leon Caffrey -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1973
Rock and Roll Performer

🎵🎸Aaron Barrett -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1974
Guitarist, Rock and Roll Singer
Group Names: Reel Big Fish

🎵🎸Matt Bongiovi -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1974
Heavy Metal Performer
Names/Places: Jon Bonjovi's cousin

🏆⚾Kris Foster -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1974
MLB Pitcher

🎭Sarah-Jane Potts -- is 49 in the year 2025 and 50 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1976
Actress, English
TV Shows: Felicity (as Molly), Holby City, Gracepoint
Movie Titles: Kinky Boots, After School Special, The Chameleon

🎭Michael Gladis -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1977
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Reckless, Mad Men (as Paul Kinsey), Eagleheart, Feed the Beast
Movie Titles: Terminator Genisys

🎭Raúl Castillo -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1977 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Looking
Movie Titles: Special Correspondents, Cold Weather

🏆🏈Shaun Alexander -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1977
NFL Runningback

🏆Stacy Marie Fuson -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1978
Model, Playmate
Misc: February 1999

🏆⚾Cliff Lee -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1978 N.S.
MLB Pitcher
Misc: AL Cy Young Award winner in 2008 (Indians)
Sports Teams: Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers

🎵🎸Matt Taul -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1978
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Tantric

🎭Marin Ireland -- is 46 in the year 2025 and 47 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1979 N.S.
Actress

🏆⚾Luis Rivas -- is 46 in the year 2025 and 47 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1979
MLB Player, Venezuelan

🎭Angel Coulby -- is 45 in the year 2025 and 46 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1980 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: Merlin (as Gwen)
Movie Titles: The Jacket, Imagine Me and You, Magicians

🏆⚾Russ Moore Adams -- is 45 in the year 2025 and 46 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1980
MLB Player

🏆⚾Adam Wainwright -- is 44 in the year 2025 and 45 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1981 N.S.
MLB Pitcher
Misc: World Series champ, 3x All-Star, 2x Gold Glove, 2x NL wins leader; active as of 2015
Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals

🏆Lisa Seiffert -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1982
Playmate
Misc: March 2012

🏆🎾Andy Roddick -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1982
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Names/Places: RN: Andrew Stephen Roddick

🏆⚽Kris Commons -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1983 N.S.
Soccer Player, English

🎭Emily Montague -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1984
Actress, Producer
Movie Titles: Fright Night, Resolution, A.M.

🎭Michael Grant Terry -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1984 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Bones (as Wendell Bray), Grimm (as Ryan Smulson), The Closer (as Chris Wycoff)

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🎵🎸David Hidalgo Jr. -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1984 N.S.
Alternative Rock Musician
Group Names: Social Distortion

🏆🏁Leisel Jones -- is 40 in the year 2025 and 41 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1985 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Australian

🎵🎷Rachael Price -- is 40 in the year 2025 and 41 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1985 N.S.
Jazz Singer
Group Names: Lake Street Drive

🎵🎸Ryan Ross -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1986
Lyricist, Alternative Rock Guitarist
Group Names: The Young Veins; Panic! at the Disco

🎭🎮Johanna Braddy -- is 38 in the year 2025 and 39 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1987 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Video Game Voice Actress
TV Shows: Greek (as Jordan Reed), Video Game High School (as Jenny Matrix), UnREAL (as Anna Martin), Quantico (as Shelby Wyatt), UnREAL (as Anna Martin)
Movie Titles: Easy A, Paranormal Activity 3, Surf's Up, Ponyo, Avatar
Video Games: Avatar: The Last Airbender-The Bending Earth

🎭Cameron Finley -- is 38 in the year 2025 and 39 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1987
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 2000
Movie Titles: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Hope Floats, 8 Seconds, Leave It To Beaver (The Beaver in the movie)

🏆🏈Jordan Rodgers -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1988 N.S.
College Football Player

🎵Bebe Rexha -- is 36 in the year 2025 and 37 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1989 N.S.
Songwriter, Singer

Russell Blake -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1990
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Patsy Pease's son

Wyatt McLean -- is 33 in the year 2025 and 34 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1992
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Patrisha & Don's son

🎭Jessica Henwick -- is 33 in the year 2025 and 34 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1992 N.S.
Actress

🏆Kinsey Wolanski -- is 29 in the year 2025 and 30 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1996 N.S.
Model

🎭🎵Trevor Jackson -- is 29 in the year 2025 and 30 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1996 N.S.
Actor, Dancer, Singer
TV Shows: Euerka (as Kevin Blake)

🎭🎵Dana Gaier -- is 28 in the year 2025 and 29 in the year 2026; b.8/30/1997 N.S.
Cartoon Voice Actress, Singer
Song Titles: Without You
Movie Titles: Despicable Me (series)

Dakota Alan Norris -- is 24 in the year 2025 and 25 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2001
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Gena and Chuck's twin son

Dallas Durst -- is 24 in the year 2025 and 25 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2001
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Fred's son

Danilee Kelley Norris -- is 24 in the year 2025 and 25 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2001
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Gena and Chuck's twin daughter

🎭Sean Ryan Fox -- is 24 in the year 2025 and 25 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2001 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Henry Danger (as Jasper)

🏆🏈Drake Maye -- is 23 in the year 2025 and 24 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2002 N.S.
NFL Quarterback

🎭Yasmin Finney -- is 22 in the year 2025 and 23 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2003 N.S.
Actress, Personality, English

🎵Capri Everitt -- is 21 in the year 2025 and 22 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2004 N.S.
Pop Singer, Canadian

Finn Davey McDermott -- is 13 in the year 2025 and 14 in the year 2026; b.8/30/2012
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Tori Spelling and Dean's son

🎨Antonio Allegri da Correggio -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1489 d.3/5/1534 (44)
Painter, Italian
Misc: some estimate b. 1494; Date approximate

🎨📰Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1727 N.S. d.3/3/1804 N.S. (76)
Artist, Painter, Etcher, Printer, Italian

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🎨Jacques-Louis David -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1748 N.S. d.12/29/1825 N.S. (77)
Painter, French

✍📰Joseph Dennie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1768 N.S. d.1/7/1812 N.S. (43)
Essayist, News Person
Misc: was perhaps the chief literary figure in the United States in the first decade of the 19th century.

🎖Stephen Kearny -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1794 d.10/31/1848 (54)
General
Misc: U.S. Army officer who conquered New Mexico and helped win California during the Mexican War (1846-48).

✍Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1797 N.S. d.2/1/1851 N.S. (53)
Author, British
Names/Places: b. in London; Mary's daughter, Percy Bysshe Shelley's wife
Book Titles: Frankenstein (1818)

✍📰Théophile Gautier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1811 N.S. d.10/23/1872 N.S. (61)
Author, Novelist, Poet, Critic, Journalist, French

🎵George Frederick Root -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1820 d.8/6/1895 (74)
Composer, Songwriter, Musician

💰Rowland H. Macy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1822 d.3/29/1877 (54)
Merchant
Misc: opened the R.H. Macy department store in 1858

⛪John Mackenzie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1835 d.3/23/1899 (63)
Missionary, British

⚖Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1837 d.1/12/1880 (42)
First Lady
Names/Places: Chester's wife

⚛Jacobus Van't Hoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1852 d.3/1/1911 (58)
Chemist, Dutch (Netherlands)
Misc: a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

🎨🏆🏌Alister MacKenzie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1870 d.1/6/1934 (63)
Hall of Famer, Architect, Golfer, English
Misc: noted golf course architect

⚛Sir Ernest Rutherford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1871 d.10/19/1937 (66)
Scientist, Physicist, New Zealander
Misc: discovered the atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908; a pioneer of nuclear physics and the first to split the atom

🎭🎵Fritzi Scheff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1879 d.4/8/1954 (74)
Actress, Opera Soprano, Austrian

🎭🎵Eduardo Ciannelli -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1889 d.10/8/1969 (80)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Opera Singer, Italian

⚛Claire M. D. Straith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1891 d.7/13/1958 (66)
Surgeon
Misc: Cosmetic and Plastic

⚖Huey Pierce Long -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1893 d.9/10/1935 (42)
Senator, Governor
Names/Places: NN:Kingfish of Louisiana politics

🎭Arthur Rankin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1895 d.3/23/1947 (51)
Actor

🎭Raymond Massey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1896 d.7/29/1983 (86)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer, Canadian
TV Shows: I Spy (as Anton the spymaster), Dr. Kildare (as Dr. Leonard Gillespie)

🎭Shirley Booth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1898 d.10/16/1992 (94)
Radio Actress, TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Thelma Booth Ford
Misc: Oscar, Tony, & Emmy winner; b. 1907 is wrong
TV Shows: Hazel (as Hazel Burke the maid)

🏆⚾Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1898 d.2/11/1950 (51)
Hall of Famer, MLB Right Fielder
Misc: stolen base leader 1921-1938
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates (1921-1927), Chicago Cubs (1928-1935), Cincinnati Reds (1935-1937), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938)

🏆🥊Ray Arcel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1899 d.3/7/1994 (94)
Boxing Trainer
Misc: trained 19 boxing champions from Roberto Duran to Jimmy Braddock.

✍📰John Gunther -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1901 d.5/29/1970 (68)
Author, Journalist
Book Titles: Death Be Not Proud (or Death Be Proud...NOT!)

⚛📰Roy Wilkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1901 d.9/8/1981 (80)
Pioneer, Editor, Civil Rights Leader, Social Reformer, Political Activist
Misc: N.A.A.C.P.

🏆🏁🎿E. Fritz Loosti -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1901 N.S. d.??/??/???? N.S.
Skier

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⚖Charles E. Bohlen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1904 d.1/1/1974 (69)
Diplomat

🎭Sarah Selby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1905 d.1/7/1980 (74)
Actress
TV Shows: Father Knows Best (as Miss Thomas), Gunsmoke (as Ma Smalley the boardhouse manager)

🎨Leonor Fini -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1907 d.1/18/1996 (88)
Illustrator, Painter, Surrealist Artist, Italian

🎭🎵Fred MacMurray -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1908 d.11/5/1991 (83)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Singer, Clarinetist
Names/Places: June Haver and Lillian Lamont's husband; b. in Kankakee, IL
Misc: Bland & Agreeable acting type; mostly of Disney films; some say b. 1907 or Aug 12
TV Shows: My Three Sons (as Steve Douglas & Fergus McBain Douglas)
Movie Titles: The Shaggy Dog, Double Idemnity, The Apartment, Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber

🎭🎵Willie Bryant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1908 d.2/9/1964 (55)
Variety Show Host, Singer, Bandleader
Misc: Big Band singer
TV Shows: Apollo Theater (master of ceremonies)

🎭Joan Blondell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1909 d.12/25/1979 (70)
TV/Movie Actress
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Gloria's sister
Misc: 1930s-40s wisecracking golddigger Hollywood star; some say b. 1906 or 1912
TV Shows: The Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides

🎨✍Virginia Burton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1909 d.10/15/1968 (59)
Illustrator, Children's Author

⚛James Fisk -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1910 d.8/10/1981 (70)
Physicist

🏆🏀Stanley H. "Stan" Watts -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1911 N.S. d.4/6/2000 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Misc: in the Basketball and College Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Brigham Young University (coach 1949-1972)

🎵Arsenio Rodríguez -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1911 d.12/31/1970 (59)
Arranger, Composer, Singer, Bassist, Percussionist, Bandleader, Cuban

⚛Edward M. Purcell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1912 d.3/7/1997 (84)
Physicist
Misc: joint winner, with Felix Bloch of the United States, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1952 for his independent discovery (1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids.

🎭Alan Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1913 N.S. d.12/11/1943 N.S. (30)
Actor, Producer/Director, English

📰Sir John Stone -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1913 d.12/6/1991 (78)
Economist, British

🎵Rosetta Howard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1913 N.S. d.10/8/1974 N.S. (61)
Blues Singer

🎭Julie Bishop -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1914 d.8/30/2001 (87)
TV/Movie Actress
Names/Places: RN:Jacqueline Wells
Misc: leading lady of 30s-40s films; some say b. 1917

🏆Zorita -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1915 d.11/12/2001 (86)
Stripper

🎭Dan Enright -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1917 d.5/22/1992 (74)
Producer
Misc: Game Show producer

🏆🏀William "Pop" Gates -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1917 N.S. d.12/1/1999 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Player
Sports Teams: Harlem Renaissance, Harlem Globetrotters (player and coach)

🏆⚾Ted Williams -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1918 N.S. d.7/5/2002 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Left Fielder
Names/Places: RN:Theodore Samuel; b. in San Diego; NN:The Splendid Splinter
Misc: AL MVP 1946, 1949; 2654 hits; led AL in batting 6 times, and HRs and RBI 4 times each; won Triple Crown twice (1942,47); 2-time MVP (1946,49); last player to bat .400 when he hit .406 in 1941; Marine Corps combat pilot who missed three full seasons during World War II (1943-45) and most of two others (1952-53) during Korean War; last major leaguer to hit high as .406 '41; hit .344 lifetime with 521 HRs in 19 years with Boston Red Sox; 1,839 RBIs.
Sports Teams: Boston Red Sox (1939-1942, 1946-1960), Washington Senators/Texas Rangers (manager, 1969-1972)

🎵Kitty Wells -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1919 d.7/16/2012 (92)
Hall of Famer, Country Music Singer, Country Music Guitarist
Names/Places: b. in Nashville, TN; NN:The Queen Of Country Music; RN:Muriel Deason

🏆🥊Angelo Dundee Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1921 d.2/1/2012 (90)
Boxing Trainer
Misc: boxing trainer of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, etc.

🎵Regina Resnik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1922 d.8/8/2013 (90)
Opera Mezzo-Soprano
Names/Places: b. in New York City

⚖Albert Watson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1922 d.9/25/1994 (72)
Congressperson

🏆🎾Elias Victor Seixas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1923 N.S. d.7/5/2024 N.S. (100)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Misc: co-holder of the record for the most mixed doubles wins at Wimbeldon with four between 1953 and 1956.

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🎵Chuck Miller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1924 d.1/15/2000 (75)
Singer, Pianist
Song Titles: The Auctioneer

🎵🎷Kenny Dorham -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1924 d.12/5/1972 (48)
Composer, Pianist, Tenor-sax, Jazz Trumpeter

🎨✍Laurent de Brunhoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1925 N.S. d.3/22/2024 N.S. (98)
Illustrator, Children's Author, French
Book Titles: Babar the Elephant (series created by his father)

🏆Don Clayton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1926 d.4/17/1996 (69)
Sports Figure
Misc: Father of Putt-Putt Golf and Games (opened the first Putt-Putt miniature golf course in Fayetteville, NC June 21, 1954)

🏆🥊Ernie Roth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1926 N.S. d.10/12/1983 N.S. (57)
Hall of Famer, Wrestling Manager
Names/Places: aka: The Grand Wizard of Wrestling and Wrestling Farouk

🎖Daryl F. Gates -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1926 d.4/16/2010 (83)
Policeman
Misc: Los Angeles Police Chief

✍🎭Bill Daily -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1927 N.S. d.9/4/2018 N.S. (91)
Screenwriter, TV Actor, Comedian, TV Director
TV Shows: I Dream of Jeannie (as Captain Roger Healey), The Bob Newhart Show (as Howard Borden), Aloha Paradise

🎨Geoffrey Beene -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1927 d.9/28/2004 (77)
Fashion Designer

🎭🎵Johnny Mann -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1928 N.S. d.6/18/2014 N.S. (85)
Director, Arranger, Composer, Singer, Conductor
Misc: Musical director of TV shows
TV Shows: George Gobel Show, Danny Kaye Show, Eddie Fisher Show, Joey Bishop Show, Johnny Mann Show

🎭Deedy Peters -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1929 N.S. d.2/17/2016 N.S. (86)
Actress
Names/Places: RN: Glenna Dee Peters
Misc: retired from acting in 1982
TV Shows: House Calls (as Mrs. Phipps)
Movie Titles: Help Me...I'm Possessed

⚛Jack Swigert -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1931 d.12/27/1982 (51)
Astronaut
Misc: Apollo 13

🎵John Phillips -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1935 d.3/18/2001 (65)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Pop Singer
Names/Places: aka Papa John; Michele's ex-; MacKenzie's & Chynna's dad
Group Names: The Mamas and The Papas (co-founder)

🏆🏁Bruce McLaren -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1937 d.6/2/1970 (32)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, New Zealander
Misc: Formula One; sports car racing; McLaren founder; the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars (the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22), also noted as a designer of racing vehicles.

✍📰Thorne B Gray -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1937 d.4/20/1993 (55)
Author, Journalist, Historian

📰Steve Delaney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1938 N.S. d.7/3/2019 N.S. (80)
Newscaster

🎭Robert Hoffman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1939 N.S. d.7/4/2022 N.S. (82)
Actor, Austrian
TV Shows: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Movie Titles: Grand Slam, The Old Gun, Spasmo, Wake Up and Die

🎭🎮William G. Schilling -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1939 N.S. d.2/28/2019 N.S. (79)
Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
Misc: a cross between Charles Durning & W. C. Fields
TV Shows: E/R, Head of the Class (as Dr. Harold Samuels)
Movie Titles: In the Line of Fire, Space Jam, Ruthless People
Video Games: Call to Power II

🎵John Peel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1939 d.10/25/2004 (65)
Radio Disc Jock, British

🏆🏈Coy Bacon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1942 d.12/22/2008 (66)
NFL Player
Names/Places: RN:Lander McCoy

🎭Altovise Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1943 d.3/14/2009 (65)
Actress, Dancer
Names/Places: RN:Altovise Joanne Gore Davis; widow of Sammy Davis Jr.

📰Molly Ivins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1944 N.S. d.1/31/2007 N.S. (62)
Columnist

🏆🏁Lee Shepherd -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1944 d.3/11/1985 (40)
Auto Racer

🏆⚾"Tug" McGraw -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1944 d.1/5/2004 (59)
MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: NN:The Screwball; Tim's father
Misc: played in the World Series for both teams; record [15] for most games pitched [1969, 1973]
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets

🎭🏆Peggy Lipton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1946 N.S. d.5/11/2019 N.S. (72)
TV/Movie Actress, Model
Names/Places: Quincy Jones' ex-
Misc: some say b. 1947 or 1948
TV Shows: The Mod Squad (as Julie Barnes), John Forsythe Show (as Joanna), Twin Peaks (as Norma Jennings)
Movie Titles: The Postman

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🎭Robin Harris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1953 d.3/18/1990 (36)
Actor
Movie Titles: House Party, Mo' Better Blues

🎵Ronald Beitle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1954 N.S. d.12/10/2017 N.S. (63)
Drummer, Disco Musician
Group Names: Wild Cherry

🏆🏈Marvin Powell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1955 N.S. d.9/30/2022 N.S. (67)
Hall of Famer, NFL Tackle
Sports Teams: New York Jets (1977-1985), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1986-1987)

🏆🏈Steve (Football B. 1964) Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1964 N.S. d.11/20/2021 N.S. (57)
NFL Player

🏆🏈Steve Hendrickson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1966 N.S. d.1/8/2021 N.S. (54)
NFL Linebacker

🎭🎵Rich Cronin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/30/1975 d.9/8/2010 (35)
Actor, Singer
Group Names: LFO

👑King Louis XI Of France -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1423 d.8/30/1483 (60)
King, French
Misc: reigned 1461-83

🎵Andrea Gabrieli -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1510 or ??/??/1520 or ??/??/1530 or ??/??/1532 d.8/30/1585
Composer, Italian

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⚛Christopher Polhem -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1661 d.8/30/1751 (89)
Inventor

🎭Suzanne Douvillier -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/28/1778 N.S. d.8/30/1826 N.S. (47)
Choreographer, Dancer, Ballerina
Misc: the first woman choreographer

⚛Francis Baily -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1774 d.8/30/1844 (70)
Astronomer, British
Misc: describer of "Baily's Beads" during a solar eclipse

✍Gilbert A. Beckett -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/9/1811 N.S. d.8/30/1856 N.S. (45)
Humorist, English

⚛Sir John Ross -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/24/1777 d.8/30/1856 (79)
Explorer, Scottish
Misc: British naval officer whose second Arctic expedition in search of the Northwest Passage, the North American waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, located the north magnetic pole.

🎖John Hood -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/1/1831 N.S. or 6/29/1831 N.S. d.8/30/1879 N.S. (48)
General

🎨⚛Marianne North -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/4/1830 d.8/30/1890 (59)
Painter, Botanist, British

🎨Charles S. Reinhart -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1844 d.8/30/1896 (52)
Artist, Illustrator, Painter

🎭Richard Mansfield -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/24/1854 d.8/30/1907 (53)
Movie/Stage Actor, American, German

🎖Aleksandr Samsonov -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/2/1859 Ju-1 or 11/14/1859 N.S. d.8/17/1914 Ju-1 (54) or 8/30/1914 N.S. (54)
General, Russian

🏆Nancy Green -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/4/1834 N.S. d.8/30/1923 N.S. (89)
Model
Misc: aka Aunt Jemima, who was one of the first Black models hired to promote a corporate trademark for the Aunt Jemima pancake mix and table syrup brands.

⚛Wilheim Wien -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/13/1864 d.8/30/1928 (64)
Physicist, German

🎵James Scott -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/12/1885 d.8/30/1938 (53)
Composer

⚛Sir Joseph Thomson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1856 d.8/30/1940 (83)
Explorer, Physicist, Scottish
Names/Places: MN:John
Misc: discovered the electron (Nobel 1906)

🎵Hans Kindler -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/8/1892 d.8/30/1949 (57)
Musician, Cellist, Conductor, Dutch (Netherlands)

🏆⚾Joseph Floyd Ellis "Arky" Vaughan -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/9/1912 d.8/30/1952 (40)
Hall of Famer, MLB Shortstop
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates (1932-1941), Brooklyn Dodgers (1942-1943, 1947-1948)

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🎵🎷Rudy Williams -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/21/1909 N.S. d.8/30/1954 N.S. (44)
Reeds, Alto-sax, Jazz Musician

🎭Lyn Osborn -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/23/1926 d.8/30/1958 (32)
TV Actor
TV Shows: Space Patrol (as Cadet Happy)

🏆🎳George Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/3/1909 d.8/30/1959 (49)
Hall of Famer, Bowler

🏆🥊James Edward Slattery -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/25/1904 d.8/30/1960 (56)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

🎭Charles Coburn -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/19/1877 d.8/30/1961 (84)
Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: MN:Douville

🎵Alex Stordahl -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/8/1913 N.S. d.8/30/1963 N.S. (50)
Arranger, Composer, Bandleader, Conductor
Misc: for Frank Sinatra, Eddie Fisher, & Gisele MacKenzie's var shows

🎭William Talman -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/4/1915 d.8/30/1968 (53)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Perry Mason (as Hamilton Burger the D.A. who lost every case to Perry Mason)

🎭Del Moore -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/14/1916 d.8/30/1970 (54)
Actor, Comedian, Announcer
TV Shows: Bachelor Father (as Cal Mitchell)

🎭Michael Dunn -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/20/1934 N.S. d.8/30/1973 N.S. (38)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: RN:Gary Neil Miller
TV Shows: The Wild Wild West (as Dr. Miguelito Loveless)

🎵Noel Boggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1917 d.8/30/1974 (56)
Country Music Performer

🎭Vera-Ellen -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/16/1921 d.8/30/1981 (60)
Movie Actress, Dancer
Names/Places: MLN:Westmeyor Rohe
Misc: sources of her age vary, some say b. 1920

⚖Mohammad Ali Rajai -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/15/1933 N.S. d.8/30/1981 N.S. (48)
Head of State, Iranian
Misc: Iran president

✍📰William Goyen -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/24/1915 N.S. d.8/30/1983 N.S. (68)
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet, Playwright, Editor, Teacher

🎭Wesley Lau -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/18/1921 d.8/30/1984 (63)
Actor
TV Shows: Perry Mason (as Lt. Anderson)

💰John O. Aalberg -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/3/1897 N.S. d.8/30/1984 N.S. (87)
Executive
Misc: Hollywood sound technician

✍Taylor Caldwell -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/7/1900 d.8/30/1985 (84)
Novelist, English
Names/Places: aka Janet

🎵🎷"Philly" Joe Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/15/1923 d.8/30/1985 (62)
Jazz Drummer

🏆Richard Leonard Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1917 N.S. d.8/30/1987 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Sports Writer

⚖Wade H. McCree Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1920 N.S. d.8/30/1987 N.S. (67)
Judge, Scholar
Misc: Public Official, Law Professor

🎵Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/18/1931 N.S. d.8/30/1988 N.S. (57)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Percussionist, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: War

🎭Joe DeSantis -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/15/1909 d.8/30/1989 (80)
Actor

📰Dorothy Schiff -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1903 d.8/30/1989 (86)
Journalist, Publisher
Misc: New York Post publisher (the first woman to be one in the U.S.)

✍📰Seymour Krim -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/11/1922 d.8/30/1989 (67)
Author, Literary Critic, Editor

✍📰Edmund George Love -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1912 d.8/30/1990 (78)
Author, Historian, Teacher

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🎭Alan Wheatley -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/19/1907 d.8/30/1991 (84)
Actor, English
TV Shows: The Adventures of Robin Hood (as the sheriff of Nottingham)

✍🎭Richard Jordan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/19/1937 N.S. d.8/30/1993 N.S. (56)
Screenwriter, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director
Names/Places: b. in New York City
Misc: some say was 56 when he died
TV Shows: Captains & the Kings, The Equalizer (as Harley Gage)
Movie Titles: The Hunt For Red October

✍🎭Lindsay Anderson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/17/1923 N.S. d.8/30/1994 N.S. (71)
Critic, Movie Director, Stage Director, Asia Indian
Names/Places: Mr. Skidmark; FN:Gordon

🎵🎸Sterling Morrison -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/29/1942 d.8/30/1995 (53)
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Guitarist, Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: The Velvet Underground (founding member)

✍🎭Christine Pascal -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1953 d.8/30/1996 N.S. (42)
Writer, Actress, Director, French
Movie Titles: 'Round Midnight, Spoiled Children, The Best Way to Walk, The Grand Highway

🎨🎭Colonel John D. Craig -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1903 d.8/30/1997 (94)
Photographer, TV Host, Producer
Misc: Documentaries, adventurer, WWII combat photographer aka The Colonel

🎭David M. Haskell -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/4/1948 d.8/30/2000 (52)
Actor
Movie Titles: Godspell

🎭Joseph H. Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/6/1907 d.8/30/2000 (93)
Director

🎭Julie Bishop -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1914 d.8/30/2001 (87)
TV/Movie Actress
Names/Places: RN:Jacqueline Wells
Misc: leading lady of 30s-40s films; some say b. 1917

🎭Billy Mahan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/9/1930 d.8/30/2002 (72)
Movie Actor

🎭J. Lee Thompson -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/1/1914 d.8/30/2002 (88)
Movie Director
Movie Titles: Cape Fear, Guns of Navarone, Planet of the Apes

⛪🎭Charles Bronson -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/3/1921 d.8/30/2003 (81)
Roman Catholic, TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Scooptown, PA; RLN:Bunchinsky then Buchinsky; Jill Ireland's husband
Misc: some say b. 1920 or '22
TV Shows: Man With a Camera (as Mike Kovac)
Movie Titles: The Magnificent Seven, Dirty Dozen, Deathwish, The Great Escape

⚛Fred Whipple -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/5/1906 d.8/30/2004 (97)
Astronomer
Misc: discovered 6 comets

🎭Glenn Ford -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/1/1916 d.8/30/2006 (90)
TV/Movie Actor, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Quebec; RFN:Gwyllyn; Eleanor Powell's ex-hubby; Martin Van Buren's descendant
TV Shows: Family Holvak, Once an Eagle, Cade's County

✍📰💰Michael (Beer Expert) Jackson -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/27/1942 N.S. d.8/30/2007 N.S. (65)
Writer, Journalist, Businessperson, English
Misc: Beer expert; not the pop singer

⚖Charles Vanik -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1913 d.8/30/2007 (94)
Congressperson

🏆⚾Hal Jeffcoat -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/6/1924 d.8/30/2007 (82)
MLB Player

🏆🥊Walter "Killer" Kowalski -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1926 N.S. d.8/30/2008 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Canadian, Polish
Names/Places: aka Wladek (later Walter) Killer Kowalski; RN:Edward Wladyslaw Sputnik

🏆🏌Tommy Bolt -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1916 d.8/30/2008 (92)
Hall of Famer, Golfer

✍🎭Alain Corneau -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/7/1943 d.8/30/2010 (67)
Writer, Movie Director, French

🏆🏌William Campbell -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1923 d.8/30/2013 (90)
Hall of Famer, Golfer

✍Seamus Heaney -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/13/1939 N.S. d.8/30/2013 N.S. (74)
Poet, Translator, Lecturer, Playwright, Irish

🎭Andrew V. McLaglen -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/28/1920 d.8/30/2014 (94)
Director, English

🎭🎵Victoria Mallory -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/20/1948 N.S. d.8/30/2014 N.S. (65)
Actress, Singer

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✍🎭Wes Craven -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/2/1939 N.S. d.8/30/2015 N.S. (76)
Writer, Actor, Producer, Director
Misc: director of many horror films
Movie Titles: A Nightmare on Elm Street (series), Wes Craven's New Nightmare, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Scream (series), The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under The Stars, Vampire in Brooklyn, Cursed, Red Eye, My Soul To Take

🎨Brad Anderson -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/14/1924 d.8/30/2015 N.S. (91)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: Marmaduke

✍⚛Oliver Sacks -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/9/1933 d.8/30/2015 N.S. (82)
Author, Writer, Chemist, Neurologist, Psychologist, English

🏆Věra Čáslavská-Odlozilova -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/3/1942 d.8/30/2016 N.S. (74)
Gymnast, Olympic Athlete, Czech
Misc: holder of 7 individual Olympic golds (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)

🎵Hubert Duane "Hoot" Hester -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/13/1951 N.S. d.8/30/2016 N.S. (65)
Multi-instrumentalist, Country Music Fiddler, Bluegrass Musician

🏆🏀Rollie Massimino -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/13/1934 d.8/30/2017 N.S. (82)
College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach

✍Louise Hay -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/8/1926 N.S. d.8/30/2017 N.S. (90)
Author
Misc: founder of Hay House
Book Titles: You Can Heal Your Life

🎭Vanessa Márquez -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/21/1968 N.S. d.8/30/2018 N.S. (49)
Actress
TV Shows: ER (as Nurse Wendy Goldman)
Movie Titles: Stand and Deliver, Under Suspicion

⛪🎭Valerie Harper -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/22/1939 N.S. d.8/30/2019 N.S. (80)
Roman Catholic, TV/Movie Actress, Dancer
Names/Places: b. in Suffern, NY; Richard Schaal's wife
TV Shows: Mary Tyler Moore Show (as Rhoda), Rhoda (as Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard), Valerie (as Valerie Hogan), The City, The Office
Movie Titles: Blame It on Rio

✍🎭🏆Franco Columbu -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/7/1941 N.S. d.8/30/2019 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Author, Actor, Producer, Bodybuilder, Italian
Misc: Also a licensed chiropractor and powerlifter.

🏆🏀John Thompson -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/2/1941 N.S. d.8/30/2020 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NBA Player, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: has coached centers Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo at Georgetown; reached NCAA tourney final 3 out of 4 years with Ewing, winning title in 1984; also led Hoyas to 6 Big East tourney titles; coached 1988 U.S. Olympic team to bronze medal
Sports Teams: Providence College (player 1961-1964), Boston Celtics (coach 1964-1966), St. Anthony HS (coach 1966-1972), Georgetown (college, coach 1972-1999)

🏆🏈Junior Lee Coffey -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/21/1942 N.S. d.8/30/2021 N.S. (79)
NFL Player

🏆🏈Steve White -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/25/1973 N.S. d.8/30/2022 N.S. (48)
NFL Defensive End

🎨Arthur Secunda -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/12/1927 N.S. d.8/30/2022 N.S. (94)
Painter

🎵🎸Jack Sonni -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/9/1954 N.S. d.8/30/2023 N.S. (68)
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Dire Straits (as The Other Guitarist)

🏆🏈Lee Roy Jordan -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1941 N.S. d.8/30/2025 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, NFL Linebacker, College Football Player
Misc: Super Bowls V, VI, X; 3x NFC champ, 5x Pro Bowl; in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Alabama, Dallas Cowboys (1963-1976)