Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 16

1862  Amos alonzo stagg: Football pioneer, inventor (tackling dummy)   

1864  Ferdinand c s schiller: British philosopher (riddles of the sphinx)   

1867  Antonio nobre: Portuguese poet (lonely)   

1868  Bernard macfadden: Publisher (physical culture, true romances)   

1868  Charles sanford skilton: Composer   

1868  Bernarr mcfadden: American publisher   

1871  Zakhary petrovich paliashvili: Composer   

1874  Arthur meighen: Canada, pm of canada (1920, 21, 26)   

1876  Ivan bilibin: Russian illustrator   

1877  Karl l hoschna: Composer   

1879  Ethel barrymore: Classic film & stage actress (pinky, moonrise)   

1882  Pierre h ritter jr: Dutch literary/head (utrecht newspaper)   

1884  Adrian s oppenheim: Dutch lawyer/adviser (british petroleum/shell)   

1884  Hugo gernsback: Sci-fi writer (1960 hugo)   

1884  Walther von reichenau: German field marshal   

1885  Charles carson: London england, actor (cry the beloved country)   

1887  Nadia boulanger: Conductor (1st woman to conduct boston symphony)   

1888  Armand j. piron: American musician   

1892  Harold foster: Cartoonist (created "prince valiant")   

1892  Otto messmer: American cartoonist   

1894  George meany: Nyc, labor leader (headed afl-cio)   

1895  Jacinto guerrero: Composer   

1895  Lucien littlefield: San antonia tx, actor (mr beasley-blondie)   

1895  Albert cohen: Swiss novelist   

1895  Liane haid: Austrian actress   

1897  Robert ringling: Circus master   

1897  Vicente ascone: Composer   

1899  Glenn strange: Weed nm, actor (sam the bartender-gunsmoke)   

1902  Georgette heyer: England, novelist (friday's child)   

1902  Stefan boleslaw poradowski: Composer   

1904  Wendell stanley: Biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (nobel 1946)   

1906  Franz josef ii: Prince of liechtenstein (1938-89)   

1907  Alexander uriah boskovich: Composer   

1907  Mae clarke: [klotz], phila, actress (frankenstein, waterloo bridge)   

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0014  Augustus: First roman emperor (b. 63 bc)   

1027  Giorgi i: King of georgia (b. 998)   

1297  John ii of trebizond: John ii of trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  Roch: French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  Duke albert ii of austria: Duke albert ii of austria (b. 1298)   

1419  Wenceslaus: King of the romans, king of bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  Ashikaga yoshikatsu: Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

1445  Margaret of scotland (dauphine of france): Wife of the future king louis xi (b. 1424)