Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 17

1878  Reg duff: Cricketer (australian bat, century on debut 1902)   

1880  Leo ascher: Composer   

1880  Percy sherwell: Cricketer (great s african batsman-keeper-captain)   

1882  Samuel goldwyn: [goldfish], movie producer (mgm)   

1885  Clara [g meijer-]wichmann: German anarchists/feminist (wife & society)   

1885  Kurt hiller: Writer   

1887  Charles i: Last emperor of austria-hungary (1916-18)   

1887  Marcus garvey: Began back-to-africa movement among us blacks   

1888  Monty wooley: Nyc, actor (pied piper, man who came to dinner)   

1890  Harry l hopkins: Us politician (loan & lease law)   

1890  Stefan bastyr: Polish aviator   

1892  Mae west: Bkln, actress (go up & see her sometime, klondike annie)   

1893  Mae west: American actress   

1894  Erik a blomberg: Swedish art historian/poet/author (jorden)   

1894  Johan polet: Dutch sculptor   

1896  Henry p de vries: Dutch painter/poet (laws of the americas)   

1896  Leslie groves: American military engineer   

1898  Gerard schmook: Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1900  Quincy howe: Boston mass, newscaster (cbs weekend news)   

1903  Abram chasins: Composer   

1904  Leopold nowak: Austrian musicologist   

1904  Mary cain: American newspaper editor and politician   

1905  John hay whitney: Publisher (ny herald trib 1961-67)   

1906  Hazel bishop: Chemist/cosmetics manufacturer   

1906  Marcello j das neves alves caetano: Premier of portugal (1968-74)   

1907  Marian viktorovich koval: Composer   

1908  Kurt hessenberg: Composer   

1909  Larry clinton: American trumpeter and bandleader   

1910  Eric aaltonen: Composer   

1910  J a manusama: Moluccan politician   

1910  R peyrefitte: Writer   

1911  Frederik de merode: Belgian prince   

1911  Jan lode cantens: Flemish dramatist (god's murderer)   

1912  Edgar fernhout: Dutch painter/son of charley toorop   

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0754  Karloman: Abbot of monte cassino,   

1153  Eustace iv of boulogne: Son of stephen of england (b. 1130)   

1304  Emperor go-fukakusa of japan: Emperor go-fukakusa of japan (b. 1243)   

1464  Nikolaus von cusa: German theologist/mathematician/philosopher,   

1510  Edmund dudley: English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  Pietersz: Book publisher (kersten knight   

1553  Charles iii: Duke of savoy,   

1635  Francisco de moncada: Spanish earl of osuna,