Eddie Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. Popular during the 1950s, he sold millions of records and hosted his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show. [Wikipedia]
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Michael Kors (August 9, 1959) is an American fashion designer. He is the chief creative officer of his brand, Michael Kors, which sells men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear, and fragrance, under his signature Michael Kors Collection, MICHAEL Michael Kors and Michael Kors Mens labels. [Wikipedia]
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Gertrude Himmelfarb (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019) was an American historian. She was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. [Wikipedia]
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Jonathan Pollard (August 7, 1954) is an American-born Israeli spy and former intelligence analyst who was jailed for spying for Israel. [Wikipedia]
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Jonathan Silverman (August 6, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the comedy films Brighton Beach Memoirs, Weekend at Bernie’s, and its sequel Weekend at Bernie’s II as well as his starring role in the TV series The Single Guy. Silverman was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family. [Wikipedia]
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Naum Gabo (August 5, 1890 – August 23, 1977) was a Russian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist. He was a key figure in the Russian avant-garde and the subsequent development of 20th-century sculpture. [Wikipedia]
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Richard Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor, comedian, and author. He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant and investigator John Munch, whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and in several guest appearances on other series. [Wikipedia]
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Iona Yakir (August 3, 1896 – June 12, 1937) was a Red Army commander and one of the world’s major military reformers between World War I and World War II. He was an early and major military victim of the Great Purge, alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky. [Wikipedia]
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Jacky Rosen (August 2, 1957) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the U.S. representative for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. [Wikipedia]
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Helena Nordheim (August 1, 1903 – July 2, 1943) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam. With her team, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [Wikipedia]
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B. J. Novak (July 31, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. He gained traction as a comedian during the early 2000s before becoming an actor for the MTV reality prank show Punk’d (2003). Novak had his breakout with a main role as Ryan Howard on seasons 1–8 of the NBC mockumentary sitcom The Office (2005–2013). [Wikipedia]
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Lisa Kudrow (July 30, 1963) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her roles as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Valerie Cherish in the HBO mockumentary series The Comeback (2005–2026). [Wikipedia]
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Geddy Lee (July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock band Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones. [Wikipedia]
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Baruch Blumberg (July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. [Wikipedia]
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