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Hugh Foliot (c. 1155–1234) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. Related somehow to his predecessor at Hereford he served as a priest and papal judge as well as being an […]

Ernest Cutler Price (April 23 1891 – February 3 1962) better known as Jack Hoosier Bearcat Dillon was an American boxer who held the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. […]

Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (French: [ʃaʁl də fʁɛjsinɛ]; 14 November 1828 – 14 May 1923) was a French statesman and Prime Minister during the Third Republic; he belonged […]

Vahdettin İşsever (born 7 August 1968) is a boxer from Turkey who won the bronze medal in the Men’s Ligtweight (– 60 kg) division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing […]

Constantius II (Latin: Flavius Julius Constantius Augustus; 7 August 317 – 3 November 361) was Roman Emperor from 337 to 361. The second son of Constantine I and Fausta he […]

Collagen type IV alpha-3-binding protein also known as ceramide transfer protein (CERT) or StAR-related lipid transfer protein 11 (STARD11) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COL4A3BP […]

David Grant (born 7 August 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL/AFL.Grant was a utility player and was named at half back […]

Liz Cochran (born August 7 1988) is Miss Alabama 2009.

Terry John Thompson (born August 7 1971 in Omaha Nebraska) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who as at December 8 2011 has won 2781 races during his […]

William Shirley (2 December 1694 – 24 March 1771) was a British colonial administrator who was the longest-serving governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1741–1749 and 1753–1756) and then […]

Carlos Holguín Mallarino (11 June 1832 – 19 October 1894) was a Colombian lawyer journalist and politician who became President of Colombia between 1888 and 1892 acting in the absence […]

Victor Nendaka Bika (7 August 1923 – 22 August 2002) was a Congolese politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo (previously known as Zaire). Nicknamed Oufkir reminding Mohamed Oufkir the […]

Masaji Kusakabe (born 7 August 1946) is a Japanese professional golfer.Kusakabe played on the Japan Golf Tour winning nine times.

Hideki Hosaka (保坂 秀樹 Hosaka Hideki) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero-One.

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 31st Congress were held at various dates in each state between August 7 1848 (Arkansas Illinois Iowa and Missouri) and […]

Simon Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British road and track racing cyclist and twin brother of Adam Yates. He currently competes for the Orica-GreenEDGE team.

Dmitry Shok Shakuta (Belarusian: Дзмiтрый Вiктаравiч Шакута born August 7 1980) is a Belarusian Muay Thai super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk Belarus for the SK-55 gym. He is […]

Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (16 April 1825 – 24 December 1913) was a Danish politician member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the […]

Virgilio Barco Vargas (17 September 1921 – 20 May 1997) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer and member of Colombian Liberal Party. He served as the 27th President of […]

201 Penelope is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on August 7 1879 in Pola. The asteroid is named after Penelope the wife […]