Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 1

Births

 * 10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. AD 54)
 * 1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
 * 1779 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
 * 1819 - Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
 * 1930 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)
 * 1932 - Meir Kahane, American orthodox rabbi and founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
 * 1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality
 * 1960 - Richard Roeper, American newspaper columnist and film critic
 * 1981 - M. Shadows, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
 * 1981 - Ashley Parker Angel, American musician, formerly of O-Town
 * 1984 - Bastian Schweinsteiger, (pictured) German footballer

Deaths

 * 1714 - Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
 * 1920 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist leader (b. 1856)
 * 1970 - Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)

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