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Famous August Birthdays

The following 7,639 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of August. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the    after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in August.

Zodiac signs for August are Leo and Virgo . The modern birthstone for August is Peridot while the mystical gemstone (based on Tibetan origin) is Diamond.

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August 1

  • 1818
    Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)
  • 1953
    Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author  
  • 1971
    Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor and producer  
  • 1980
    Mancini, Brazilian footballer  
  • 1981
    Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player  

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August 2

  • 1867
    Ernest Dowson, English author and poet (d. 1900)
  • 1900
    Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
  • 1905
    Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963)  
  • 1950
    Lance Ito, American lawyer and judge  
  • 1951
    Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Leather Nun and Blue for Two)  

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August 3

  • 1939
    Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer  
  • 1947
    Ralph Wright, English footballer  
  • 1967
    Skin, English singer and guitarist (Skunk Anansie)  
  • 1985
    Ats Purje, Estonian footballer  
  • 1988
    Leigh Tiffin, American football player  

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August 4

  • 1876
    Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)
  • 1942
    David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)  
  • 1943
    Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer  
  • 1964
    Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician  
  • 1991
    River Viiperi, Spanish model  

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August 5

  • 1461
    Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506)
  • 1922
    L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2015)  
  • 1959
    Pat Smear, American guitarist and songwriter (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Germs, and Adolescents)  
  • 1963
    Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard) (d. 2010)  
  • 1983
    Korey Hall, American football player  

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August 6

  • 1881
    Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
  • 1922
    Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015)  
  • 1937
    Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (Old and New Dreams) (d. 2014)  
  • 1957
    Bob Horner, American baseball player  
  • 1965
    Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist  

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August 7

  • 1901
    Ann Harding, American actress and singer (d. 1981)  
  • 1968
    Francesca Gregorini, Italian-American director and screenwriter  
  • 1975
    Gerard Denton, Australian cricketer  
  • 1979
    Nicole Tubiola, American actress  
  • 1982
    Martin Vučić, Macedonian singer and drummer  

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August 8

  • 1948
    Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut  
  • 1964
    Scott Sandelin, American ice hockey player and coach  
  • 1978
    Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress  
  • 1982
    David Florence, Scottish canoe racer  
  • 1995
    Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer  

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August 9

  • 1674
    František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion (d. 1766)
  • 1805
    Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (d. 1860)
  • 1914
    Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director (d. 1963)  
  • 1971
    Nikki Ziering, American model and actress  
  • 1987
    Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter  

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August 10

  • 1827
    Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (d. 1870)
  • 1902
    Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)  
  • 1933
    Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English lawyer and judge  
  • 1937
    Anatoly Sobchak, Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (d. 2000)  
  • 1971
    Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter (Apoptygma Berzerk and Bruderschaft)  

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August 11

  • 1794
    James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
  • 1892
    Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
  • 1949
    Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician  
  • 1958
    Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Public Image Ltd and The Damage Manual)  
  • 1968
    Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau  

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August 12

  • 1857
    Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (d. 1924)
  • 1883
    Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968)
  • 1896
    Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (d. 1981)
  • 1967
    Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker  
  • 1981
    Djibril Cissé, French footballer  

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August 13

  • 1912
    Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)  
  • 1913
    Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)  
  • 1919
    Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)  
  • 1952
    Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)  
  • 1984
    Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer  

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August 14

  • 1758
    Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (d. 1835)
  • 1929
    Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster (d. 2005)  
  • 1966
    Tuncay Özkan, Turkish journalist and politician  
  • 1974
    Christopher Gorham, American actor and director  
  • 1989
    Florian Abel, German footballer  

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August 15

  • 1613
    Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
  • 1931
    Paul McDowell, English actor and screenwriter  
  • 1959
    Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut  
  • 1986
    Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (d. 2013)  
  • 1991
    Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder  

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August 16

  • 1761
    Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
  • 1908
    William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American author (d. 2000)  
  • 1917
    Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)  
  • 1952
    Gianna Rolandi, American soprano and actress  
  • 1977
    Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor  

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August 17

  • 1929
    Augie Blunt, American actor (d. 1999)  
  • 1948
    Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)  
  • 1959
    Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer  
  • 1964
    Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter (Lone Justice)  
  • 1974
    Giuliana Rancic, Italian-American journalist and actress  

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August 18

  • 1606
    Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)
  • 1750
    Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1825)
  • 1957
    Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Men at Work)  
  • 1969
    Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach  
  • 1988
    Jack Hobbs, English footballer  

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August 19

  • 1936
    Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)  
  • 1945
    Sandro de América, Argentinian singer and actor (d. 2010)  
  • 1969
    Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach  
  • 1977
    Takahiro Yamada, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)  
  • 1983
    John McCargo, American football player  

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August 20

  • 1912
    John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985)  
  • 1941
    Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hawkwind)  
  • 1942
    Fred Norman, American baseball player  
  • 1961
    Joe Pasquale, English comedian and game show host  
  • 1963
    Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager  

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August 21

  • 1929
    X. J. Kennedy, American poet and author  
  • 1945
    Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author  
  • 1956
    Kim Cattrall, English-American actress and producer  
  • 1976
    Nikos Vertis, Dutch-Greek singer  
  • 1978
    Jason Marquis, American baseball player  

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August 22

  • 1930
    Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)  
  • 1967
    Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer  
  • 1975
    Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor  
  • 1983
    Dani Thompson, Australian-English model and actress  
  • 1984
    Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer  

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August 23

  • 1927
    Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)  
  • 1931
    Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate  
  • 1945
    Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach  
  • 1952
    Santillana, Spanish footballer  
  • 1967
    Kazumi Totaka, Japanese voice actor and composer  

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August 24

  • 1888
    Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (d. 1942)
  • 1916
    Hal Smith, American actor and singer (d. 1994)  
  • 1927
    Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)  
  • 1952
    Ian Grob, English race car driver  
  • 1955
    Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas  

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August 25

  • 1758
    Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
  • 1786
    Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
  • 1930
    György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)  
  • 1951
    Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host  
  • 1952
    Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Buggles, Yes, and Asia)  

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August 26

  • 1845
    Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
  • 1944
    Stephen Greif, English actor  
  • 1946
    Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education  
  • 1947
    Emiliano Díez, Cuban-American actor and singer  
  • 1985
    Brian Kelley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Florida Georgia Line)  

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August 27

  • 1877
    Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)
  • 1922
    Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (d. 2012)  
  • 1961
    Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer  
  • 1971
    Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician  
  • 1981
    Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer  

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August 28

  • 1949
    Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stranglers)  
  • 1951
    Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (The Beatniks)  
  • 1965
    Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer, founded Game Freak  
  • 1989
    Christina Von Eerie, American wrestler  
  • 1992
    Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast  

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August 29

  • 1917
    Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)  
  • 1930
    Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)  
  • 1950
    Michael, American bishop  
  • 1965
    Jeremy Applegate, American actor (d. 2000)  
  • 1981
    Dennis Oh, American-South Korean model and actor  

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August 30

  • 1896
    Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (d. 1983)
  • 1951
    Timothy Bottoms, American actor and producer  
  • 1989
    Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter (Black Cards)  
  • 1989
    Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer  
  • 1989
    Simone Guerra, Italian footballer  

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August 31

  • 1879
    Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and painter (d. 1964)
  • 1921
    Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (d. 2014)  
  • 1958
    Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman  
  • 1962
    Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor and singer  
  • 1971
    Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist  

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