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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
1659
Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734)
1953
Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist
1972
Martin Damm, Czech-American tennis player
1977
Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer
1985
Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
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August 2
1703
Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
1867
Ernest Dowson, English author and poet (d. 1900)
1925
John Dexter, English director and producer (d. 1990)
1937
Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist
1992
Hallie Eisenberg, American actress
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August 3
1886
Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
1940
Lance Alworth, American football player
1978
Jenny Tinmouth, English motorcycle racer
1980
Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
1983
Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
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August 4
1902
Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1960
Tim Winton, Australian author and playwright
1965
Adam Afriyie, English businessman and politician
1975
Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
1994
Mayuko Fukuda, Japanese actress
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August 5
1815
Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901)
1962
Ramsay Gilderdale, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965
Scott William Winters, American actor
1973
Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
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August 6
1926
János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
1930
Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
1933
A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1980
Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stuntwoman
1991
Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
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August 7
1946
Ed Seykota, American businessman and academic
1948
Marty Appel, American businessman and author
1960
David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978
Jamey Jasta, American singer-songwriter (Hatebreed, Kingdom of Sorrow, and Icepick)
1982
Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
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August 8
1951
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1952
Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1960
Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
1985
Ryan Koolwijk, Dutch footballer
1986
Pierre Garçon, American football player
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August 9
1783
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
1928
Bob Cousy, American basketball player and coach
1963
Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1974
Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
1989
Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model
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August 10
1908
Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009)
1913
Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1939
Kate O'Mara, English actress (d. 2014)
1977
Matt Morgan, English comedian, actor, and radio host
1978
Danny Allsopp, Australian footballer
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August 11
1957
Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
1968
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
1972
Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
1976
Jhong Hilario, Filipino actor and dancer
1987
Alyssa Alano, Filipino actress and singer (Viva Hot Babes)
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August 12
1883
Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress and playwright (d. 1974)
1889
Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (d. 1981)
1948
Sue Monk Kidd, American nurse, author, and educator
1960
Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1976
Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
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August 13
1814
Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
1925
Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band) (d. 2005)
1930
Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
1979
Corey Patterson, American baseball player
1988
MØ, Danish singer-songwriter
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August 14
1945
Heidi Hartmann, American economist and scholar
1962
Mark Gubicza, American baseball player and sportscaster
1968
Adrian Lester, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1978
Greg Rawlinson, South African-New Zealand rugby player
1979
Jérémie Bréchet, French footballer
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August 15
1951
Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
1958
Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
1961
Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
1963
Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician
1982
Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
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August 16
1928
Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
1943
Sharon Baird, American actress and dancer
1973
Damian Jackson, American baseball player
1986
Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
1991
Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
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August 17
1911
Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
1954
Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963
Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1969
Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
1976
Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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August 18
1605
Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (d. 1660)
1903
Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
1920
Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1936
Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
1959
Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer
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August 19
1935
Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach
1947
Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter
1957
Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-American poet and author
1979
Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Relient K and Ace Troubleshooter)
1989
Romeo Miller, American rapper, actor, and basketball player
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August 20
1888
Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (d. 1980)
1944
Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)
1951
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer and politician, 5th President of Egypt
1982
Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
1986
Steven Campbell, Australian footballer
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August 21
1886
Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)
1897
Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer (d. 1966)
1938
Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (The Regents) (d. 2015)
1968
Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
1973
Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
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August 22
1915
Hugh Paddick, English actor (d. 2000)
1943
Alun Michael, Welsh police officer and politician, 1st First Minister of Wales
1958
Vernon Reid, English-American guitarist and songwriter (Living Colour)
1967
Bill Welke, American baseball player and umpire
1988
Sarah Major, New Zealand actress and singer
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August 23
1843
William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
1849
William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)
1967
Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1974
Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1980
Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
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August 24
1707
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (d. 1791)
1872
Max Beerbohm, English-Italian author and illustrator (d. 1956)
1918
Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004)
1954
Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
1958
Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
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August 25
1817
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
1850
Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1921
Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
1941
Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
1962
David Packer, American actor
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August 26
1961
Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
1964
Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach
1964
Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
1973
Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012)
1977
Trần Thu Hà, Vietnamese singer, producer, and dancer
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August 27
1942
Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
1946
Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer and manager
1948
John Mehler, American drummer (Love Song)
1973
Cory Bowles, Canadian actor, singer, and choreographer
1975
Björn Gelotte, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames and All Ends)
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August 28
1888
Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
1921
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
1941
John Stanley Marshall, English drummer (Nucleus, Soft Machine, and Centipede)
1975
Yūko Gotō, Japanese voice actress
1980
Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician
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August 29
1904
Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1924
Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
1950
Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
1976
Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
1985
Héctor Sanabria, Argentinian footballer (d. 2013)
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August 30
1907
Leonor Fini, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1996)
1930
Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist
1946
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
1977
Shaun Alexander, American football player
1979
Leon Lopez, English singer-songwriter and actor
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August 31
1842
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (d. 1924)
1921
Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (d. 2014)
1935
Bryan Organ, English painter
1958
Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
1979
Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke)
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