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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
1893
Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)
1918
Richard Pearson, Welsh-English actor (d. 2011)
1939
Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)
1979
Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby player
1987
Jakov Fak, Croatian-Slovenian biathlete
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August 2
1861
Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bangladeshi chemist and academic (d. 1944)
1900
Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (d. 1941)
1934
Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and astronaut
1938
Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
1955
Tim Dunigan, American actor
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August 3
1943
Steven Millhauser, American author and academic
1946
Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1957
Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
1966
Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1984
Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
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August 4
1704
Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)
1947
Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers)
1966
Kensuke Sasaki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1969
Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach
1970
Steven Jack, South African cricketer
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August 5
1850
Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet (d. 1893)
1897
Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator (d. 1954)
1961
Janet McTeer, English actress
1980
Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
1993
Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
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August 6
1644
Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1911
Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
1956
Stepfanie Kramer, American actress and singer
1961
Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
1975
Jamie McGonnigal, American voice actor and producer
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August 7
1571
Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer (d. 1627)
1901
Ann Harding, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
1910
Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1965)
1942
Tobin Bell, American actor and producer
1973
Danny Graves, Vietnamese-American baseball player
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August 8
1915
James Elliott, American runner and coach (d. 1981)
1967
Sable, American wrestler and actress
1967
Yūki Amami, Japanese actress
1972
Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer and manager
1977
Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
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August 9
1902
Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician (d. 1984)
1914
Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator (d. 2001)
1957
Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
1973
Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer and manager
1985
JaMarcus Russell, American football player
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August 10
1889
Charles Darrow, American game designer, created ''Monopoly'' (d. 1967)
1923
Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer (d. 2015)
1927
Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
1928
Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010)
1981
Yaani King, American actress
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August 11
1808
William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
1927
Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1937
Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)
1967
Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor and martial artist
1985
J-Boog, American rapper, producer, and actor (B2K)
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August 12
1914
Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author (d. 2001)
1928
Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator
1942
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
1969
Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor and politician
1976
Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
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August 13
1968
Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
1979
Kasia Smutniak, Polish model and actress
1982
Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter and producer (Diddy – Dirty Money)
1984
Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
1987
Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer
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August 14
1599
Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and author (d. 1671)
1910
Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (d. 1995)
1959
Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
1961
Susan Olsen, American actress, singer, and radio host
1969
Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut
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August 15
1912
Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
1943
Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1953
Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1965
Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1982
Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer
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August 16
1930
Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1943
Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010)
1969
Kate Higgins, American voice actress, singer, and pianist
1987
Evan Berger, Australian footballer
1993
Cameron Monaghan, American actor
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August 17
1887
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940)
1923
Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1980
Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1989
Lil B, American rapper and producer (The Pack)
1992
Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
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August 18
1916
Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005)
1932
Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1935
Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
1972
Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer, actor, producer, and director
1974
Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic
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August 19
1848
Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (d. 1894)
1957
Martin Donovan, American actor and director
1958
Anthony Muñoz, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1976
Stephan Schmidt, German footballer and manager
1983
Reeva Steenkamp, South African model (d. 2013)
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August 20
1974
Santino Rice, American fashion designer and actor
1977
A. M. Esmonde, Welsh author, director, and producer
1982
Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
1992
Matej Delač, Croatian footballer
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August 21
1823
Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer (d. 1899)
1932
Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015)
1938
Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (The Regents) (d. 2015)
1984
Eve Torres, American wrestler, model, and dancer
1984
Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player
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August 22
1929
Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
1942
Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1993)
1952
Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
1956
Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
1976
Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
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August 23
1852
Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)
1880
Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
1912
Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
1921
Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
1979
Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
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August 24
1890
Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (d. 1979)
1942
Max Cleland, American captain and politician, 23rd Secretary of State of Georgia
1949
Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005)
1973
Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
1983
George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist
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August 25
1891
David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
1916
Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
1961
Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1963
Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat
1981
Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
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August 26
1908
Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)
1961
Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
1969
Elaine Irwin, American model
1977
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, English television producer
1989
Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
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August 27
1677
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (d. 1748)
1943
Bob Kerrey, American lieutenant and politician, 35th Governor of Nebraska
1960
Mike Golding, English sailor
1969
Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer and author
1985
Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter and sculptor
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August 28
1749
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
1887
István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
1978
Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY, Foreign Objects, Viking Skull, and The Company Band)
1982
Kelly Thiebaud, American actress
1989
Jo Kwon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (2AM)
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August 29
1935
László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar
1943
Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1955
Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1985
Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Greek trombonist (Canadian Brass)
1986
Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator, created ''Attack on Titan''
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August 30
1937
Jewel Brown, American singer
1941
Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host
1948
Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic
1953
Ron George, American businessman and politician
1969
Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist and composer
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August 31
1943
Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
1963
Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
1971
Candis Cayne, American actress
1977
Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer (PeroxWhy?Gen)
1986
Riza Santos, Canadian model and actress, Miss Universe Canada 2013
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