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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
1891
Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)
1932
Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1976
Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1986
Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
1996
Ellona Santiago, Filipino-American singer
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August 2
1703
Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
1957
Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter
1971
Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
1974
Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host
1994
Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
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August 3
1509
Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (d. 1546)
1863
Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
1891
Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
1971
Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1988
Leigh Tiffin, American football player
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August 4
1721
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)
1942
Cleon Jones, American baseball player
1952
Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician
1970
Steven Jack, South African cricketer
1975
Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
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August 5
1906
Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1914
Parley Baer, American actor (d. 2002)
1930
Michal Kováč, Slovakian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia
1934
Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
1980
Wayne Bridge, English footballer
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August 6
1180
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1922
Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
1932
Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter
1940
Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
1987
Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer
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August 7
1928
Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square
1954
Alan Reid, Scottish politician
1960
David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961
Maggie Wheeler, American actress
1987
Ryan Lavarnway, American baseball player
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August 8
1875
Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1881
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1909
Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
1967
Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
1985
James Morgan, Welsh actor and producer
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August 9
1930
Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (d. 2015)
1957
Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
1971
Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
1973
Gene Luen Yang, American author and illustrator
1977
Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
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August 10
1810
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1861)
1823
Hugh Stowell Brown, English minister and reformer (d. 1886)
1910
Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (d. 1954)
1940
Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
1959
Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician
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August 11
1858
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1913
Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
1962
Brian Azzarello, American author
1964
Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
1985
Jacqueline Fernandez, Bahraini-Sri Lankan model and actress, Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2006
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August 12
1949
Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
1949
Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
1960
Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1967
Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
1980
Rojda Demirer, Turkish actress
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August 13
1888
John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (d. 1946)
1930
Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
1963
Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
1979
Jamie Travis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1985
Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
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August 14
1479
Catherine of York (d. 1527)
1929
Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (d. 2013)
1960
Fred Roberts, American basketball player and educator
1968
Jason Leonard, English rugby player
1985
Christian Gentner, German footballer
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August 15
1931
Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1957
Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1961
Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
1986
Maria Fowler, English model and actress
1990
Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
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August 16
1845
Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
1919
Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014)
1939
Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
1972
George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian radio and television host
1993
Cameron Monaghan, American actor
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August 17
1768
Louis Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1873
John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
1919
Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1963
Shankar, Indian director and producer
1980
Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
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August 18
1803
Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General (d. 1881)
1870
Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (d. 1918)
1902
Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
1956
Rainer Woelki, German cardinal
1985
Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
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August 19
1843
C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (d. 1921)
1945
Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter (Ian Gillan Band, Gillan, Deep Purple, Episode Six, Black Sabbath, WhoCares)
1965
Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer
1972
Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
1990
Kristel Viigipuu, Estonian biathlete
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August 20
1931
Don King, American boxing promoter
1961
Joe Pasquale, English comedian and game show host
1977
Josh Pearce, American baseball player
1985
Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player
1988
Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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August 21
1754
Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (d. 1833)
1947
Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Buckinghams)
1952
Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1970
Simone Eriksrud, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (D'Sound)
1985
Kevin Nee, American strongman
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August 22
1867
Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1920
Ray Bradbury, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1924
James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
1961
Iain Coucher, English businessman
1987
Uhaa Nation, American wrestler
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August 23
1872
Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)
1883
Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)
1959
Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Orange Juice)
1967
Ant, American comedian and actor
1973
Casey Blake, American baseball player
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August 24
1865
Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
1893
Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1978)
1903
Karl Hanke, Polish-German businessman and politician (d. 1945)
1984
Erin Molan, Australian journalist
1994
King Krule, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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August 25
1776
Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (d. 1853)
1927
Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
1959
Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
1964
Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer
1977
Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress and screenwriter
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August 26
1826
Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
1928
Naïm Kattan, Iraqi-Canadian author and critic
1953
Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
1959
Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
1964
Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
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August 27
1928
Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (d. 2003)
1935
Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
1958
Hugh Orde, English police officer
1974
Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
1982
Bergüzar Korel, Turkish actress
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August 28
1908
Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
1952
Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
1956
Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter (Kix and Funny Money)
1962
Craig Anton, American actor and screenwriter
1989
César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
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August 29
1912
Barry Sullivan, American actor and director (d. 1994)
1959
Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian actor and producer
1962
Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1977
John Hensley, American actor
1994
Courtney Stodden, American model and singer
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August 30
1870
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
1954
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus
1955
Jamie Moses, English-American guitarist
1985
Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter
1986
Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins)
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August 31
1900
Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943)
1924
Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1946
Jerome Corsi, American theorist and author
1971
Candis Cayne, American actress
1975
Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
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