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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
1856
George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
1963
Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
1973
Kris Holden-Ried, Canadian actor
1976
Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
1985
Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
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August 2
1674
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
1828
Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)
1932
Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
1940
Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
1991
Skyler Day, American actress and singer
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August 3
1940
Lance Alworth, American football player
1945
Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist
1970
Gina G, Australian singer
1979
Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
1992
Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
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August 4
1604
François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (d. 1676)
1964
Gary King, English radio host
1967
Timothy Adams, American model and actor
1987
Jang Keun-suk, South Korean actor and singer
1992
Yvonne Neuwirth, Austrian tennis player
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August 5
1947
Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The McCoys)
1962
Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
1971
Jared Hasselhoff, American bass player and songwriter (Bloodhound Gang)
1975
Antony Cotton, English actor
1976
Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
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August 6
1609
Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1911
Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
1931
Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
1970
Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1976
Adam Ritson, Australian rugby player
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August 7
1560
Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
1884
Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator (d. 1940)
1918
Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (d. 2007)
1930
Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer and educator
1983
Tina O'Brien, English actress
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August 8
1933
Joe Tex, American singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
1950
Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
1977
Darren Manzella, American sergeant (d. 2013)
1984
Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
1989
Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian-Kazakhstan tennis player
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August 9
1631
John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1700)
1909
Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (d. 1944)
1944
George Armstrong, English footballer (d. 2000)
1962
Kevin Mack, American football player
1984
Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer
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August 10
1860
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (d. 1936)
1895
Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
1908
Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009)
1928
Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (d. 2010)
1985
Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer
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August 11
1892
Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
1936
Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic
1946
John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
1954
M. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer and coach
1966
Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer
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August 12
1647
Johann Heinrich Acker, German pastor and educator (d. 1719)
1924
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (d. 1988)
1939
Pam Kilborn, Australian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper
1946
Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (d. 2012)
1992
Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor
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August 13
1933
Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1964
Ian Haugland, Swedish drummer (Europe, Last Autumn's Dream, and Baltimoore)
1966
Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
1972
Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
1980
Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist
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August 14
1946
Bjørn Kruse, English-Norwegian saxophonist, composer, and painter
1954
Stanley A. McChrystal, American general
1962
Lady Bunny, American drag queen performer
1984
Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host
1992
Sarah Correa, Brazilian swimmer (d. 2015)
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August 15
1877
Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1931
Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1953
Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
1964
Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
1990
Aglaja Brix, German actress
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August 16
1761
Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
1930
Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1958
Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
1972
George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian radio and television host
1997
Greyson Chance, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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August 17
1786
Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
1909
Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
1929
Jimmy Donley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1963)
1959
David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1989
Elena Hight, American snowboarder
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August 18
1692
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1740)
1792
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
1910
Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2001)
1916
Don Keefer, American actor (d. 2014)
1957
Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Men at Work)
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August 19
232
Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)
1557
Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
1903
Lewis Sargent, American actor (d. 1970)
1957
Gerda Verburg, Dutch union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture
1958
Anthony Muñoz, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
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August 20
1720
Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)
1963
Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager
1973
Cameron Mather, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1984
Tsokye Tsomo Karchung, Bhutanese model and actress, Miss Bhutan 2008
1988
Naathan Phan, Scottish magician and actor
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August 21
1879
Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer (d. 1959)
1925
Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (d. 1977)
1961
Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001)
1970
Simone Eriksrud, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (D'Sound)
1975
Simon Katich, Australian cricketer and manager
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August 22
1924
James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
1936
Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1972
Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
1975
Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
1977
Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
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August 23
1926
Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1949
Geoff Capes, English shot putter and strongman
1952
Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
1976
Scott Caan, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1995
Eliza Pineda, Filipino actress and singer
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August 24
1890
Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)
1927
Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)
1929
Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004)
1978
Beth Riesgraf, American actress
1981
Chad Michael Murray, American model and actor
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August 25
1803
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)
1951
Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford, and Fight)
1958
Christian LeBlanc, American actor
1964
Joanne Whalley, English actress
1969
John Witt, American baseball player and actor
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August 26
1928
Yvette Vickers, American model, actress, and singer (d. 2010)
1957
Rick Hansen, Canadian wheelchair and philanthropist
1963
David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
1964
Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager
1970
Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian race walker
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August 27
1845
Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1909)
1904
John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
1932
Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2008)
1962
Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967
Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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August 28
1916
C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
1921
Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
1943
Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand
1957
George Merrill, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Boy Meets Girl)
1992
Sora Amamiya, Japanese voice actress and singer
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August 29
1857
Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
1876
Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)
1937
James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey
1980
David Desrosiers, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Simple Plan and Reset)
1985
Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
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August 30
1850
Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer (d. 1896)
1923
William Duell, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
1942
Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
1978
Cliff Lee, American baseball player
2001
Emily Bear, American pianist and composer
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August 31
1944
Liz Forgan, English journalist
1959
Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1970
Kristina Cook, English horse rider
1981
Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player
1987
Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
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