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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.
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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)
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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