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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
1916
Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1974
Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (d. 2014)
1978
Jonathan Wilkes, English singer and actor
1982
Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
1987
Stan, Greek singer-songwriter
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August 2
1933
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
1958
Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer and manager
1960
Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
1978
Kazuki Namioka, Japanese actor
1991
Skyler Day, American actress and singer
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August 3
1905
Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
1966
Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1971
Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1984
Carah Faye Charnow, American singer-songwriter (Shiny Toy Guns and Versant)
1995
Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
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August 4
1929
Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)
1932
Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic
1943
Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias
1978
Jeremy Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1981
Abigail Spencer, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
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August 5
1802
Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829)
1912
Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007)
1947
France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
1965
Scott William Winters, American actor
1970
Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian giant (d. 2014)
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August 6
1877
Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1952)
1886
Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (d. 1971)
1957
Bob Horner, American baseball player
1979
Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
1985
Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
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August 7
1955
Gregoris Valtinos, Greek actor and director
1963
Harold Perrineau, American actor and producer
1975
Ray Hill, American football player (d. 2015)
1987
Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
1996
Liam James, Canadian actor
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August 8
1921
William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1922
Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic
1932
Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia
1971
Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
1991
Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
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August 9
1845
André Bessette, Canadian saint (d. 1937)
1925
David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding (d. 1999)
1931
Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach
1959
Kurtis Blow, American rapper, producer, and actor
1959
Toni Servillo, Italian actor and director
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August 10
1894
V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (d. 1980)
1964
Aaron Hall, American singer-songwriter (Guy)
1978
Claire Yiu, Hong Kong model and actress
1979
Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1984
Ryan Eggold, American actor and composer
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August 11
1923
Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
1925
Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)
1984
Katie Rees, American model, Miss Nevada USA 2007
1987
Alyssa Alano, Filipino actress and singer (Viva Hot Babes)
1993
Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
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August 12
1696
Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (d. 1755)
1907
Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (d. 1981)
1930
Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic
1940
Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
1941
Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright
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August 13
1752
Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814)
1831
Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1902)
1974
Sam Endicott, American singer-songwriter (The Bravery)
1975
Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1980
Álex González, Spanish actor
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August 14
1653
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (d. 1688)
1851
Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor (d. 1938)
1967
Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
1976
Alex Albrecht, American television host, actor, and producer
1984
Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player
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August 15
1613
Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
1863
Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1923
Rose Marie, American actress and singer
1989
Belinda Peregrín, Spanish-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1989
Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
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August 16
1888
Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
1922
Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
1929
Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1951
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
1975
Magic, American rapper (504 Boyz and Body Head Bangerz) (d. 2013)
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August 17
1844
Menelik II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
1927
Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)
1929
Jimmy Donley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1963)
1936
Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
1961
Larry B. Scott, American actor, director, and producer
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August 18
1910
Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 1969)
1940
Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
1967
Dan Peters, American drummer (Bundle of Hiss, Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Love Battery)
1974
Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic
1988
Jack Hobbs, English footballer
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August 19
1914
Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (d. 1955)
1928
Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
1930
David G. Compton, English author
1955
Peter Gallagher, American actor and singer
1980
Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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August 20
1935
Ron Paul, American captain, physician, and politician
1944
Graig Nettles, American baseball player and manager
1968
Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
1969
Billy Gardell, American comedian, actor, and producer
1981
Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
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August 21
1535
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (d. 1619)
1952
Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1969
Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
1984
Melissa Schuman, American singer-songwriter, actress, an dancer (Dream)
1987
Cody Kasch, American actor
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August 22
1897
Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)
1951
Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
1967
Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer and actress (d. 1986)
1972
Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (d. 2012)
1979
Jennifer Finnigan, Canadian actress and producer
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August 23
1805
Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
1877
István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
1931
Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
1943
Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
1982
Trevor Wright, American actor
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August 24
1905
Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1927
David Ireland, Australian author and playwright
1938
Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
1947
Anne Archer, American actress and producer
1960
Takashi Miike, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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August 25
1921
Monty Hall, Canadian-American actor, singer, and game show host
1940
Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
1946
Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
1970
Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster
1977
Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer
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August 26
1910
Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1954
Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman
1961
Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
1965
Carolina Arregui, Chilean actress
1983
Toshiaki Imae, Japanese baseball player
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August 27
1958
Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and actor
1964
Robert Bogue, American actor and producer
1975
Jonny Moseley, Puerto Rician-American skier and television host
1980
Kyle Lowder, American actor
1985
Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter and sculptor
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August 28
1933
Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012)
1943
Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager
1958
Scott Hamilton, American figure skater and actor
1968
Billy Boyd, Scottish actor and singer
1991
Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
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August 29
1777
Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (d. 1853)
1959
Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairground Attraction)
1976
Pablo Mastroeni, Argentinian-American soccer player and manager
1976
Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
1981
Dennis Oh, American-South Korean model and actor
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August 30
1898
Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (d. 1992)
1948
Robin Lustig, English journalist and radio host
1960
Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1966
Michael Michele, American actress
1983
Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Arashi)
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August 31
1907
Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957)
1952
Herbert Reul, German politician
1955
Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic
1967
Nigel Avery, New Zealand weightlifter and bobsledder
1977
Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer (PeroxWhy?Gen)
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