Famous August Birthdays
Who was Born in August on Your Birthday?
Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous August birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day. See who was born in your birth month below.
Did You Know? The song “Happy Birthday to You” was first sung on June 27, 1859
Famous August Birthdays
August 1, 1770 – William Clark, explorer, teamed with Meriwether Lewis, “Lewis and Clark”
August 1, 1779 – Francis Scott Key, author of the national anthem
August 1, 1819 – Herman Melville, novelist
August 1, 1933 – Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian
August 1, 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer
August 1, 1937 – Alfonse D’Amato, NY senator
August 1, 1942 – Jerry Garcia, guitarist, member of the “Grateful Dead”
August 1, 1947 – Roger Sharpe, Pinball Promoter. Successfully argued in court to remove the ban on machines in NYC. See National Pinball Day
August 1, 1963 – Coolio, rap singer
August 2, 1754 – Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Revolutionary War officer, and architect, designed the plan for Washington, DC
August 2, 1924 – James Baldwin, author, playwright
August 2, 1924 – Carroll O’Connor, actor, “Archie Bunker” on the TV series “All in the Family”
August 2, 1932 – Peter O’Toole, actor
August 2, 1944 – Joanna Cassidy, actress
August 2, 1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, actress
August 3, 1900 – John T. Scopes, defendant in the 1925 “Monkey Trial,” for teaching evolution
August 3, 1908 – Dolores Del Rio, actress
August 3, 1920 – P. D. James, mystery writer
August 3, 1924 – Leon Uris, novelist
August 3, 1926 – Tony Bennett, singer
August 3, 1940 – Martin Sheen, actor
August 3, 1941 – Martha Stewart, Businesswoman, chef
August 3, 1950 – John Landis, director
August 3, 1951 – Jay North, actor, played “Dennis the Menace”
August 3, 1958 – Victoria Jackson, actress, comedian
August 3, 1977 – Tom Brady, NFL New England Patriots Quarterback
August 4, 1900 – Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of England
August 4, 1901 – Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter
August 4, 1910 – William Howard Schuman, composer
August 4, 1929 – Yasir Arafat, Palestinian leader
August 4, 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, actor
August 4, 1958 – Mary Decker, champion track athlete
August 4, 1961 – Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President
August 4, 1962 – Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher
August 4, 1971 – Jeff Gordon, auto racer
August 4, 1981 – Meghan Markle, model, actress, Duchess of Sussex
August 5, 1906 – John Huston, director, actor
August 5, 1930 – Neil Armstrong. 1st to walk on the moon. Quote: One small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.
August 5, 1935 – John Saxon, actor
August 5, 1946 – Loni Anderson, actress
August 5, 1962 – Patrick Ewing, NBA basketball player
August 5, 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, actor
August 6, 180 9 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet
August 6, 1881 – Sir Alexander Fleming, discovered penicillin
August 6, 1911 – Lucille Ball, actress, comedian, “I Love Lucy”
August 6, 1917 – Robert Mitchum, actor
August 6, 1928 – Andy Warhol, artist
August 6, 1951 – Dorian Harewood, actor
August 6, 1965 – David Robinson, NBA basketball player
August 6, 1972 – Geri Halliwell, singer, “Ginger Spice” of the “Spice Girls”
August 6, 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, actress, “Punky Brewster”.
August 7, 1876 – Mata Hari, dancer, spy
August 7, 1903 – Rudolf C. Ising, animator, co-creator of “Loony Tunes” and “Merrie Melodies”
August 7, 1942 – B. J. Thomas, singer
August 7, 1944 – John Glover, actor
August 7, 1955 – Wayne Knight, actor
August 7, 1960 – David Duchovny, actor
August 7, 1975 – Charlize Theron, Oscar winning actress
August 8, 1866 – Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer
August 8, 1907 – Benny Carter, jazz musician, composer
August 8, 1919 – Dino DeLaurentis, producer
August 8, 1922 – Rory Calhoun, actor
August 8, 1923 – Esther Williams, swimmer, actress
August 8, 1932 – Mel Tillis, singer, songwriter
August 8, 1937 – Dustin Hoffman, actor
August 8, 1938 – Connie Stevens, actress
August 8, 1949 – Keith Carradine, actor, singer
August 8, 1953 – Donny Most, “Ralph Malph” on TV series “Happy Days”
August 8, 1976 – Joshua Chasez (J.C.), singer, member of “NSYNC”
August 8, 1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
August 8, 1998 – Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer, and songwriter
August 9, 1631 – John Dryden, poet
August 9, 1944 – Sam Elliott, actor
August 9, 1945 – Ken Norton, champion boxer
August 9, 1957 – Melanie Griffith, actress
August 9, 1963 – Whitney Houston, singer, actress
August 9, 1964 – Brett Hull, NHL hockey player
August 9, 1967 – Deion Sanders, Dual career as NFL football player and MLB baseball player
August 9, 1968 – Gillian Anderson, actress
August 10, 1729 – William Howe, commander of British forces during the Revolutionary War
August 10, 1874 – Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. President (1929-1933)
August 10, 1911 – Jane Wyatt, actress
August 10, 1923 – Rhonda Fleming, actress
August 10, 1928 – Jimmy Dean, singer, “Big Bad John”
August 10, 1928 – Eddie Fisher, singer
August 10, 1942 – Betsy Johnson, fashion designer
August 10, 1947 – Ian Anderson, singer, member of “Jethro Tull”
August 10, 1948 – Patti Austin, singer
August 10, 1960 – Antonio Banderas, actor
August 10, 1967 – Riddick Bowe, heavyweight boxer
Who was born in August?
August 11, 1921 – Alex Haley, author wrote the novel “Roots”
August 11, 1925 – Mike Douglas, TV personality, singer
August 11, 1933 – Jerry Falwell, TV evangelist
August 11, 1937 – Allegra Kent, ballerina
August 11, 1950 – Stephen Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer
August 11, 1953 – Hulk Hogan( born Terry Gene Bollea), WWF wrestler
August 11, 1955 – Joe Jackson, musician, songwriter
August 12, 1856 – James B. (“Diamond Jim”) Brady, financier, philanthropist
August 12, 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, producer, director
August 12, 1929 – Buck Owens, country singer
August 12, 1930 – George Soros, financier
August 12, 1939 – George Hamilton, actor
August 12, 1971 – Pete Sampras, tennis champion
August 13, 1860 – Annie Oakley, Wild West entertainer
August 13, 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, director
August 13, 1904 – Buddy Rogers, actor, bandleader
August 13, 1912 – Ben Hogan, golfer
August 13, 1926 – Fidel Castro, President of Cuba
August 13, 1930 – Don Ho, singer
August 13, 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, singer, songwriter
August 14, 1863 – Ernest Lawrence Thayer, writer, poet
August 14, 1941 – David Crosby, singer, songwriter, musician of “Crosby, Stills & Nash”
August 14, 1944 – Robyn Smith, jockey
August 14, 1945 – Steve Martin, comedian, actor, writer
August 14, 1946 – Susan St. James, actress
August 14, 1947 – Danielle Steel, romance novelist
August 14, 1950 – Gary Larson, cartoonist, created “The Far Side”
August 14, 1959 – Ervin (Magic) Johnson, NBA basketball player
August 14, 1960 – Sarah Brightman, singer
August 14, 1968 – Halle Berry, actress
August 14, 1987 – Tim Tebow, football and baseball player
August 15, 1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, French military, emperor
August 15, 1771- Sir Walter Scott, poet, novelist
August 15, 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, actress
August 15, 1912 – Julia Child, Chef, cookbook author
August 15, 1925 – Mike Connors, actor
August 15, 1945 – Gene Upshaw, football player, union leader
August 15, 1968 – Debra Messing, actress
August 15, 1972 – Ben Affleck, actor, director
August 15, 1990 – Jennifer Lawerence, American actress
August 16, 1888 – T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), soldier, writer
August 16, 1894 – George Meany, labor leader
August 16, 1913 – Menachem Begin, Israeli prime minister
August 16, 1928 – Ann Blyth, actress
August 16, 1930- Frank Gifford, NFL football player, sportscaster
August 16, 1932 – Eydie Gorme, singer
August 16, 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, TV personality “Regis and Kathy Lee”, singer
August 16, 1954 – James Cameron, director
August 16, 1958- Madonna, singer, actress
August 16, 1960- Timothy Hutton, actor
August 16, 1962 – Steve Carell, American actor and comedian, “The Office”
August 17, 1786 – Davy Crockett, frontiersman, adventurer, soldier, Died at the Alamo
August 17, 1882 – Samuel Goldwyn, film pioneer, producer
August 17, 1893 – Mae West, actress
August 17, 1920 – Maureen O’Hara, actress
August 17, 1943 – Robert De Niro, actor
August 17, 1958 – Belinda Carlisle, singer
August 17, 1960 – Sean Penn, actor
August 18, 1774 – Meriwether Lewis, explorer of “Lewis and Clark”
August 18, 1917 – Caspar Weinberger, business executive, U.S. cabinet member
August 18, 1922 – Shelley Winters, actress
August 18, 1927 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States
August 18, 1933 – Roman Polanski, director
August 18, 1934 – Roberto Clemente, baseball player
August 18, 1937 – Robert Redford, actor, director
August 18, 1954 – Patrick Swayze, actor, singer, dancer, “Ghost”
August 18, 1958 – Madeleine Stowe, actress
August 18, 1975 – Kaitlin Olson, American actress
August 18, 1978 – Andy Samberg, American actor, comedian
August 19, 1871 – Orville Wright, aviator, “first in flight”
August 19, 1883 – Coco Chanel, fashion designer
August 19, 1902 – Ogden Nash, humorous poet
August 19, 1919 – Malcolm Forbes, publisher
August 19, 1921 – Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek
August 19, 1931 – Willie Shoemaker, jockey
August 19, 1946 – Bill Clinton,42nd U.S. President (1993-2000)
August 19, 1948 – Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore
August 19, 1956 – Adam Arkin, actor
August 19, 1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, actress
August 19, 1969 – Matthew Perry, actor, TV series “Friends”
August 19, 1969 – Christian Slater, actor
August 20, 1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, Naval officer in the War of 1812
August 20, 1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President (1889-1893)
August 20, 1890 – H. P. Lovecraft, science fiction writer
August 20, 1931 – Don King, boxing promoter
August 20, 1942 – Isaac Hayes, singer, songwriter, musician
August 20, 1944 – Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister
August 20, 1946 – Connie Chung, TV journalist
August 20, 1954 – Al Roker, NBC TV meteorologist
August 20, 1956 – Joan Allen, actress
Who was born on your August birthday?
August 21, 1904 – Count Basie, jazz musician, bandleader
August 21, 1923 – Chris Schenkel, sportscaster
August 21, 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, NBA basketball player
August 21, 1938 – Kenny Rogers, singer, actor
August 21, 1944 – Jackie DeShannon, singer, songwriter
August 21, 1958 – Steve Case, AOL executive
August 21, 1975 – Alicia Witt, actress
August 22, 1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, astronomer, aviation pioneer
August 22, 1862 – Claude Debussy, composer, musician
August 22, 1893 – Dorothy Parker, author
August 22, 1920 – Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer
August 22, 1934 – H. Norman Schwarzkopf, General who led coalition forces in Operation Desert Storm (First Iraq War)
August 22, 1940 – Valerie Harper, actress
August 22, 1941 – Bill Parcells, the “Tuna”, NFL football coach
August 22, 1947 – Cindy Williams, actress, “Shirley” on TV series “Laverne and Shirley”
August 22, 1964 – Tori Amos, singer, musician
August 22, 1973 – Howie Dorough, singer, member of the “Backstreet Boys”
August 23, 1754 – King Louis XVI, king during the French Revolution
August 23, 1912 – Gene Kelly, actor, dancer, “Signin in the Rain”
August 23, 1929 – Vera Miles, actress
August 23, 1931 – Barbara Eden, actress “I Dream of Jeannie”
August 23, 1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, football quarterback
August 23, 1938 – Ronny Cox, actor
August 23, 1949 – Shelley Long, actress, “Diane” on TV series “Cheers”
August 23, 1949 – Rick Springfield, singer
August 23, 1976 – Scott Caan, American actor, “Hawaii Five-O”
August 23, 1978 – Kobe Bryant, NBA basketball player
August 24, 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, astronaut, died in the Challenger Space Shuttle
August 24, 1956 – Gerry Cooney, boxer
August 24, 1958 – Steve Guttenberg, actor
August 24, 1960 – Cal Ripken Jr., Ironman baseball player, played in 2,643 consecutive games
August 24, 1962 – Craig Kilborn, TV personality, host of CBS “Late, Late Show”
August 24, 1965 – Marlee Matlin, actress
August 25, 1913 – Walt Kelly, cartoonist, created “Pogo”
August 25, 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, music composer, conductor
August 25, 1919 – George Wallace, Alabama Governor, and presidential candidate
August 25, 1930 – Sean Connery, actor , “James Bond”
August 25, 1933 – Regis Philbin Talk Show Host, Game Show Emcee
August 25, 1933 – Tom Skerritt, actor , TV series “Picket Fences”
August 25, 1934 – Regis Philbin, TV personality , Game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
August 25, 1958 – Tim Burton, director
August 25, 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer
August 25, 1964 – Blair Underwood, actor
August 25, 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, model
August 26, 1906 – Albert Sabin, developed oral polio vaccine
August 26, 1921 – Benjamin Bradlee, journalist, editor
August 26, 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro, NY Congresswoman, vice presidential nominee
August 26, 1965 – Christopher Burke, actor
August 26, 1970 – Melissa McCarthy, American actress, writer, producer
August 26, 1980 – Macaulay Culkin, actor, starred in “Home Alone” movies
August 27, 1908 – Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th U.S. President (1963-1969)
August 27, 1910 – Mother Teresa, nun, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity
August 27, 1916 – Martha Raye, actress, comedian, singer
August 27, 1929 – Ira Levin, novelist, playwright
August 27, 1942 – Daryl Dragon, musician, singer, member of the “Captain & Tennille”
August 27, 1943 – Tuesday Weld, actress
August 27, 1952 – Paul Reubens, actor, starred in children’s show and movie “Pee Wee Herman”
August 28, 1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, author, poet, philosopher
August 28, 1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, founder of Catholic Schools, first American-born saint
August 28, 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, author, of “War and Peace”
August 28, 1889 – Charles Boyer, actor
August 28, 1925 – Donald O’Connor, actor, dancer
August 28, 1930 – Ben Gazzara, actor
August 28, 1958 – Scott Hamilton, champion Olympic figure skater
August 28, 1965 – Shania Twain, country singer
August 28, 1969 – Jason Priestley, actor
August 28, 1982 – LeAnn Rimes, country singer
August 29, 1632 – John Locke, philosopher
August 29, 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, actress
August 29, 1920 – Charlie “Bird” Parker, jazz saxophonist
August 29, 1936 – John McCain III, Arizona senator, presidential candidate
August 29, 1938 – Elliott Gould, actor
August 29, 1941 – Slobodan Milosevic, President of Yugoslavia
August 29, 1958 – Michael Jackson, singer, songwriter
August 30, 1748 – Jacques-Louis David, painter
August 30, 1797 – Mary Wollenstone Shelley, author, wrote “Frankenstein” in 1818.
August 30, 1898 – Shirley Booth, actress
August 30, 1901 – Roy Wilkins, civil rights leader
August 30, 1908 – Fred MacMurray, actor
August 30, 1918 – Ted Williams, MLB baseball player
August 30, 1930 – Warren Buffett, investor
August 30, 1941 – Elizabeth Ashley, actress
August 30, 1943 – Jean-Claude Killy, champion Olympic champion skier
August 30, 1951 – Timothy Bottoms, actor
August 30, 1972 – Cameron Diaz, actress, “My Best Friends’ Wedding”, movie “Charlie’s Angels”
August 31, 1870 – Maria Montessori, educator, physician
August 31, 1897 – Frederic March, actor
August 31, 1924 – Buddy Hackett, actor, comedian
August 31, 1928 – James Coburn, actor
August 31, 1935 – Frank Robinson, baseball player, manager
August 31, 1945 – Van Morrison, singer,
August 31, 1949 – Richard Gere, actor, “Pretty Woman”, “Chicago”
August 31, 1955 – Edwin Moses, champion Olympic track athlete
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