1705 – David Hartley, English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology, born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (d. 1757)
1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Eldest child of Alexander II of Russia, born in Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1849)
1945 – David Schiff, American composer, born in New York City
1945 – Fred Tackett, American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Little Feat), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian politician (MP for Glengarry–Prescott–Russell), born in Hull, Quebec, Canada
1963 – Paul Oakenfold, British record producer and DJ, born in Mile End, London
1967 – Barbara Kendall, New Zealand mistral sailor (Olympic gold 1992, silver 1996, bronze 2000), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1967 – Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model (Victoria Secrets)
1971 – Joseph Fitzgerald, American team handball center back (Olympics 1996), born in Brooklyn, New York
1983 – Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer, born in Paso de los Libres, Argentina (d. 2007)
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Famous Birthdays for 29th August 2020
1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1845)
1780 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), born in Montauban, France (d. 1867)
1871 – Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-40), born in Mercy-le-Haut, France (d. 1950)
1898 – Preston Sturges [Edmund Biden], American director and screenwriter (Sullivan’s Travels), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1959)
1901 – Sherwin Badger, American Figure Skating Champion (1920-24), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)
1904 – Werner Forssmann, German urologist (Nobel 1956), born in Berlin (d. 1979)
1933 – Jehan Sadat, Widow of Anwar Sadat and 1st Lady of Egypt, born in Cairo, Egypt
1958 – Lenny Henry, British stand-up comedian (3 of a Kind), born in Dudley, West Midlands, England
1959 – Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese violinist and composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
Famous Birthdays for 28th August 2020
1582 – Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo], 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, born in Beijing (d. 1620)
1728 – John Stark, American military officer (Battle of Bennington), born in Londonderry, New Hampshire (d. 1822)
1894 – Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter and sculptor (Iron Tower) (d. 1986)
1906 – John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), born in London (d. 1984)
1925 – Donald O’Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin’ in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman (CEO – Porsche AG), born in Ahlen, Germany
1970 – Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores), born in Compton, California (d. 1999)
1972 – John Buchanan, American actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man), born in Tallahassee, Florida
1975 – Jamie Cureton, English footballer (Bishop’s Stortford), born in Bristol, England
1982 – Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 27th August 2020
1545 – Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Italian diplomat, born in Rome (d. 1592)
1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (d. 1751)
1739 – Michel-Richard Delalande, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1812)
1832 – James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
1865 – James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 1935)
1897 – Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1989)
1913 – Donald M. MacKinnon, Scottish philosopher, born in Oban, Scotland (d. 1994)
1935 – Michael Holroyd, author
1947 – Ed Herrmann, MLB catcher (White Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)
1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker/actor
Famous Birthdays for 26th August 2020
1915 – Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint)
1938 – Francine York, Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery’s People)
1945 – Melvin Watt, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
1952 – Will Shortz, American crossword editor
1954 – Steve Wright, Britain’s wacky DJ/actor (Funny Man)
1961 – Jimmy Olander, American country guitarist and banjo player (Diamond Rio – “Meet in Middle”), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1969 – Nicole Arendt, Somerville NJ, tennis star (1996 Aust doubles finalist)
1976 – Carey Tally, soccer midfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1979 – Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
1988 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Famous Birthdays for 25th August 2020
1530 – Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84), born in Kolomenskoye, Russia (d. 1584)
1846 – Judith Gautier, French poetess, novelist (Le Dragon Impérial) and daughter of Theophile Gautier, born in Paris (d. 1917)
1868 – Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter, born in Corfu Island, Greece (d. 1942)
1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), born in Bradford, England (d. 1973)
1931 – Regis Philbin, American talk and game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis and Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2020)
1934 – Valery F. Bykovsky, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
1958 – Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine)
1971 – Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1972 – Tony Dumas, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks)
1987 – Luka Šulić, Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos), born in Maribor, Slovenia
Famous Birthdays for 24th August 2020
1909 – Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1998)
1911 – Michel Pablo [Michalis N. Raptis], Chilean-Greek writer and Trotskyist revolutionary (Fourth International), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1996)
1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Governor of Kerala, born in Delhi, India (d. 2004)
1919 – Nils Viggo Bentzon, Danish pianist and composer (The Tempered Piano), born in Copenhagen (d. 2000)
1934 – Roger Donald Dickerson, American composer (New Orleans Concerto) born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1938 – Mason Williams, American musician, songwriter, author and photographer (“Classical Gas”, Smother Brothers Comedy Hour), born in Abilene, Texas
1951 – Orson Scott Card, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender’s War), born in Richland, Washington
1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit), born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 – Franz Viehböck, Austrian 1st cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13), born in Vienna, Austria
1970 – Dan Henderson, American mixed martial artist (UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament 1998; Rings: King of Kings Tournament 1999), born in Downey, California
Famous Birthdays for 23rd August 2020
1832 – Alexander Chambers, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cattaraugus, New York (d. 1888)
1903 – Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1994)
1919 – Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO (Rothmans International), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
1923 – Humphrey Fisher, TV producer, born in England (d. 1996)
1932 – Mark Russell, American political satirist and pianist (Real People), born in Buffalo, New York
1946 – Keith Moon, British rock drummer (The Who – “Bell Boy”), born in London, England (d. 1978)
1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist (Stone Temple Pilots), born in Montclair, New Jersey
1966 – Rhonda Cator, Australian badminton player (Olympics 1996)
1977 – Jared Fogle, American spokesperson known as the Subway Guy, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1986 – Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player for St. George Illawarra Dragons, born in Kiama, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd August 2020
1795 – Abraham Capadose, Dutch physician and missionary, born in Amsterdam (d. 1874)
1822 – Virginia Clemm Poe, American wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1847)
1854 – Milan I, King of Serbia, born in Mărășești, Romania (d. 1901)
1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (La Mer; Clair de lune), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1918)
1867 – Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor (altimeter, automobile self-starter, and early television pioneer), born in Dayton, Ohio
1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist, born in Aarau, Switzerland (d. 1939)
1892 – Percy Fender, English cricketer (legendary Surrey and England all-rounder), born in Balham, London (d. 1985)
1951 – Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese actor (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), born in Guangdong, China
1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”), born in Orlando, Florida
1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer, born in Dalvík, Iceland
Famous Birthdays for 21st August 2020
1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1798 – Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L’Amour), born in Paris (d. 1874)
1816 – Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1856)
1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World’s oldest living man 2004-2007, born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (d. 2007)
1900 – Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Let’s Go), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1973)
1905 – Friz Freleng, American animator (Warner Bros cartoons), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1995)
1928 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 2007)
1933 – Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
1972 – Johnnie Harris, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts), born in Chicago, Illinois
1984 – Alizée Jacotey, French pop singer (Moi… Lolita), born in Ajaccio, France