1823 – Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist
1836 – Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
1856 – William Willett, British inventor of Daylight Saving Time, born in Farnham, Surrey, England
1912 – Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist (Tour de France 1935)
1937 – Lucinda Williams, US sprinter (Olympic gold 1960)
1942 – Betsy Johnson, fashion designer (1971 Winnie Award)
1953 – Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer
1971 – Justin Theroux, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire), born in Detroit, Michigan
1974 – Dave Fiore, tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
1976 – Michael Depoli, American wrestler
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Famous Birthdays for 9th August 2020
1593 – Izaak Walton, English biographer and author (The Compleat Angler), born in Stafford, England (d. 1683)
1895 – Nathaniel “Nat” Pendleton, American wrestler (Olympics 1920, Silver) and actor (The Thin Man, Reckless), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1967)
1923 – Gerrit Kouwenaar, Dutch journalist and poet, born in Amsterdam (d. 2014)
1961 – Brad Gilbert, tennis star, born in Oakland, California
1967 – Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper
1969 – Divine Brown [Estelle Marie Thompson], American prostitute (Hugh Grant), born in Oakland, California
1971 – Scott Karl, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Fontana, California
1974 – Derek Fisher, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
1976 – Leigh Kakaty, Canadian singer (Pop Evil), born in Kingston, Canada
1981 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
Famous Birthdays for 8th August 2020
1861 – William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term “genetics”)
1889 – Jack Ryder, Australian cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 1,394 runs @ 51.62), born in Collingwood, Victoria (d. 1977)
1901 – Ernest Lawrence, American nuclear scientist and inventor (Cyclotron – Nobel 1939), born in Canton, South Dakota (d. 1958)
1914 – Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer and one of the Mitford sisters, born in London (d. 1948)
1960 – Ulrich Maly, German politician
1963 – Kyoko Chan Cox, American daughter of Yoko Ono and Anthony Cox, born in Tokyo, Japan
1966 – John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 – Jessica Moore, Italian actress
1967 – Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
1979 – Rashard Lewis, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 2005, 09; NBA C’ship 2013; Miami Heat), born in Pineville, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 7th August 2020
1783 – John Heathcoat, English inventor of lace-making machinery, born in Duffield, Derbyshire (d. 1861)
1906 – Gerhard Frommel, German composer and pedagogue, born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1984)
1931 – Charles E. Rice, American legal scholar and author, born in New York (d. 2015)
1937 – Don Wilson, English cricketer (England slow left-armer between 1963-71), born in Settle, United Kingdom (d. 2012)
1947 – Kerry Melville Reid, Australian tennis player (Australian Open 1977), born in Mosman, New South Wales
1957 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast (3-time Olympic Champion), born in Leningrad, Russia
1967 – Jason Grimsley, American baseball pitcher (California Angels), born in Cleveland, Texas
1971 – Dominic Cork, British cricketer (England all-rounder Hat-trick v WI 1995), born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
1988 – Melody Oliveria, American internet blogger (bowiechick)
1997 – Kyler Murray, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2018, U of Oklahoma; 2019 NFL Draft #1 pick Arizona Cardinals), born in Bedford, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 6th August 2020
1656 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander, born in Gardanne, France (d. 1733)
1748 – Bernhard Haltenberger, German composer, born in Schongau, Bavaria (d. 1780)
1911 – Lucille Ball, American comedienne and actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1989)
1915 – Jim Ameche [James Amici], American voice actor (Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin (d. 1983)
1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1953 – Iqbal Qasim, cricketer (Pakistani slow lefty in the 80’s)
1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1961 – Carol Norman, Ardmore Oklahoma, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1982)
1965 – Brian Kinchen, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1978 – Marisa Miller, American model
Famous Birthdays for 5th August 2020
1890 – Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower)
1945 – Ja’net Dubois, American actress (Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210), born in Brooklyn, New York
1946 – Erika Slezak, actress (Viki-One Life to Live), born in Hollywood, California
1961 – Tawny Kitaen, actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard), born in San Diego, California
1968 – Colin Steele McRae, British rally driver, born in Lanark, Scotland (d. 2007)
1968 – John Olerud, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Seattle, Washington
1968 – Marine Le Pen, French politician (President of the National Front Party), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine
1969 – Robert Scott, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1976 – Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
1985 – Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 4th August 2020
1731 – Giuseppe Colla, composer
1890 – Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1957)
1900 – Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963-66), born in Pergamino, Argentina (d. 1983)
1901 – Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1972)
1905 – Michael Scott Montague Fordham, English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, born in Kensington, London (d. 1995)
1927 – Jess Thomas, American tenor known for his singing in Richard Wagner operas, born in Hot Springs, South Dakota (d. 1993)
1936 – Elsbeary Hobbs, American rocker (Drifters), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
1955 – Andrew M Allen, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, 62, 75), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1955 – Charles D “Sam” Gemar, Yankton SD, army/astronaut (STS 38, 48, 62)
1967 – Michael Lawrence Marsh, American sprinter (Olympic 200m gold 1992, silver 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 3rd August 2020
1820 – Luther Orlando Emerson, American composer, born in Parsonsfield, Maine (d. 1915)
1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), born in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France (d. 1935)
1884 – Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (Lithuania, The Soldier), born in Rugby, England (d. 1915)
1900 – Arnold Struycken, Dutch lawyer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
1901 – John Stennis, American politician, Mississippi Senator, born in Kemper County, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler, born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1989)
1940 – Joseph Dorfman, Israeli composer, born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 2006)
1963 – Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
1975 – Chris Nevin, New Zealand cricketer, born in Dunedin, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2020
1632 – Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner), born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1707)
1882 – George Sargent, English golfer (US Open 1909), born in Dorking, Surrey (d. 1962)
1891 – Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1971)
1895 – Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand’s first-ever Test match 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1970)
1906 – Albert Goodwin, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
1920 – Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1967)
1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
1953 – Butch Patrick [Patrick Alan Lilley], American actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters), born in Inglewood, California
1970 – Chainey Umphrey, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1973 – Nancy Drolet, Canadian ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998), born in Drummondville, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2020
1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist and anthropologist, born in Denguin, France (d. 2002)
1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman and opening bowler), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa (d. 2016)
1948 – Bob Spink, British politician (MP for Castle Point in Essex), born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire
1955 – Arun Lal, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman mid-80’s), born in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
1964 – Nick Christian Sayer, British rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1969 – Graham Thorpe, English cricketer (England LHB Century on Test debut 1993), born in Farnham, Surrey, England
1972 – D-Von Dudley, American professional wrestler, born in New Rochelle, New York
1973 – Ben Johnson, Australian cricketer (promising South Australian opening batsman), born in Naracoorte, South Australia
1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer, born in Horsens, Denmark
1977 – Damien Saez, French singer and songwriter, born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France