1596 – Frederick V, Elector Palentine (1610-23), King of Bohemia (1619-20), defeated at Battle of White Mountain, born in Deinschwang, Palatinate (d. 1632)
1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (coined the term ‘Cubism’), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1918)
1896 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization), born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (d. 1990)
1922 – Jay Pritzker, American entrepreneur (co-founder of Hyatt hotels), philanthropist, founder of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
1928 – Yvette Vickers [Vedder], American actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman; Attack of the Giant Leeches), and Playboy playmate (July 1959), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. c. 2010)
1931 – Gordon Greig, British political journalist (Daily Mail) (d. 1995)
1960 – Branford Marsalis, American jazz, classical and funk saxophonist (Sting; Tonight Show, 1992-95), born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
1968 – Chris Boardman, British cyclist (world 1 hour record), born in Merseyside, England
1971 – Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer known as the “Queen of Latin Pop”, born in Mexico City
1976 – Zemfira [Ramazanova], Russian rock singer (Forgive Me My Love), born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Soviet Union
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Famous Birthdays for 25th August 2024
1767 – Antoine Louis Léon de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer, born in Decize, France (d. 1794)
1877 – Joshua L. Cowen, American inventor (electric train), born in New York City (d. 1965)
1887 – (Olav) Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, pianist, polyglot, and rosarian, born in Stavanger, Norway (d. 1952)
1934 – Valery F. Bykovsky, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
1942 – Walter Williams, American rock vocalist (O’Jays – “Love Train”; Use Ta Be My Girl”), born in Canton, Ohio
1949 – (Reinhold) Mack, German audio engineer (Electric Light Orchestra) and record producer (Queen; Sparks), born in West Germany
1950 – Charles Fambrough, American jazz bassist (Jazz Messengers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
1954 – Șerban Nichifor, Romanian composer, cellist and music educator, born in Bucharest, Romania
1962 – Vivian Campbell, Irish heavy metal singer (Def Leppard), born in Belfast, Ireland
1980 – Neal Musser, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 24th August 2024
1694 – Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer and King of Corsica [or 8/25], born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1756)
1758 – Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark and Norway, born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 1794)
1923 – Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (Invaders from Mars), born in New York City (d. 2000)
1926 – Nancy Spero, American feminist artist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2009)
1930 – Raj Bagri, Indian-British merchant in metal, born in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 2017)
1936 – William J. Coyne, American politician (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981-2003), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1942 – Joe Chambers, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers), born in Los Angeles, California
1943 – John Cipollina, American rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Fresh Air”), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1989)
1951 – Mona Lyn Reese, American contemporary classical, opera and choral music composer (The Three Fat Women of Antibes; Prince), born in Morris, Minnesota
1952 – Carlo Curley, American classical concert organist, born in Monroe, North Carolina (d. 2012)
Famous Birthdays for 23rd August 2024
1783 – William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852)
1869 – Edgar Lee Masters, American poet and novelist (Spoon River Anthology), born in Garnett, Kansas (d. 1950)
1908 – Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (Paolo Paoli), born in Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, Russia (d. 1970)
1939 – Ronnie A. Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles, born in Curaçao
1941 – Rafael Albrecht, Argentine soccer defender (39 caps; San Lorenzo, Club León), born in Tucumán, Argentina (d. 2021)
1943 – Nelson DeMille, American action adventure and suspense novels author (Plum Island), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York
1971 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer, born in Besana in Brianza, Italy
1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler, born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player, born in Toms River, New Jersey
1986 – Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player for St. George Illawarra Dragons, born in Kiama, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd August 2024
1895 – Paul Taylor White, American composer (Adante and Rondo for Cello), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1973)
1897 – Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer (“Tiptoe Through the Tulips”; “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine”), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1982)
1920 – Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria), born in Curacao, Venezuela (d. 1981)
1924 – Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, born in Lblin, Poland (d. 1986)
1926 – Bob Flannigan, American barbershop-pop-jazz singer (The Four Freshmen), born in Greencastle, Indiana (d. 2011)
1944 – Peter Hofmann, German operatic tenor, who also performed pop songs and starred in musical theater, born in Marienbad, German Sudetenland (d. 2010)
1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne and Shirley – “Shirley; American Graffiti), born in Van Nuys, California (d. 2023)
1957 – Holly Dunn, American country singer (“Daddy’s Hands”), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2016)
1973 – Kristen Wiig, American comedian and actress (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters), born in Canandaigua, New York
1997 – Eddie Williams, American pastor and former fullback (Cleveland Browns), born in San Mateo, California
Famous Birthdays for 21st August 2024
1858 – Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph, Crown Prince of Austria and heir apparent to the Imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, born in Schloss Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1889)
1879 – Henry Ainley, English actor (As You Like It), born in Morley, West Yorkshire, England (d. 1945)
1880 – Johan H. Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter and leader of Order Service (OD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1942)
1907 – Betty Archdale OBE, Anglo-Australian educationalist and English cricket batsman and captain (5 Tests), born in London, England (d. 2000)
1923 – Arthur “Art” Janov, American psychologist and psychotherapist notable for creating primal therapy (The Primal Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
1965 – Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
1967 – Tuineau Alipate, Tongan-born NFL and CFL player (Frankfurt Galaxy, Minnesota Vikings), born in Tonga (d. 2021)
1975 – Simon Katich, Australian cricketer, born in Middle Swan, Australia
1987 – Kibum [Kim Ki-bum], South Korean actor (Rainbow Romance), and pop singer (Super Junior, 2003-06), born in Seoul, South Korea
1993 – Mike Evans, American NFL player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Galveston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 20th August 2024
1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera “Dafne”, born in Rome (d. 1633)
1904 – Jaap [Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus] Burger, Dutch politician and chairman (PvdA), born in Willemstad, Netherlands (d. 1986)
1908 – John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, born in Liverpool, Lancashire (d. 1996)
1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (Dulles Airport (Virginia); Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri); IBM Building (Rochester, Minnesota); MIT Chapel (Cambridge, Massachusetts)), born in Kirkkonummi, Finland (d. 1961)
1955 – Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color), born in Netherlands
1956 – Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country), born in Rochelle, Illinois
1977 – Mayra Verónica, Cuban-American model and actress, born in Havana, Cuba
1983 – Andrew Garfield, British American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Los Angeles, California
1987 – Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB), born in Indore, India
1995 – Liana Liberato, American actress (Light as a Feather), born in Galveston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 19th August 2024
1521 – Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti), born in Florence (d. 1589)
1689 – Samuel Richardson, English novelist (Pamela), born in Mackworth, Derbyshire, England (d. 1761)
1816 – Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, born in Dommeldange, Luxembourg (d. 1894)
1934 – Renee Richards [Richard Rankind], American trans-sexual tennis player and coach (took USTA to court and won), born in New York City
1935 – Story Musgrave, American physician and NASA astronaut (STS-6, -51-F, -33, -44, -61, -80), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1948 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese film producer (anime, co-founder Studio Ghibli), born in Nagoya, Japan
1959 – Steve Grimmett, British heavy metal singer (Grim Reaper), born in Swindon, England
1962 – Valerie Kaprisky, French actress (Breathless, Public Woman), born in Paris, France
1975 – Chynna Clugston Flores, American comic book creator (Blue Monday), born in Fresno, California
1991 – Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian football player (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), born in Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia
Famous Birthdays for 18th August 2024
1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, last English peer to be hanged for murdering his steward (d. 1760)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (d. 1964)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d’amour), born in Paris (d. 1983)
1935 – Gail Fisher, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Mannix – “Peggy”), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2000)
1943 – Martin Mull, American comic singer-songwriter and character actor (Fernwood 2-Night; Roseanne; Clue), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
1967 – John Jurkovic, American football defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Friedrichshafen, Germany
1969 – Isaac Austin, American NBA basketball center, 1991-2002 (Miami Heat and 6 other teams), born in Gridley, California
1971 – Kevin Bouie, American football running back (Philadelphia Eagles, Ariz Cardinals), born in Pahokee, Florida
1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer (WI left-handed batsman 1994-), born in Unity Village, Guyana
1992 – Mawaan Rizwan, Pakistani-British comedian and actor (Taskmaster), born in Lahore, Pakistan
Famous Birthdays for 17th August 2024
1840 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English writer (Irish Land League), traveller and Arabian stud founder, born in Petworth, England (d. 1922)
1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, and composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
1930 – James Gerald Gulliver, Scottish businessman (Argyll Foods), born in Campbeltown, Scotland (d. 1996)
1953 – Kevin Rowlands, British rock vocalist (Dexy’s Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen”), born in Wednesfield, England
1959 – David Koresh, American cult leader (Branch Davidians sect), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1993)
1966 – Maysa [Leak], American jazz and RandB singer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1966 – Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Boston Bruins) and executive (GM Boston Bruins), born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick
1985 – Yū Aoi, Japanese actress (Hula Girls), born in Kasuga, Japan
1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
1990 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress (Clique), born in London, England