1852 – Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1925)
1879 – Alma Schindler Mahler, Viennese composer and wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)
1888 – Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer and diplomat (La Obra de Trajano), born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1928)
1900 – Roland Culver, English actor (Thunderball, Encore), born in London, England (d. 1984)
1944 – Roger Dean, British artist and album cover designer (Yes; Osibia; Asia), born in Ashford, Kent, England
1944 – Clive Lloyd, Guyanese and West Indies cricket batsman and captain (110 Tests; 7,515 runs @ 46.67, HS 242no), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
1952 – Bruce Soboroff, American rock keyboard player (Buckinghams, 1986-present), born in Chicago, Illinois
1956 – Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician, academic and 7th President of the Republic of China (Democratic Progressive Party: 2016-), born in Taipei, Taiwan
1957 – Colm O’Rourke, Irish Gaelic footballer (All-Irelands 1987, 88; 5 x Leinster medals; 3 x NFL medals; Footballer of the Year 1991; Meath) and broadcaster/analyst (RTÉ, Sunday Independent), born in Edgeworthstown, Northern Ireland
1969 – Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (killed Gianni Versace),born in National City, California (d. 1997)
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Famous Birthdays for 30th August 2023
1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (Double Indemnity, The Apartment, My Three Sons), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1991)
1913 – Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China (d. 2007)
1922 – Lionel Murphy, Australian politician, born in Kensington, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1986)
1926 – Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (ring name “The Grand Wizard of Wrestling”), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1983)
1939 – John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster (BBC Radio 1), born in Heswell, Merseyside (d. 2004)
1946 – Anne-Marie of Greece, Danish princess and daughter of Frederik IX, born in Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
1948 – Jean-Louis Georgelin, French Army General (Chief of the Defence Staff, 2006-10), and overseer of Notre-Dame-de-Paris reconstruction (2019-23), born in Aspet, France (d. 2023)
1952 – Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis star, born in Poznan, Poland
1960 – Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient, born in Lincoln, Maine (d. 1993)
1986 – Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco), born in Las Vegas,Nevada
Famous Birthdays for 29th August 2023
1780 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), born in Montauban, France (d. 1867)
1862 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15), born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1928)
1876 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (1939-48), born in Haeju, Hwanghae, Korea (d. 1949)
1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor and director (Gandhi, Jurassic Park, Young Winston), born in Cambridge, England (d. 2014)
1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist
1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics and member of the Kennedy Family, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1959 – (Sadenia) “Eddi” Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter (Fairground Attraction – “Find My Love”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1960 – William Susman, American pianist and contemporary classical and documentary film score composer (Pentateuch; Snow Lion of Peace; Native New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress, born in Columbus, Ohio
1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese video game composer (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles), born in Hiroshima, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 28th August 2023
1931 – Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario, born in La Plata, Argentina (d. 2018)
1935 – Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1993)
1944 – Melvin Dummar, American gas station attendant, claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, and subject of the film “Melvin and Howard”, born in Utah (d. 2018)
1945 – Bob Segarini, American musician and radio personality, born in Stockton, California
1949 – Hugh Cornwell, Britsh punk singer-songwriter (The Stranglers – “Dreamtime”), born in Tufnell Park, North London, England
1969 – Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive (COO Facebook) and author (Lean In), born in Washington, D.C.
1972 – Darby Hendrickson, American hockey forward (Olympics 1994), born in Richfield, Minnasota
1975 – Jamie Cureton, English footballer (Bishop’s Stortford), born in Bristol, England
1981 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver, born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1981 – Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer, born in Larissa, Greece
Famous Birthdays for 27th August 2023
1899 – C. S. Forester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1966)
1905 – Frederick O’Neal, American actor, theatre producer and television director (Pinky, Car 54 Where Are You), born in Brooksville, Mississippi (d. 1992)
1909 – Lester Young, American jazz saxophonist, born in Woodville, Mississippi (d. 1959)
1925 – Richard Rutt, English bishop of Leicester, born in Lengford, England (d. 2011)
1925 – Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1992)
1941 – Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)
1969 – Cesar Millan, Culiacan Mexico, professional dog trainer
1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
1971 – Jim Flanigan, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
2007 – Ariana Greenblatt, American actress (Barbie), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 26th August 2023
1901 – Tullio Campagnolo, Italian racing cyclist and inventor (quick release skewer patent; founder bicycle component company Campagnolo), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1983)
1919 – Ronny Graham [Stringer], American composer, lyricist, screenwriter (M*A*S*H (TV series), and actor (Chico and the Man; Mel Brooks films), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1925 – Alain Peyrefitte, French politician (Minister of Justice, 1977-81; Minister of Information, 1962-66) and writer (The Immobile Empire), born in Najac, France (d. 1999)
1927 – B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize – 2018), born in Pune, India (d. 2023)
1946 – Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), born in Prague (d. 2017)
1952 – John Kinsella, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1972), born in Oak Park, Illinois
1954 – Michael Chetwood, British keyboard player (T’Pau), born in Shropshire, England
1958 – Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist, born in Ninove, Belgium
1962 – Tariq Ramadan, Islamic scholar, born in Geneva, Switzerland
1986 – SAINt JHN [Carlos St. John Phillips], Guyanese-American rapper, singer and songwriter (Roses), born in Brooklyn, New York City
Famous Birthdays for 25th August 2023
1811 – Joseph Dana Webster, American civil engineer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hampton, New Hampshire (d. 1876)
1920 – Jef Diederen, Dutch painter, born in Heerlen, Netherlands (d. 2009)
1922 – Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer, songwriter and programmer, born in Hoogeveen, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1930 – Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (James Bond films; Indiana Jones), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2020)
1934 – Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host and Senator, born in Iriga, Philippines
1942 – Margaret L. Thompson Murdock, American army and first woman to win medal for small bore rifle (Olympic silver 1976), born in Topeka, Kansas
1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor (Orphans; Silence of Lambs), born in New Rochelle, New York
1969 – Mike Gisler, corner (New England Patriots)
1970 – Debbie Graham, tennis star (1993 Taranto doubles), born in Walnut Creek, California
1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 24th August 2023
1889 – Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congolese religious leader and founder of Kimbanguism, born in Nkamba, Congo (d. 1951)
1910 – Bernhard Heiden [Levi], German-American composer (Dreamers on a Slack Wire; Euphorion), and music teacher (University of Indiana, 1945-74), born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (d. 2000)
1915 – James Tiptree Jr. [Alice Sheldon], American sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
1919 – Bartolomé “Beny” Moré, Cuban guaracha and mambo singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader, born in Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cuba (d. 1963)
1938 – David Freiberg, American rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Fresh Air”; Jefferson Airplane/Starship – “Jane”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1942 – Howard Jacobson, British novelist (The Finkler Question) and newspaper columnist, born in Manchester, England
1952 – Bob Corker, American politician (Senator from Tennessee), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
1964 – Pebbles [Perri Reid (née McKissack)], American pop singer (“Girlfriend”), minister, and gospel singer, born in Oakland, California
1968 – Tim Salmon, American MLB outfielder (California Angels), born in Long Beach, California
1986 – Nick Adenhart, American baseball player, born in Silver Spring, Maryland (d. 2009)
Famous Birthdays for 23rd August 2023
1724 – Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman, born in Albany, New York (d. 1796)
1769 – Georges Cuvier [Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier], French naturalist and zoologist, born in Montbéliard, France (d. 1832)
1901 – Cecil Rolph Hewitt, English journalist and policeman, born in London (d. 1994)
1905 – (Leonard) Constant Lambert, British composer (The Rio Grande; Horoscope; Summer’s Last Will and Testament), and music director (Vic-Wells/Royal Ballet, 1931-47), born in Fulham, London (d. 1951)
1908 – Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (Paolo Paoli), born in Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, Russia (d. 1970)
1931 – Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, British chief of Defense, born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
1958 – Julio Franco, oldest regular position player in MLB history, born in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic
1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian, born in Verona, New Jersey
1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler, born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
1981 – Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer, born in Pforzheim, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 22nd August 2023
1848 – Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (Founder of Chicago Daily News), born in Hudson, Illinois (d. 1929)
1867 – Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor (altimeter, automobile self-starter, and early television pioneer), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1934)
1868 – Willis Rodney Whitney, American Chemist, founder of the General Electric research laboratory, and pioneer of industrial scientific research, born in Jamestown, NY (d. 1958)
1890 – Cecil Kellaway, South African-American stage and screen character actor (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; The Luck of the Irish), born in Cape Town, Cape Colony (now South Africa) (d. 1973)
1890 – Floyd Henri Allport, American psychologist and sociologist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1979)
1895 – Paul Taylor White, American composer (Adante and Rondo for Cello), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1973)
1924 – Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, born in Lblin, Poland (d. 1986)
1935 – Morton Dean, American TV newscaster (CBS, ABC), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
1957 – Holly Dunn, American country singer (“Daddy’s Hands”), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2016)
1961 – Debbi Peterson, American rock drummer (Bangles – “Manic Monday”; “Walk Like An Egyptian”, born in Los Angeles, California