1689 – José Pradas Gallén, Spanish composer, born in Villahermosa del Río, Spain (d. 1757)
1905 – Friz Freleng, American animator for Warner Bros cartoons (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1995)
1909 – John William Haussermann Jr., American composer, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1986)
1928 – Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician who founded the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), born in Golungo Alto, Portuguese Angola (d. 1990)
1929 – Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, born in Schweizer-Reneke (d. 2017)
1936 – Radish Tordia, Georgian painter of Figurative Art, born in Abasha, Georgia
1940 – Robert Camac, American horse trainer, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 2001)
1956 – Jon Tester, American politician (Senator-D-Montana 2007-), born in Havre, Montana
1962 – Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor, born in Carmi, Illinois
1979 – Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer (“Milkshake”), born in NYC, New York
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Famous Birthdays for 20th August 2023
1517 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Spanish cardinal and viceroy of Naples (1571-75), born in Besançon, France (d. 1586)
1764 – Charles Ferdinand Bentinck, Dutch military officer (Governor of Suriname 1809-11), born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1811)
1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (Republican: 1889-93), born in North Bend, Ohio (d. 1901)
1885 – Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici), born in Marradi, Italy (d. 1932)
1935 – J. J. Malone, American blues and soul singer, guitarist, and keyboard player (“It’s A Shame”), born in Pete’s Corner, Alabama (d. 2004)
1941 – Dave Brock, British progressive rock singer, and multi-instrumental musician (Hawkwind), born in Isleworth, Middlesex, England
1941 – Stevan Ostojić, Serbian soccer striker (2 caps Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (RS Belgrade), born in Ostojićevo, Serbia (d. 2022)
1982 – Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian football midfielder, born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
1983 – Andrew Garfield, British American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Los Angeles, California
1992 – Neslihan Atagül, Turkish actress (Kara Sevda), born in Istanbul, Turkey
Famous Birthdays for 19th August 2023
1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1674)
1899 – Charlie Hall, English comedic actor (Tit for Tat, A Chump at Oxford), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1959)
1914 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese film score composer (Rashomon; Seven Samurai), born in Sendai, Honshū, Japan (d. 1955)
1923 – (Dillwyn) “Dill” Jones, Welsh jazz stride pianist, born in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales (d. 1984)
1934 – David Durenberger, American politician, (US Sen-R-MN, 1978-95), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota (d. 2023)
1948 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese film producer (anime, co-founder Studio Ghibli), born in Nagoya, Japan
1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American country singer (“I Hope You Dance”), born in Jacksonville, Texas
1969 – Nate Dogg [Nathaniel Dwayne Hale], American rapper (“Regulate”; “21 Questions”), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 2011)
1973 – Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, married to Crown prince Haakon, born in Kristiansand, Norway
1987 – Richard Stearman, English footballer, born in Wolverhampton, England
Famous Birthdays for 18th August 2023
1803 – Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
1805 – Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1845)
1849 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist, orchestral and opera composer (Symphonie légendaire; Jocelyn), born in Paris, France (d. 1895)
1906 – Andre Van Gyseghem, English actor (Search for the Nile), born in Eltham, Kent, England (d. 1979)
1930 – Carl Barger, American baseball executive (President of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
1935 – Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer (Otoño (Autumn)), and educator, born in Debrecen, Hungary (d. 2019)
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American comic book writer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor (“American History X”; “Fight Club”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1994 – Jessie Flower [Michaela Murphy], American actress (Avatar: The Last Airbender), born in Southern Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 17th August 2023
1686 – Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer and singing teacher, born in Naples (d. 1768)
1828 – Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1856 – Vernon Lee [Violet Paget], British author (Satan the master), born in Boulogne, France (d. 1935)
1918 – Ike Quebec, American jazz tenor saxophone player, and pianist, born in Newark. New Jersey (d. 1963)
1926 – Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1989-2002) and President of the People’s Republic of China (1993-2003), born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu (d. 2022)
1942 – John Tyrrell, British musicologist (Leoš Janáček; The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians), born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) (d. 2018)
1944 – Larry Ellison, American businessman (billionaire founder of Oracle Corporation), born in Manhattan, New York
1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player (4-time Grand Slam winner), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1952 – Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
1955 – Colin Moulding, English pop bassist, and songwriter (XTC – “Generals And Majors”), born in Swindon, England
Famous Birthdays for 16th August 2023
1622 – Tsjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral, born in Sexbierum, Netherlands (d. 1666)
1816 – Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, born in Dublin (d. 1898)
1894 – George Meany, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO), born in NYC, New York (d. 1980)
1906 – Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89), born in Schloss Frauenthal, Deutschlandsberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
1944 – Russ Titelman, American record producer and songwriter, born in Los Angeles, California
1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic gold 1976)
1965 – Eric van der Luer, soccer player (Roda JC)
1971 – Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1974 – Bryan Chiu, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1979 – Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach
Famous Birthdays for 15th August 2023
1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich, Baron Wrangel, Russian baron general (White Armies, WW II), born in Novalexandrovsk, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1928)
1917 – Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman catholic priest who was murdered, born in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador (d. 1980)
1944 – Thomas J. Murphy Jr., American politician (57th Mayor of Pittsburgh), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1945 – Thomas C. Sawyer, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Akron, Ohio
1947 – Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman, born in London (d. 1996)
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American jazz and pop singer (“What You Won’t Do for Love”), and songwriter (“The Next Time I Fall”), born in NYC, New York (d. 2023)
1962 – Bubby Brister, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1966 – Fred Strickland, American NFL linebacker, 1988-99 (Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys, and 3 other teams), born in Buffalo, New York
1980 – Nathalie Press, English actress (Wasp), born in London, England
1989 – Joe Jonas, American pop singer (Jonas Brothers), born in Casa Grande, Arizona
Famous Birthdays for 14th August 2023
1802 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet (Heath’s Book of Beauty), born in Chelsea, London (d. 1838)
1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player, born in Calvert County, Maryland (d. 1912)
1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (Antigone; Marinos Kontaras), born in Kastelli Kissamou, Crete (d. 1984)
1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (World C’ship 1948-49, 51), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1998)
1931 – Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member (WIC)
1957 – Jackée Harry, American actress (Sandra-227), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1968 – Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
1969 – DJ Uncle Al, American hip-hop DJ, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2001)
1973 – Wayne Chrebet, American NFL wide receiver (NY Jets), born in Garfield, New Jersey
1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player, born in Nederland, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 13th August 2023
1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman and founder of Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino) Automaker, born in Villar Perosa, Italy (d. 1945)
1878 – Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1942)
1885 – C. Howard Crane, American architect (Fox Theatres; Detroit Olympia Stadium; Detroit Opera House; LeVeque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Earls Court Exhibition Centre (London, England)), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1952)
1896 – Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1982)
1911 – William Bernbach, American advertising creative director, born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress (Jaleesa-Different World), born in Brooklyn, New York
1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer (Khel – No Ordinary Game), born in Mulki, Mysore State, India
1964 – Tom Prince, American MLB catcher (LA Dodgers), born in Kankakee, Illinois
1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician, born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
1990 – DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player (Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans), born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Birthdays for 12th August 2023
1880 – Christy Mathewson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905, 21; Triple Crown 1905, 08; NL wins leader 1905, 07, 08, 10; 2 x no-hitters; NY Giants), born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania (d. 1925)
1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (Thank You, Mr. Moto), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1938)
1910 – Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, British politician (1st female Whip – UK House of Lords), (d. 1992)
1913 – Richard Bare, American TV and film director (Green Acres), born in Turlock, California (d. 2015)
1918 – Margaret Burbidge, British-American astronomer and educator (faint object spectrograph of the Hubble Space), born in Davenport, England (d. 2020)
1925 – Norris McWhirter, English author (founded Guinness Book of World Records), born in Winchmore Hill, England (d. 2004)
1935 – Karl Mickel, German writer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2000)
1954 – Sam J. Jones [Samuel Gerald], American actor (Flash Gordon, Code Red), born in Chicago, Illinois
1972 – Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer
1973 – Latasha Byears, American WNBA player (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Memphis, Tennessee