1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat), born in Paris (d. 1825)
1849 – J. M. Dent, British publisher (Everyman’s Library), born in Darlington, England (d. 1926)
1912 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent (Special Operations Executive), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)
1935 – Sylvia Earle, American marine biologist, born in Gibbstown, New Jersey
1944 – Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author, born in Monterey, California (d. 2007)
1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1952 – Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis star, born in Poznan, Poland
1970 – Michael Wong, Chinese Malaysian singer, born in Ipoh, Malaysia
1983 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor, born in Toshima, Tokyo
1989 – Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter (Meant To Be), born in New York City
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 28th August 2024
1887 – Daniel Zamudio, Colombian organist, composer and folklorist, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1952)
1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1981)
1905 – Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang), born in Russia (d. 1980)
1924 – Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer, born in Gouripur, Mymensingh, East Bengal (d. 2004)
1925 – Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika), born in Batumi, Georgia (d. 1991)
1925 – John Gillett, British film critic and researcher, born in London (d. 1995)
1925 – Marvin Davis, CEO (Davis Oil Company), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2004)
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)
1967 – Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet, born in España, Manila
1973 – Matthew John Armstrong, American actor (American Dreams), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 27th August 2024
1545 – Alexander Farnese, Italian nobleman, mercenary, Governor of Spanish Netherlands (1578-92), and Duke of Parma (1586-92), born in Rome. Papal States (d. 1592)
1890 – Man Ray, American artist and photographer (Dada), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
1927 – Norma Connolly, American actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital, The Young Marrieds), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1928 – Peter Richard Tahourdin, English-Australian composer, born in Bramdean, Hampshire (d. 2009)
1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean Grammy Award-winning morna singer (Voz d’Amor), known as “the Barefoot Diva”, born in Mindelo, Cape Verde (d. 2011)
1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain and Tennille – “Love Will Keep Us Together”), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2019)
1956 – Glen Matlock, British punk rock bassist (The Sex Pistols; The Philistines), born in Paddington, London
1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer, born in Austin, Texas
1970 – Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and pace bowler, born in Laidley, Queensland, Australia
1984 – David Bentley, English footballer, born in Peterborough, England
Famous Birthdays for 26th August 2024
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
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