1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (In Dulci Jubilo), born in Arnstadt, Germany (d. 1694)
1782 – Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, general and 2nd President of Mexico (1829), born in Cuilapan, Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1831)
1898 – David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)
1899 – P.L. [Pamela Lyndon] Travers, Australian British writer (Mary Poppins), born in Maryborough, Australia (d. 1996)
1905 – Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice, born in Bowden, Cheshire (d. 1988)
1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator (Moomins), born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 2001)
1940 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (Iris-Another World, Guiding Light), born in McAlester, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
1943 – Ken Norton, American heavyweight boxer who had 3 famous fights with Muhammad Ali, born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 2013)
1974 – Derek Fisher, American NBA guard (LA Lakers) and manager (LS Sparks), born in Little Rock Arkansas
1976 – Rhona Mitra, English actress, born in London, England
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 8th August 2021
1906 – Andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)
1915 – Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
1920 – Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
1928 – Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1946 – James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
1958 – Deborah Norville, news anchor (Today Show, Inside Edition)
1961 – Bruce Matthews, American NFL guard/center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers/Titans), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1961 – The Edge [Dave Evans], rock guitarist (U2-I Will Follow), born in London, England
1980 – Michael Urie, American actor and director
1983 – Guy Burnet, British actor
Famous Birthdays for 7th August 2021
1823 – Faustina Hasse Hodges, English-American composer, born in Malmesbury, England (d. 1895)
1897 – Franz J Weinrich [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches)
1960 – Jacquie O’Sullivan, English singer and songwriter (Bananarama-Venus), born in London, United Kingdom
1966 – Jimmy Wales, American internet entrepreneur and cofounder of Wikipedia, born in Huntsville, Alabama
1967 – Charlotte Lewis, British actress (Golden Child, Pirates), born in London, England
1971 – Dominic Cork, British cricketer (England all-rounder Hat-trick v WI 1995), born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
1979 – Eric Johnson, American actor, born in Austin, Texas
1980 – Aurélie Claudel, French model, born in Laxou, France
1982 – Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer, born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
1982 – Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player, born in Larissa, Greece
Famous Birthdays for 6th August 2021
1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium), born in East Dereham, Norfolk, England (d. 1828)
1932 – Howard Hodgkin, British abstract painter, born in London (d. 2017)
1937 – Charlie [Charles Edward] Haden, American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra; Quartet West), born in Shenandoah, Iowa (d. 2014)
1947 – Ken Riley, American NFL cornerback (All-Pro 1975, 76, 83; Cincinnati Bengals) and coach (Florida AandM), born in Bartow, Florida (d. 2020)
1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1965 – David Robinson, American NBA center (San Antonio Spurs, Olympic gold 1992), born in Key West, Florida
1967 – Willie Williams, NFL/CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts, New Orleans Saints)
1977 – Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh soccer defender (12 caps; Sunderland, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest), born in Chester, England
1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
Famous Birthdays for 5th August 2021
1887 – Reginald Owen, British actor (Mary Poppins, Sherlock Holmes), born in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1972)
1890 – Naum Gabo [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower)
1920 – Sonny Montgomery, American politician (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967-97), born in Meridian, Mississippi (d. 2006)
1937 – Alan Howard, English theater and film actor (Royal Shakespeare Company), born in London, England (d. 2015)
1941 – Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15), born in rasnyi Lyman, Soviet Union (d. 2010)
1947 – Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who, 1970-72), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1962 – Otis Thorpe, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons)
1972 – Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)
1978 – Lorrie Fair, soccer defender (Olympics 1996), born in Los Altos, California
1978 – Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer (Byzantine Chant)
Famous Birthdays for 4th August 2021
1823 – Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, American politician (Governor of Indiana), born in Salisbury, Indiana (d. 1877)
1867 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player, born in Hannibal, Missouri (d. 1918)
1903 – Tony Gulotta, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1927 3rd), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1981)
1912 – David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura, Modern Times), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1915 – Irving Fields [Yitzhak Schwartz], American lounge pianist and composer (Ilona Massey Show; Bagels and Bongos), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
1939 – Frank Vincent, American actor (The Sopranos), born in North Adams, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
1949 – John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
1966 – Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior)
1968 – Darcy Arreola, 1.5k runner, born in La Mesa, California
1979 – Brandi Siegel, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Miami, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 3rd August 2021
1820 – Luther Orlando Emerson, American composer, born in Parsonsfield, Maine (d. 1915)
1874 – Eugène Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1963)
1901 – Bernard Reichel, Swiss composer, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 1992)
1902 – Judson Laire, American actor and singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)
1914 – Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1991)
1921 – Alec Wyton, English-born American composer, born in London (d. 2007)
1952 – Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2002), born in Toyama, Japan
1974 – Blaine Wilson, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Columbus, Ohio
1977 – Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor (Nói Albínói), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2021
1455 – Johan Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1486-99), born in Ansbach (d. 1499)
1858 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, born in Arolsen Castle, Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Confederation (d. 1934)
1909 – Ace Gutowsky, Russian/American football fullback (Portsmouth Spartans, Brooklyn Dodgers; NFL C’ship 1935, Detroit Lions), born in Komolty, Russian Empire (d. 1976)
1945 – Jewell Jackson McCabe, American feminist and social and political activist who led the National Coalition of 100 Black Women movement in the 1970s, born in Washington, D.C.
1951 – Joe Lynn Turner [Linquito], American hard rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (Fandango; Rainbow), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star (Manchester United), born in Belfast, United Kingdom
1961 – Cold 187um [Gregory Fernan Hutchison], American rapper (Above the Law), born in Pomona, California
1970 – Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer (WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92), born in Haynesville, Barbados
1973 – Brendan Dolan, Irish darts player (2011 – played perfect 9 dart game), born in Enniskillen, United Kingdom
1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer, born in Pescia, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2021
1871 – Oskar Fried, German-Russian composer, born in Berlin (d. 1941)
1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel 1943), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1966)
1916 – David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister (d. 1996)
1917 – Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert (London School of Economics), born in Leeds, England (d. 2011)
1918 – Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist, born in Carmarthenshire (d. 1999)
1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist (Telethon Institute for Child Health Research), born in Little Bay, Sydney, Australia
1963 – Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor (A Better Life), born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
1976 – Ivan Duque Márquez, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2018-), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1978 – Dhani Harrison, British musician (Brainwashed), born in Windsor, Berkshire
1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer, born in Seraing, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 31st July 2021
1143 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)
1844 – Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist and archaeologist, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1935)
1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1969)
1889 – Donald Foster, American actor (Hazel, Lord Love A Duck), born in Oil City, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist (Nobel Prize Economics 1976), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1945 – Bill Weld, American politician (Governor (R) Massachusetts 1991-97), born in Smithtown, New York
1952 – Alan Autry, American NFLer (Green Bay Packers), actor (In the Heat of the Night) and politician (23rd Mayor of Fresno), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1978 – Zac Brown, American musician (Zac Brown Band), born in Dahlonega, Georgia
1981 – J.Son Dinant, American comedian, born in Syracuse, New York