1582 – Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo], 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, born in Beijing (d. 1620)
1728 – John Stark, American military officer (Battle of Bennington), born in Londonderry, New Hampshire (d. 1822)
1894 – Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter and sculptor (Iron Tower) (d. 1986)
1906 – John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), born in London (d. 1984)
1925 – Donald O’Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin’ in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman (CEO – Porsche AG), born in Ahlen, Germany
1970 – Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores), born in Compton, California (d. 1999)
1972 – John Buchanan, American actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man), born in Tallahassee, Florida
1975 – Jamie Cureton, English footballer (Bishop’s Stortford), born in Bristol, England
1982 – Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 27th August 2020
1545 – Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Italian diplomat, born in Rome (d. 1592)
1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (d. 1751)
1739 – Michel-Richard Delalande, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1812)
1832 – James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
1865 – James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 1935)
1897 – Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1989)
1913 – Donald M. MacKinnon, Scottish philosopher, born in Oban, Scotland (d. 1994)
1935 – Michael Holroyd, author
1947 – Ed Herrmann, MLB catcher (White Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)
1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker/actor
Famous Birthdays for 26th August 2020
1915 – Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint)
1938 – Francine York, Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery’s People)
1945 – Melvin Watt, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
1952 – Will Shortz, American crossword editor
1954 – Steve Wright, Britain’s wacky DJ/actor (Funny Man)
1961 – Jimmy Olander, American country guitarist and banjo player (Diamond Rio – “Meet in Middle”), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1969 – Nicole Arendt, Somerville NJ, tennis star (1996 Aust doubles finalist)
1976 – Carey Tally, soccer midfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1979 – Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
1988 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Famous Birthdays for 25th August 2020
1530 – Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84), born in Kolomenskoye, Russia (d. 1584)
1846 – Judith Gautier, French poetess, novelist (Le Dragon Impérial) and daughter of Theophile Gautier, born in Paris (d. 1917)
1868 – Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter, born in Corfu Island, Greece (d. 1942)
1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), born in Bradford, England (d. 1973)
1931 – Regis Philbin, American talk and game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis and Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2020)
1934 – Valery F. Bykovsky, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
1958 – Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine)
1971 – Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1972 – Tony Dumas, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks)
1987 – Luka Šulić, Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos), born in Maribor, Slovenia
Famous Birthdays for 24th August 2020
1909 – Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1998)
1911 – Michel Pablo [Michalis N. Raptis], Chilean-Greek writer and Trotskyist revolutionary (Fourth International), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1996)
1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Governor of Kerala, born in Delhi, India (d. 2004)
1919 – Nils Viggo Bentzon, Danish pianist and composer (The Tempered Piano), born in Copenhagen (d. 2000)
1934 – Roger Donald Dickerson, American composer (New Orleans Concerto) born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1938 – Mason Williams, American musician, songwriter, author and photographer (“Classical Gas”, Smother Brothers Comedy Hour), born in Abilene, Texas
1951 – Orson Scott Card, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender’s War), born in Richland, Washington
1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit), born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 – Franz Viehböck, Austrian 1st cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13), born in Vienna, Austria
1970 – Dan Henderson, American mixed martial artist (UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament 1998; Rings: King of Kings Tournament 1999), born in Downey, California
Famous Birthdays for 23rd August 2020
1832 – Alexander Chambers, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cattaraugus, New York (d. 1888)
1903 – Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1994)
1919 – Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO (Rothmans International), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
1923 – Humphrey Fisher, TV producer, born in England (d. 1996)
1932 – Mark Russell, American political satirist and pianist (Real People), born in Buffalo, New York
1946 – Keith Moon, British rock drummer (The Who – “Bell Boy”), born in London, England (d. 1978)
1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist (Stone Temple Pilots), born in Montclair, New Jersey
1966 – Rhonda Cator, Australian badminton player (Olympics 1996)
1977 – Jared Fogle, American spokesperson known as the Subway Guy, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1986 – Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player for St. George Illawarra Dragons, born in Kiama, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd August 2020
1795 – Abraham Capadose, Dutch physician and missionary, born in Amsterdam (d. 1874)
1822 – Virginia Clemm Poe, American wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1847)
1854 – Milan I, King of Serbia, born in Mărășești, Romania (d. 1901)
1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (La Mer; Clair de lune), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1918)
1867 – Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor (altimeter, automobile self-starter, and early television pioneer), born in Dayton, Ohio
1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist, born in Aarau, Switzerland (d. 1939)
1892 – Percy Fender, English cricketer (legendary Surrey and England all-rounder), born in Balham, London (d. 1985)
1951 – Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese actor (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), born in Guangdong, China
1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”), born in Orlando, Florida
1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer, born in Dalvík, Iceland
Famous Birthdays for 21st August 2020
1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1798 – Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L’Amour), born in Paris (d. 1874)
1816 – Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1856)
1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World’s oldest living man 2004-2007, born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (d. 2007)
1900 – Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Let’s Go), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1973)
1905 – Friz Freleng, American animator (Warner Bros cartoons), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1995)
1928 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 2007)
1933 – Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
1972 – Johnnie Harris, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts), born in Chicago, Illinois
1984 – Alizée Jacotey, French pop singer (Moi… Lolita), born in Ajaccio, France
Famous Birthdays for 20th August 2020
1377 – Shahrukh Mirza, Ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (1405-47), born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (d. 1447)
1720 – Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1785)
1889 – Witold Friemann, Polish composer, born in Konin, Poland (d. 1977)
1938 – Jean-Loup Chrétien, French cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86), born in La Rochelle, France
1942 – Fred Norman, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), born in San Antonio, Texas
1949 – Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
1955 – Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
1961 – Joe Pasquale, English comedian (King of the Jungle – I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! 2004 4th series), born in Grays, Essex, England
1961 – Greg Egan, Australian science fiction and hard science author, born in Perth, Australia
1977 – Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player and coach, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Famous Birthdays for 19th August 2020
1398 – Marqués de Santillana, Castilian politician and poet (serranillas), born in Carrión de los Condes, Spain (d. 1458)
1790 – Edward John Dent, British clockmaker to Queen Victoria and commissioned to make Big Ben, London (completed after his death by his son Frederick Dent), born in London, England (d. 1853)
1906 – Philo T Farnsworth, American inventor (created electronic television, video camera tube), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1971)
1946 – Charles F Bolden Jr, astronaut (STS 61C, 31, 45, 60), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1962 – Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
1967 – Satya Nadella, Indian-American businessman (CEO of Microsoft), born in Hyderabad
1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player
1972 – Sammi Cheng [Sau Man], Hong Kong singer and actress (Internal Affairs), born in Hong Kong
1982 – Melissa Fumero [Gallo], American actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
1982 – J. J. Hardy, American baseball player