1810 – Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer
1821 – Clement Hoffman “Rock” Stevens, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1857 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
1876 – Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)
1876 – Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), born in Alessandria, Italy (d. 1960)
1903 – Ronald Stewart, CEO (London Brick Co)
1942 – Sandy Gilmour, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday), born in Montclair, New Jersey
1965 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress (The Smile), born in Paris, France
1972 – Ed O’Bannon, American NBA forward (NJ Nets), born in Los Angeles, California
1974 – Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters), born in Portland, Oregon
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 13th August 2019
1907 – Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, German arms manufacturer and Olympic yacht competitor, born in Essen, Germany (d. 1967)
1918 – Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1997)
1920 – Neville Brand, American soldier and actor (DOA, Love Me Tender), born in Griswold, Iowa (d. 1992)
1948 – Cliff Fish, English bassist (Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died), born in Ripley, Derbyshire
1949 – Sheralee, vocalist (Your Hit Parade), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1955 – Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
1966 – Glenn Donald Hamilton, New Zealand beach volleyball player (Olympics 1996), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
1966 – Shayne Corson, NHL forward (Team Canada Olympics 1998, Montreal)
1975 – James Carpinello, American actor
1977 – Michael Klim, Polish Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996)
Famous Birthdays for 12th August 2019
1820 – Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
1866 – Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
1872 – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)
1888 – Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO)
1909 – Maurice Heath, air marshal
1910 – Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (National Association of Women)
1910 – Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo and Juliet)
1917 – Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1968 – Andras Jones, American actor
1977 – Iva Majoli, Croatian tennis player (1996 Pan Pacific), born in Zagreb, Croatia
Famous Birthdays for 11th August 2019
1600 – Paul Hallmann, German composer, born in Friedland (d. 1650)
1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-94), born in Limoges, France (d. 1894)
1863 – Arpad Szendy, composer
1873 – John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice and Sing)
1927 – James Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry
1928 – Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1948 – Don Boyd, Scottish director and producer (Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock), born in Nairn
1953 – Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89), born in Augusta, Georgia
1957 – Masayoshi Son, Korean-Japanese chief executive of SoftBank Mobile and chairman of Sprint Corporation, born in Tosu, Saga
1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish born singer
Famous Birthdays for 10th August 2019
1740 – Samuel Arnold, composer
1808 – Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
1836 – Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
1889 – Irene Steer, England, 4 X 100m relay swimmers (Olympic gold 1912)
1893 – Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)
1900 – Arthur Porritt, New Zealand 100m sprinter (Olympic bronze 1924)
1933 – Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; d. 2005)
1948 – Pal Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (Olympic bronze 1972, 80)
1964 – Aaron Hall, American songwriter
1965 – Patricia Spurgin, US scherpschutser (Olympic gold 1984)
Famous Birthdays for 9th August 2019
1669 – Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)
1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist (d. 1980)
1914 – Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
1926 – Denis Atkinson, cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955)
1944 – Sam Elliott, actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty), born in Sacramento, California
1965 – Kyle Kyle [Kyle Keiderling], American rock bassist (Bang Tango), born in Kensington, Pennsylvania
1970 – Arion Salazar, American musician (Third Eye Blind)
1970 – Thomas Lennon, American actor and producer (Night at the Museum, Memento), born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 – Rod Brind’amour, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers, Team Canada 98), born in Ottawa, Ontario
1977 – Adewale Ogunleye, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 8th August 2019
1653 – Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
1823 – Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
1913 – Robert T Stafford, (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88)
1914 – Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer and one of the Mitford sisters, born in London (d. 1948)
1929 – Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (Artist of Merit-1977), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
1933 – Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.], American soul musician (Hold What You’ve Got, I Gotcha), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1982)
1947 – Larry Wilcox, actor (Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs), born in San Diego, California
1965 – Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
1967 – Margo Malowney, Saint John New Brunswick, volleyball player (Olympics 1996)
1986 – Peyton List, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 7th August 2019
1779 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
1877 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
1884 – Billie Burke [Mary William Ethelbert Appleton], American actress (The Wizard of Oz, Merrily We Live), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1970)
1897 – Franz J Weinrich, [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches)
1913 – George Van Eps, American seven-string jazz guitarist, born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 1998)
1929 – Ruth Carter-Stapleton, American evangelist, born in Plains, Georgia (d. 1983)
1935 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Bright Moments, The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1977)
1962 – Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer, born in Quebec City, Canada
1975 – Alshermond Singleton, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Newark, New Jersey
1975 – Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player (Florida Marlins), born in Barranquilla, Colombia
Famous Birthdays for 6th August 2019
1644 – Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
1923 – William B Williams, DJ (WNEW, Sammy and Company), born in Babylon, New York
1947 – Tony Dell, cricketer (Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 and 74)
1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress (Star Trek IV, Child’s Play), born in NYC, New York
1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1959 – Joyce Sims, rocker (All and All)
1963 – Kimberley Conrad, American Playboy model (January 1988, Playmate of the year 1989) who married Hugh Hefner, born in Moulton, Alabama
1965 – Brian Kinchen, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
Famous Birthdays for 5th August 2019
1397 – Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)
1813 – Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet
1922 – L. Tom Perry, LDS apostle
1925 – Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
1964 – MCA [Adam Yauch], rock vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
1969 – Robert Scott, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1970 – Andy Antoine, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
1972 – Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
1987 – Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model
1989 – Shanshan Feng, Chinese golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 2012), born in Guangzhou, China