1856 – Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)
1866 – Julia Marlowe [Sarah Frances Frost], English-American Shakespearean actress, born in Cumberland, England (d. 1950)
1921 – Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer
1951 – Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1972)
1966 – Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 – Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
1977 – Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
1978 – Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
1986 – Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 – Brady Corbet, American actor
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 16th August 2018
1645 – Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (The Characters, or the Manners of the Age, with The Characters of Theophrastus), born in Paris (d. 1696)
1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society, born in Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy (d. 1888)
1831 – John Jones Ross, Quebec politician (d. 1901)
1882 – Pierre H. Ritter Jr, Dutch literary, writer and journalist, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1962)
1906 – Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89)
1915 – Al Hibbler, American singer (Unchained Melody), born in Tyro, Mississippi (d. 2001)
1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1953 – Catlin O’Heaney, American actress (Snow White-Charmings), born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
1956 – Dominic Erban, French rugby international player
1963 – Scott Dunlap, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 South African Masters), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 15th August 2018
1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1910 – Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70), born in Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria (d. 1964)
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (England leg-spinner with an avg of 109), born in Lockwood, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2011)
1950 – Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, England, Princess/olympic equestrian
1951 – Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
1964 – Debi Mazar, actress (Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law), born in Queens, New York
1967 – Neil Wilkinson, Selkirk, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor (Beautiful People), born in NYC, New York
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers)
Famous Birthdays for 14th August 2018
1479 – Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)
1586 – William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)
1836 – Walter Besant, English writer and philanthropist (Rebel Queen), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire (d. 1901)
1876 – Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), born in Alessandria, Italy (d. 1960)
1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor known for interpretation, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
1938 – Niara Sudarkasa [Gloria M Clark], educator and anthropologist (Lincoln College), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1945 – Tony Scannel, actor (Bill, Blue Money) [or 1932]
1962 – Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer
1964 – Brannon Braga, American scriptwriter
1965 – Paul Broadhurst, British golfer (British Open Seniors 2016), born in Walsall, England
Famous Birthdays for 13th August 2018
1666 – William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1867 – William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur)
1944 – Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
1944 – Kevin Tighe, actor (Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9), born in Los Angeles, California
1949 – Sheralee, vocalist (Your Hit Parade), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1958 – Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1961 – Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1961 – Neil Mallender, cricketer (England pace bowler in two Tests 1992)
1966 – Glenn Donald Hamilton, New Zealand beach volleyball player (Olympics 1996), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
Famous Birthdays for 12th August 2018
1604 – Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)
1620 – Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
1762 – King George IV of the United Kingdom (1820-30)
1900 – Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
1925 – Earl Coleman, American jazz singer, born in Port Huron, Michigan (d. 1995)
1963 – Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper
1965 – Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
1976 – Antoine Walker, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1978 – Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
1980 – Maggie Lawson, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 11th August 2018
1667 – Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)
1880 – Frederick Jerome Work, composer
1900 – Alexander Mosolov, composer (Zavod) [NS], born in Kiev, Ukraine
1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
1926 – Claus Von Bulow, socialite accused of murdering his wife
1928 – Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1937 – Allegra Kent, US actress (Addams Family)
1954 – Lina Polito, actress (Love and Anarchy), born in Naples, Italy
1968 – Charlie Sexton, rocker (Arc Angels)
1974 – Anju Jain, Indian cricketer(women’s team)
Famous Birthdays for 10th August 2018
1699 – Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer
1750 – Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer
1814 – William Lowndes Yancey, MC (Confederacy), (d. 1863)
1880 – Clarence Cameron White, American composer, born in Clarksville, Tennessee
1882 – Max Kowalski, composer
1909 – Frank Bowden, industrialist/landowner
1924 – Martha Hyer, American actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2014)
1940 – Barbara Mills, QC, British Director of Public Prosecutions
1959 – Mark Price, bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged)
1963 – Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist
Famous Birthdays for 9th August 2018
1201 – Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
1808 – William Thomas Ward, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Amelia County, Virginia (d 1878)
1845 – André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
1890 – Cesar Cortinas, composer
1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 1980)
1911 – Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936)
1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon), born in Boca Raton, Florida (d. 2014)
1968 – Jay Stacy, Aust field hockey midfielder (Olympic 4th/silver-88, 92, 96)
1973 – Jay Hagood, tackle (NY Jets)
1975 – Mathew James Coad, 100m/200m runner (Olympics 1996), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 8th August 2018
1079 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
1694 – Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
1857 – Cecile Chaminade, composer
1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, writer (Yearling), born in Washington, D.C.
1900 – Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange
1904 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1927 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1947 – Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
1949 – Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars)
1971 – John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)