1751 – Wilhelmina FS, Princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V
1876 – Mata Hari [Margaretha Geertruida Zelle], Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and convicted German WWI spy, born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1917)
1928 – Amazing [James] Randi, skeptic magician (Nova), born in Toronto, Ontario
1928 – Herb [Herbert] Reed, American musician (The Platters), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2012)
1947 – Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer (Chilly Scenes of Winter), born in Washington D.C.
1960 – David Duchovny, American actor (The X-Files, Californication), born in NYC, New York
1970 – Joe Cocozzo, NFL guard (San Diego Chargers)
1972 – Tony Bouie, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1975 – Charlize Theron, South African actress (Mad Max, The Cider House Rules, Monster), born in Benoni, Transvaal
1975 – Koray Candemir, Turkish singer, born in Istanbul, Turkey
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 6th August 2018
1891 – William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
1908 – James Lees-Milne, English writer and architectural historian, born in Wickhamford, Worcestershire (d. 1997)
1929 – Mike Elliott, saxophonist, born in Jamaica, West Indies
1949 – Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
1950 – Winston E Scott, USN Commander/astronaut (STS 72, 87), born in Miami, Florida
1954 – Elma Miller, Canadian composer, born in Toronto
1958 – Randy DeBarge, rock vocalist/bassist (Debarge), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director
1970 – Mike Strange, Niagara Falls Ontario, boxer (Olympics 1996)
1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
Famous Birthdays for 5th August 2018
1711 – Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer
1828 – Giovanni Rossi, composer
1833 – Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)
1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
1945 – Ja’net Dubois, American actress (Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210), born in Brooklyn, New York
1947 – Rick Derringer [Ricky Dead Zehringer], American guitarist, songwriter and producer (The McCoys), born in Fort Recovery, Ohio
1960 – Calvin Hayes, British musician (Johnny Hates Jazz)
1960 – Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
1972 – Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
1977 – Eric Hinske, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 4th August 2018
1290 – Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
1705 – Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1843 – Flor van Duyse, composer
1931 – Narendra Tamhane, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950’s), born in Bombay, India
1933 – Nathan Eugene Brooks, flyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1952), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1933 – Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds)
1947 – Ken Dryden, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, 6 Stanley Cups), born in Hamilton, Ontario
1952 – Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
1967 – Michael Lawrence Marsh, American sprinter (Olympic 200m gold 1992, silver 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 – Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor
Famous Birthdays for 3rd August 2018
1824 – William Burnham Woods, American politician, judge, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in
1855 – Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1885 – Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
1907 – Ernesto Geisel, politician
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), born in Queens, New York
1936 – Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85)
1968 – Rod Beck [Rodney Roy], American MLB relief pitcher (SF Giants-1994 NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year), born in Burbank, California
1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer (12-time Olympic medalist), born in Rochester, New York
Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2018
1905 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
1924 – James Baldwin, American author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1987)
1929 – John Gale, British theatrical producer (Chichester Festival)
1931 – Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
1947 – Massiel, Spanish singer
1953 – Butch Patrick, actor (Eddie Munster-Munster)
1963 – Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer
1970 – Philo Wallace, cricketer (WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92)
1972 – Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer
1976 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2018
1899 – William Steinberg, German-American conductor (Boston Symphony 1969-71), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1978)
1920 – Jeffrey Segal, British actor and playwright (Dad’s Army, Traitors), born in London, England (d. 2015)
1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis star (Wimbledon 1947, US Open-1946), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d.2009)
1932 – Meir Kahane, American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1952 – Brian Patrick Clarke, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough), born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier
1964 – Andrew Wilson, Australian canoeist (Olympics-16-92, 96), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1966 – Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star
1967 – Lori Endicott, volleyball setter (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1970 – David James, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 31st July 2018
1598 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
1923 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 2006)
1953 – James Read, American actor (North and South), born in Buffalo, New York
1966 – Julie Forbes, Torphins Scotland, golfer (Aberdeenshire champ 1989)
1967 – Elizabeth Wurtzel, American actress (Prozac Nation), born in NYC, New York
1968 – David Bradley Stockton Jr, American PGA golfer (1994 Canon-3rd), born in Redlands, California
1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer (The Train of That Night), born in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Iran
1975 – Sergei Gusev, Nizhny Tagil Russia, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
Famous Birthdays for 30th July 2018
1815 – Thomas Jackson Rodman, American Brevet Brigadier General (Union Army), inventor of the rodman gun and perforated-cake gunpowder, born in Salem, Indiana (d. 1871)
1825 – Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (d. 1893)
1855 – James Edward Kelly, American sculptor “Sculptor of American History”
1910 – Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
1925 – Jacques Sernas, Lithuania, actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy)
1957 – Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chicago Bulls)
1963 – Monique Gabrielle, actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moon), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 – Clif Groce, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1975 – Tifini Hale, Palm Springs California, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why)
1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 29th July 2018
1828 – Cuvier Grover, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Maine (d. 1885)
1830 – Alvan Cullom Gillem, American Major General (Union Army), born in Gainesboro, Tennessee (d. 1875)
1853 – Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1937)
1892 – Ernst van Raalte, Dutch journalist (Seen, heard… wrote), born in Rotterdam, South Holland (d. 1975)
1900 – Alexander Vasil’yevich Mosolov, composer [OS]
1911 – Jan Cikker, Slovak composer, born in Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary
1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, LDS apostle and author (d. 1985)
1923 – Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2003)
1929 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
1957 – Nellie Kim, Shurab, Tajik SSR, Soviet gymnast (Olympic-3 golds-1976)