1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1674)
1899 – Charlie Hall, English comedic actor (Tit for Tat, A Chump at Oxford), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1959)
1914 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese film score composer (Rashomon; Seven Samurai), born in Sendai, Honshū, Japan (d. 1955)
1923 – (Dillwyn) “Dill” Jones, Welsh jazz stride pianist, born in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales (d. 1984)
1934 – David Durenberger, American politician, (US Sen-R-MN, 1978-95), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota (d. 2023)
1948 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese film producer (anime, co-founder Studio Ghibli), born in Nagoya, Japan
1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American country singer (“I Hope You Dance”), born in Jacksonville, Texas
1969 – Nate Dogg [Nathaniel Dwayne Hale], American rapper (“Regulate”; “21 Questions”), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 2011)
1973 – Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, married to Crown prince Haakon, born in Kristiansand, Norway
1987 – Richard Stearman, English footballer, born in Wolverhampton, England
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 18th August 2023
1803 – Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
1805 – Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1845)
1849 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist, orchestral and opera composer (Symphonie légendaire; Jocelyn), born in Paris, France (d. 1895)
1906 – Andre Van Gyseghem, English actor (Search for the Nile), born in Eltham, Kent, England (d. 1979)
1930 – Carl Barger, American baseball executive (President of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
1935 – Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer (Otoño (Autumn)), and educator, born in Debrecen, Hungary (d. 2019)
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American comic book writer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor (“American History X”; “Fight Club”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1994 – Jessie Flower [Michaela Murphy], American actress (Avatar: The Last Airbender), born in Southern Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 17th August 2023
1686 – Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer and singing teacher, born in Naples (d. 1768)
1828 – Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1856 – Vernon Lee [Violet Paget], British author (Satan the master), born in Boulogne, France (d. 1935)
1918 – Ike Quebec, American jazz tenor saxophone player, and pianist, born in Newark. New Jersey (d. 1963)
1926 – Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1989-2002) and President of the People’s Republic of China (1993-2003), born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu (d. 2022)
1942 – John Tyrrell, British musicologist (Leoš Janáček; The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians), born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) (d. 2018)
1944 – Larry Ellison, American businessman (billionaire founder of Oracle Corporation), born in Manhattan, New York
1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player (4-time Grand Slam winner), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1952 – Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
1955 – Colin Moulding, English pop bassist, and songwriter (XTC – “Generals And Majors”), born in Swindon, England
Famous Birthdays for 16th August 2023
1622 – Tsjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral, born in Sexbierum, Netherlands (d. 1666)
1816 – Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, born in Dublin (d. 1898)
1894 – George Meany, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO), born in NYC, New York (d. 1980)
1906 – Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89), born in Schloss Frauenthal, Deutschlandsberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
1944 – Russ Titelman, American record producer and songwriter, born in Los Angeles, California
1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic gold 1976)
1965 – Eric van der Luer, soccer player (Roda JC)
1971 – Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1974 – Bryan Chiu, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1979 – Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach
Famous Birthdays for 15th August 2023
1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich, Baron Wrangel, Russian baron general (White Armies, WW II), born in Novalexandrovsk, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1928)
1917 – Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman catholic priest who was murdered, born in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador (d. 1980)
1944 – Thomas J. Murphy Jr., American politician (57th Mayor of Pittsburgh), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1945 – Thomas C. Sawyer, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Akron, Ohio
1947 – Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman, born in London (d. 1996)
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American jazz and pop singer (“What You Won’t Do for Love”), and songwriter (“The Next Time I Fall”), born in NYC, New York (d. 2023)
1962 – Bubby Brister, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1966 – Fred Strickland, American NFL linebacker, 1988-99 (Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys, and 3 other teams), born in Buffalo, New York
1980 – Nathalie Press, English actress (Wasp), born in London, England
1989 – Joe Jonas, American pop singer (Jonas Brothers), born in Casa Grande, Arizona
Famous Birthdays for 14th August 2023
1802 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet (Heath’s Book of Beauty), born in Chelsea, London (d. 1838)
1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player, born in Calvert County, Maryland (d. 1912)
1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (Antigone; Marinos Kontaras), born in Kastelli Kissamou, Crete (d. 1984)
1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (World C’ship 1948-49, 51), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1998)
1931 – Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member (WIC)
1957 – Jackée Harry, American actress (Sandra-227), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1968 – Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
1969 – DJ Uncle Al, American hip-hop DJ, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2001)
1973 – Wayne Chrebet, American NFL wide receiver (NY Jets), born in Garfield, New Jersey
1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player, born in Nederland, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 13th August 2023
1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman and founder of Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino) Automaker, born in Villar Perosa, Italy (d. 1945)
1878 – Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1942)
1885 – C. Howard Crane, American architect (Fox Theatres; Detroit Olympia Stadium; Detroit Opera House; LeVeque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Earls Court Exhibition Centre (London, England)), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1952)
1896 – Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1982)
1911 – William Bernbach, American advertising creative director, born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress (Jaleesa-Different World), born in Brooklyn, New York
1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer (Khel – No Ordinary Game), born in Mulki, Mysore State, India
1964 – Tom Prince, American MLB catcher (LA Dodgers), born in Kankakee, Illinois
1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician, born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
1990 – DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player (Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans), born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Birthdays for 12th August 2023
1880 – Christy Mathewson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905, 21; Triple Crown 1905, 08; NL wins leader 1905, 07, 08, 10; 2 x no-hitters; NY Giants), born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania (d. 1925)
1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (Thank You, Mr. Moto), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1938)
1910 – Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, British politician (1st female Whip – UK House of Lords), (d. 1992)
1913 – Richard Bare, American TV and film director (Green Acres), born in Turlock, California (d. 2015)
1918 – Margaret Burbidge, British-American astronomer and educator (faint object spectrograph of the Hubble Space), born in Davenport, England (d. 2020)
1925 – Norris McWhirter, English author (founded Guinness Book of World Records), born in Winchmore Hill, England (d. 2004)
1935 – Karl Mickel, German writer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2000)
1954 – Sam J. Jones [Samuel Gerald], American actor (Flash Gordon, Code Red), born in Chicago, Illinois
1972 – Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer
1973 – Latasha Byears, American WNBA player (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Famous Birthdays for 11th August 2023
1600 – Paul Hallmann, German composer, born in Friedland, Silesia (now Frýdlant, Czech Republic) (d. 1650)
1772 – Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, British general (fought with Wellington at Waterloo, Commander-in-Chief British army 1828), born in Prees, England (d. 1842)
1902 – Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu), born in Paris, France (d. 1991)
1911 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai politician and general (1971 coup, Prime Minister of Thailand 1958-73), born in Tak, Siam (d. 2004)
1930 – Heinz Werner Zimmermann, composer
1930 – William A O’Neal, (Gov-D-Ct)
1943 – James Kale, rocker (Guess Who)
1967 – Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor
1968 – Charlie Sexton, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Arc Angels), born in San Antonio, Texas
1980 – Merritt Wever, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Nurse Jackie – “Zoey”; Godless; Unbelievable), born in Manhattan, New York City
Famous Birthdays for 10th August 2023
1296 – John the Blind, King of Bohemia (1310-46) and Count of Luxembourg, born in Luxembourg (d. 1346)
1360 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)
1836 – José Teodor Vilar, Spanish organist and composer (La Rambla de les Flors), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1905)
1856 – Paul Geisler, German conductor, composer, and pedagogue, born in Stolp, Pomerania (now Słupia, Poland) (d. 1919)
1856 – Edward L. Doheny, American oil tycoon who drilled the 1st successful oil well in Los Angeles and set off the California oil boom, born in Fond du lac, Wisconsin (d. 1935)
1912 – Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval), born near Itabuna, Brazil (d. 2001)
1918 – Arnett Cobb, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1989)
1962 – Suzanne Collins, American author (The Hunger Games Trilogy), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1983 – Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Fridolijn, Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands