1563 – Wanli, Emperor of Ming Dynasty, born in China (d. 1620)
1809 – Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land), born in Kremenets, Russian Empire (d. 1849)
1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal (WW I-Caporetto), born in Verbania, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1928)
1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 1956, 60, 64), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1942 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology, born in Shiraz, Iran (d. 2006)
1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again), born in El Paso, Texas
1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, SNL), born in New York City
1968 – John DiMaggio, American actor (Disenchantment; Futurama), born in North Plainfield, New Jersey
1969 – Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer, born in Bangor, Wales
1990 – James Bay, British singer-songwriter (Chaos and the Calm), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 3rd September 2023
1889 – Cecil Weston, South African actress (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), born in Capetown (d. 1976)
1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (17th Governor of Washington) and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1994)
1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist, born in Berg Municipality, Sweden (d. 2008)
1926 – Irene Papas [neé Lelekou], Greek actress (Zorba the Greek; Attila The Hun; The Guns of Navarone), born in Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece (d. 2022)
1934 – Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1992)
1938 – Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist (Nobel Prize 2011), born in Kobe, Japan
1943 – Mark Wirtz, French pop music record producer, and composer (“Excerpt From A Teenage Opera”), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2020)
1950 – Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Icelandic soccer defender (34 caps; Celtic, Tulsa Roughnecks, Hannover 96, Motherwell), born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 2021)
1964 – Spike Feresten, American television writer (Seinfeild), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
1971 – Trevor St. John, American actor (One Live to Live), born in Spokane, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 2nd September 2023
1852 – Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
1857 – Thomas Groube, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; Victoria CA), born in New Plymouth, New Zealand (d. 1927)
1911 – Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), born in Watertown, Wisconsin (d. 2010)
1917 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), born in Prainha, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1995)
1934 – Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), German artist, worked collaboratively with husband Bernd Becher, born in Potsdam Germany (d. 2015)
1939 – Sam Gooden, American soul vocalist (The Impressions – “People Get Ready”; “It’s All Right”), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 2022)
1951 – Michael Gray, American actor (Shazam!, Brian Keith Show), born in Chicago, Illinois
1978 – Matthew Watkins, Welsh rugby union centre (18 caps; Newport, Llanelli Scarlets), born in Newport, Wales (d. 2020)
1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
Famous Birthdays for 1st September 2023
1795 – James Gordon Bennett Sr., American newspaper publisher (New York Herald), born in Keith, Scotland (d. 1872)
1827 – Jacobus Jan Cremer, Dutch author (Overbetuwsche Novellen), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1880)
1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976)
1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), born in Dothan, Alabama (d. 1974)
1911 – Komei Abe, Japanese composer, born in Hiroshima (d. 2006)
1922 – Il Mattatore [Vittorio Gassman], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman, War and Peace), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 2000)
1931 – Matthew J. Rinaldo, American politician (Rep-R-NJ, 1973-93), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 2008)
1941 – John Van Hamersveld, American graphic artist of album covers, movie and concert posters, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1978 – Max Vieri, Australian soccer forward (6 caps; Verona, Napoli), born in Sydney, Australia
1994 – Bianca Ryan, American pop singer and songwriter, 1st winner of “America’s Got Talent”, born in Ocean City, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 31st August 2023
1852 – Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1925)
1879 – Alma Schindler Mahler, Viennese composer and wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)
1888 – Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer and diplomat (La Obra de Trajano), born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1928)
1900 – Roland Culver, English actor (Thunderball, Encore), born in London, England (d. 1984)
1944 – Roger Dean, British artist and album cover designer (Yes; Osibia; Asia), born in Ashford, Kent, England
1944 – Clive Lloyd, Guyanese and West Indies cricket batsman and captain (110 Tests; 7,515 runs @ 46.67, HS 242no), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
1952 – Bruce Soboroff, American rock keyboard player (Buckinghams, 1986-present), born in Chicago, Illinois
1956 – Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician, academic and 7th President of the Republic of China (Democratic Progressive Party: 2016-), born in Taipei, Taiwan
1957 – Colm O’Rourke, Irish Gaelic footballer (All-Irelands 1987, 88; 5 x Leinster medals; 3 x NFL medals; Footballer of the Year 1991; Meath) and broadcaster/analyst (RTÉ, Sunday Independent), born in Edgeworthstown, Northern Ireland
1969 – Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (killed Gianni Versace),born in National City, California (d. 1997)
Famous Birthdays for 30th August 2023
1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (Double Indemnity, The Apartment, My Three Sons), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1991)
1913 – Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China (d. 2007)
1922 – Lionel Murphy, Australian politician, born in Kensington, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1986)
1926 – Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (ring name “The Grand Wizard of Wrestling”), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1983)
1939 – John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster (BBC Radio 1), born in Heswell, Merseyside (d. 2004)
1946 – Anne-Marie of Greece, Danish princess and daughter of Frederik IX, born in Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
1948 – Jean-Louis Georgelin, French Army General (Chief of the Defence Staff, 2006-10), and overseer of Notre-Dame-de-Paris reconstruction (2019-23), born in Aspet, France (d. 2023)
1952 – Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis star, born in Poznan, Poland
1960 – Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient, born in Lincoln, Maine (d. 1993)
1986 – Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco), born in Las Vegas,Nevada
Famous Birthdays for 29th August 2023
1780 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), born in Montauban, France (d. 1867)
1862 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15), born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1928)
1876 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (1939-48), born in Haeju, Hwanghae, Korea (d. 1949)
1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor and director (Gandhi, Jurassic Park, Young Winston), born in Cambridge, England (d. 2014)
1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist
1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics and member of the Kennedy Family, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1959 – (Sadenia) “Eddi” Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter (Fairground Attraction – “Find My Love”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1960 – William Susman, American pianist and contemporary classical and documentary film score composer (Pentateuch; Snow Lion of Peace; Native New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress, born in Columbus, Ohio
1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese video game composer (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles), born in Hiroshima, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 28th August 2023
1931 – Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario, born in La Plata, Argentina (d. 2018)
1935 – Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1993)
1944 – Melvin Dummar, American gas station attendant, claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, and subject of the film “Melvin and Howard”, born in Utah (d. 2018)
1945 – Bob Segarini, American musician and radio personality, born in Stockton, California
1949 – Hugh Cornwell, Britsh punk singer-songwriter (The Stranglers – “Dreamtime”), born in Tufnell Park, North London, England
1969 – Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive (COO Facebook) and author (Lean In), born in Washington, D.C.
1972 – Darby Hendrickson, American hockey forward (Olympics 1994), born in Richfield, Minnasota
1975 – Jamie Cureton, English footballer (Bishop’s Stortford), born in Bristol, England
1981 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver, born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1981 – Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer, born in Larissa, Greece
Famous Birthdays for 27th August 2023
1899 – C. S. Forester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1966)
1905 – Frederick O’Neal, American actor, theatre producer and television director (Pinky, Car 54 Where Are You), born in Brooksville, Mississippi (d. 1992)
1909 – Lester Young, American jazz saxophonist, born in Woodville, Mississippi (d. 1959)
1925 – Richard Rutt, English bishop of Leicester, born in Lengford, England (d. 2011)
1925 – Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1992)
1941 – Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)
1969 – Cesar Millan, Culiacan Mexico, professional dog trainer
1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
1971 – Jim Flanigan, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
2007 – Ariana Greenblatt, American actress (Barbie), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 26th August 2023
1901 – Tullio Campagnolo, Italian racing cyclist and inventor (quick release skewer patent; founder bicycle component company Campagnolo), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1983)
1919 – Ronny Graham [Stringer], American composer, lyricist, screenwriter (M*A*S*H (TV series), and actor (Chico and the Man; Mel Brooks films), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1925 – Alain Peyrefitte, French politician (Minister of Justice, 1977-81; Minister of Information, 1962-66) and writer (The Immobile Empire), born in Najac, France (d. 1999)
1927 – B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize – 2018), born in Pune, India (d. 2023)
1946 – Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), born in Prague (d. 2017)
1952 – John Kinsella, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1972), born in Oak Park, Illinois
1954 – Michael Chetwood, British keyboard player (T’Pau), born in Shropshire, England
1958 – Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist, born in Ninove, Belgium
1962 – Tariq Ramadan, Islamic scholar, born in Geneva, Switzerland
1986 – SAINt JHN [Carlos St. John Phillips], Guyanese-American rapper, singer and songwriter (Roses), born in Brooklyn, New York City