1922 – L. Tom Perry, American religious leader (LDS apostle), born in Logan, Utah (d. 2015)
1939 – Irene, Princess of Netherlands, born at Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands
1947 – Rick Derringer [Zehringer], American guitarist, songwriter (The McCoys – “Hang On Sloopy”; solo – “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”.), and producer (Edgar Winter; Johnny Winter; Weird Al Yankovic), born in Fort Recovery, Ohio
1950 – Holly Palance, American actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley’s Believe It), born in Los Angeles, California
1953 – Samantha Sang [Cheryl Lau Sang], Australian pop singer (Emotion), born in Melbourne
1955 – Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Twisted Sister; Scarecrow), born in NYC, New York
1959 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive – “Spin Me Round”), born in Bebington (d. 2016)
1969 – Robert Scott, Australian businessman (CEO Wesfarmers Ltd) and rower (Olympic silver coxless pair 1996), born in Perth, Australia
1969 – Kenny Irwin Jr., American auto racer (USAC National Midget Champion 1996; NASCAR 87 starts), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2000)
1981 – Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress (47 Ronin), born in Toshima, Japan
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 4th August 2023
1816 – Israel Vogdes, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Chester County, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
1823 – Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, American politician (Governor of Indiana), born in Salisbury, Indiana (d. 1877)
1877 – Dame Laura Knight, English impressionist artist, born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England (d. 1970)
1909 – Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (co-founded category theory), born in Taftville, Connecticut (d. 2005)
1931 – Narendra Tamhane, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950’s), born in Bombay, India
1933 – Sheldon Adelson, American business magnate (CEO of Las Vegas Sands casino company) and major political donor to the GOP and Israel, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1943 – Milan Máčala, Czech football coach, born in Biskupice, Czech Republic
1959 – John Gormley, Irish politician, Leader of the Green Party, Mayor of Dublin (1994-95), born in Dublin, Ireland
1970 – John August, American screenwriter
1992 – Dylan Sprouse, American actor (Suite Life of Zack and Cody), born in Arezzo, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 3rd August 2023
1823 – Francisco Barbieri, Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en El Poder), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1894)
1882 – Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, Ecuadorian composer and musicologist, born in Cotacachi, Ecuador (d. 1972)
1907 – Adrienne Ames, American actress (Death Kiss, Panama Patrol), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1947)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, born in Badayun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (d. 1970)
1926 – Gordon Scott [Werschkul], American actor (Tarzan series), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2007)
1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer, born in Carshalton, London
1962 – Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, born in Ermelo, Transvaal (d. 2007)
1963 – Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
1975 – Trevor Pryce, American NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Brooklyn, New York
1992 – Nadeshot [Matthew Haag], American professional gamer and Youtuber (Call of Duty)
Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2023
1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1733)
1861 – Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), born in Khulna, British India (d. 1944)
1906 – Albert Goodwin, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and UN statistician, born in Križ, Moslavania, Croatia (d. 2001)
1920 – Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1967)
1929 – Lord David Waddington, British politician (Home Secretary 1989-90), born in Burnley (d. 2017)
1934 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Russia (d. 2019)
1961 – Ed West, American NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons), born in Colbert County, Alabama
1966 – Joseph Wanag, American judoka (Olympic-92), born in Wilton, Connecticut
1976 – Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete, born in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2023
1686 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1739)
1914 – Jack Delano [Jacob Ovcharov], Russian-born American composer and photographer, born in Voroshilovka, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
1916 – Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska), born in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Quebec, Canada (d. 2000)
1919 – Stanley Middleton, British novelist (Holiday, Three Wise Men), born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 2009)
1930 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian communist politician, born in Miskolc, Hungary (d. 1996)
1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (only Japanese pitcher to win 400 games; perfect game 1957), born in Heiwa, Nakashima, Aichi, Japan (d. 2019)
1951 – Tim Bachman, Canadian rock guitarist and vocalist (Brave Belt; Bachman–Turner Overdrive), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2023)
1957 – Laura Johnson, American actress (Falcon Crest), born in Burbank, California
1958 – Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor (Hear My Song, Line of Duty), born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
1964 – Adam Duritz, American rock singer-songwriter, and keyboardist (Counting Crows – “Mr. Jones”; “Accidentally in Love”), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Birthdays for 31st July 2023
1527 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1564-76), born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1576)
1737 – Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain, born in London, England (d. 1813)
1816 – Lydia Moss Bradley, American bank president, philanthropist, and college founder (Bradley Polytechnic Institute), born in Vevay, Indiana (d. 1908)
1816 – George Henry Thomas, American Major General (Union Army), born in Newsoms, Virginia (d. 1870)
1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
1939 – Roger Prideaux, English cricketer (England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69), born in Chelsea, London
1941 – Heather McKay, Australian squash player (British Open 1962-77, inaugural women’s World Open 1976), born in Queanbeyan, Australia
1957 – Dirk Blocker, American actor (Ryan’s Four, Brooklyn Nine Nine), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Marty Booker, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 2002, Chicago Bears), born in Jonesboro, Louisiana
1978 – Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
Famous Birthdays for 30th July 2023
1859 – Henry Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader, born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire (d. 1939)
1888 – Raden Soetomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, born in Ngepeh, Nganjuk, Indonesia (d. 1938)
1922 – Zbigniew Wiszniewski, Polish composer, born in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland (d. 1999)
1933 – Ben Piazza, American actor (Santa Barbara; The Blues Brothers; Dallas), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1991)
1936 – Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, Russian composer, born in Odessa, Ukraine
1938 – Vyachselav Ivanenko, Russian race walker (Olympic gold 50k 1988), born in Kemerovo, Russia
1939 – Peter Bogdanovich, American film director and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), born in Kingston, New York (d. 2022)
1956 – Soraida Martinez, American painter and creator of Verdadism, born in Manhattan, New York City
1966 – Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
1973 – Andrea Gaudenzi, Italian tennis player (1990 French Open junior), born in Faenza, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 29th July 2023
1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political writer (Democracy in America), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1921)
1854 – Georg Kerschensteiner, German educational theorist (Theorie der Bildungsorganisation), born in Munich (d. 1932)
1932 – Marguerite Empey [Diane Webber], American model and Playboy playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
1933 – Cammie Smith, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
1938 – Don Wert, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania
1953 – Ken Burns [Kenneth Lauren], American director and documentary film producer (The Civil War, Baseball), born in Brooklyn, New York
1962 – Corinne Dibnah, Australian golfer (British Open 1988; LET Order of Merit 1991), born in Brisbane, Queensland
1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican infielder (St Louis Cardinals), born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
Famous Birthdays for 28th July 2023
1896 – Barbara La Marr [Reatha Watson], American vaudeville and silent film actress (The White Moth), and screenwriter,born in Yakima, Washington (d. 1926)
1904 – Selwyn Lloyd, British politician (Foreign Secretary, 1955-60; Exchequer, 1960-62; Leader of the House of Commons, 1963–64; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1971-76),, born in West Kirby, England (d. 1978)
1914 – Carmen Dragon, American composer (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony), born in Antioch, California (d. 1984)
1938 – Robert Hughes, Australian art critic and writer (Barcelona), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2012)
1952 – Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
1964 – Dave Alexander, American NFL center (NY Jets), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
1971 – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), born in Samarra, Iraq (d. 2019)
1975 – Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer, born in Madrid, Spain
1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer, born in Wallsend, England
1983 – Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan politician recognized by 54 countries as the President of Venezuela but disputed with Nicolás Maduro, born in La Guaira, Vargas
Famous Birthdays for 27th July 2023
1879 – Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1927)
1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and political activist, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 2000)
1913 – Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d’Algeria), born in Luino, Italy (d. 1983)
1943 – Stu Gilliam, American actor and comedian (Roll Out, Harris and Company), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
1951 – Tris Imboden, American rock and jazz session and touring drummer (Chicago, 1990-2018; Kenny Loggins, 1979-85; Neil Diamond; Al Jarreau), born in Orange County, California
1966 – Al Charron, Canadian rugby union forward, born in Ottawa, Ontario
1967 – Emiel van Eijkeren, Dutch soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC), born in The Hague, Netherlands
1968 – Christina Singer, German tennis star (1991 Futures GBR), born in Goppingen, Germany
1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist, born in Ipswich, Queensland
1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer (captain of the Macedonian national team), born in Strumica, Yugoslavia