Month: August

Famous people born in January are Barack Obama, Napoleon, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Leo Tolstoy, Jimmy Wales,

August 1

Koichi Wakata

Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut

Born: August 1, 1963

🎂 Turns 63 years

Maria Mitchell

American astronomer

Born: August 1, 1818

Died: June 29, 1889

Would be 208 years

Gaston Doumergue

French lawyer and statesman (1863–1937)

Born: August 1, 1863

Died: June 18, 1937

Would be 163 years

August 2

Valery Bykovsky

Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019)

Born: August 2, 1934

Died: March 27, 2019

Would be 92 years

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

Born: August 2, 1964

🎂 Turns 62 years

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

Born: August 2, 1932

Died: December 14, 2013

Would be 94 years

August 3

Ryan Lochte

American swimmer

Born: August 3, 1984

🎂 Turns 42 years

Martha Stewart

American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)

Born: August 3, 1941

🎂 Turns 85 years

Martin Sheen

American actor (born 1940)

Born: August 3, 1940

🎂 Turns 86 years

August 4

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018

Born: August 4, 1981

🎂 Turns 45 years

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

Born: August 4, 1792

Died: July 8, 1822

Would be 234 years

Joseph Paul-Boncour

French politician and diplomat (1873–1972)

Born: August 4, 1873

Died: March 28, 1972

Would be 153 years

Barack Obama

August 5

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

Born: August 5, 1930

Died: August 25, 2012

Would be 96 years

Mark Strong

British actor

Born: August 5, 1963

🎂 Turns 63 years

Wang Yibo

Chinese singer, rapper, dancer, actor, motorbike racer and host, a member of the UNIQ

Born: August 5, 1997

🎂 Turns 29 years

August 6

Gregory Chamitoff

American astronaut

Born: August 6, 1962

🎂 Turns 64 years

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

Born: August 6, 1881

Died: March 11, 1955

Would be 145 years

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

Born: August 6, 1928

Died: February 22, 1987

Would be 98 years

August 7

Jimmy Wales

American co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

Born: August 7, 1966

🎂 Turns 60 years

Emil Nolde

German artist (1867–1956)

Born: August 7, 1867

Died: April 13, 1956

Would be 159 years

Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion

Born: August 7, 1932

Died: October 25, 1973

Would be 94 years

Michael Shannon

August 8

Meagan Good

American actress and producer

Born: August 8, 1981

🎂 Turns 45 years

Michael Urie

American actor (born 1980)

Born: August 8, 1980

🎂 Turns 46 years

Roger Penrose

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

Born: August 8, 1931

🎂 Turns 95 years

August 9

Tove Jansson

Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

Born: August 9, 1914

Died: June 27, 2001

Would be 112 years

Melanie Griffith

American actress

Born: August 9, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

Kevin McKidd

Scottish actor

Born: August 9, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

August 10

Herbert Hoover

president of the United States from 1929 to 1933

Born: August 10, 1874

Died: October 20, 1964

Would be 152 years

Jean-François Lyotard

French philosopher (1924–1998)

Born: August 10, 1924

Died: April 21, 1998

Would be 102 years

Sergey Sazonov

Russian statesman and diplomat (1860-1927)

Born: August 10, 1860

Died: December 1, 1927

Would be 166 years

Edmund Randolph

August 11

Massimiliano Allegri

Italian association football manager and former player (born 1967)

Born: August 11, 1967

🎂 Turns 59 years

Enid Blyton

English author (1897–1968)

Born: August 11, 1897

Died: November 28, 1968

Would be 129 years

August 12

Peter Krause

American actor (born 1965)

Born: August 12, 1965

🎂 Turns 61 years

100

Margaret Burbidge

British-born American astronomer (1919–2020)

Born: August 12, 1919

Died: April 5, 2020

Would be 107 years

Chen Kaige

Chinese film director and screenwriter

Born: August 12, 1952

🎂 Turns 74 years

August 13

John Logie Baird

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television (1888–1946)

Born: August 13, 1888

Died: June 14, 1946

Would be 138 years

Shani Davis

American speed skater

Born: August 13, 1982

🎂 Turns 44 years

Yuan Longping

Chinese biologist (1930-2021)

Born: August 13, 1929

Died: May 22, 2021

Would be 97 years

Alfred Hitchcock

August 14

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

Born: August 14, 1959

🎂 Turns 67 years

Mila Kunis

American actress (born 1983)

Born: August 14, 1983

🎂 Turns 43 years

Guangxu Emperor

Chinese emperor (1871-1908)

Born: August 14, 1871

Died: November 14, 1908

Would be 155 years

René Goscinny

August 15

Natasha Henstridge

Canadian actress

Born: August 15, 1974

🎂 Turns 52 years

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

Born: August 15, 1985

Died: March 31, 2019

Would be 41 years

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)

Born: August 15, 1769

Died: May 5, 1821

Would be 257 years

August 16

Pierre Richard

French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian

Born: August 16, 1934

🎂 Turns 92 years

Lesley Ann Warren

American actress

Born: August 16, 1946

🎂 Turns 80 years

G.E.M.

German singer-songwriter

Born: August 16, 1991

🎂 Turns 35 years

August 17

Gene Kranz

NASA Flight Director and manager

Born: August 17, 1933

🎂 Turns 93 years

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)

Born: August 17, 1944

🎂 Turns 82 years

Monty Woolley

American actor (1888–1963)

Born: August 17, 1888

Died: May 6, 1963

Would be 138 years

August 18

Madelaine Petsch

American actress and YouTuber

Born: August 18, 1994

🎂 Turns 32 years

Madeleine Stowe

American actress (born 1958)

Born: August 18, 1958

🎂 Turns 68 years

Patrick Swayze

American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

Born: August 18, 1952

Died: September 14, 2009

Would be 74 years

August 19

Charles Bolden

23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut

Born: August 19, 1946

🎂 Turns 80 years

Story Musgrave

American physician and NASA astronaut

Born: August 19, 1935

🎂 Turns 91 years

Philo Farnsworth

American inventor (1906–1971)

Born: August 19, 1906

Died: March 11, 1971

Would be 120 years

August 20

Jean-Loup Chrétien

French astronaut (born 1938)

Born: August 20, 1938

🎂 Turns 88 years

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Indian businessman

Born: August 20, 1946

🎂 Turns 80 years

Valentin Glushko

Soviet rocket engineer (1908-1989)

Born: August 20, 1908

Died: January 10, 1989

Would be 118 years

August 21

Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

Born: August 21, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

Aubrey Beardsley

British illustrator and author (1872–1898)

Born: August 21, 1872

Died: March 16, 1898

Would be 154 years

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

Born: August 21, 1986

🎂 Turns 40 years

August 22

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

Born: August 22, 1904

Died: February 19, 1997

Would be 122 years

Richard Armitage (actor)

British actor

Born: August 22, 1971

🎂 Turns 55 years

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

Born: August 22, 1862

Died: March 25, 1918

Would be 164 years

August 23

Natalie Coughlin

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

Born: August 23, 1982

🎂 Turns 44 years

Marian Seldes

American stage, film, radio, and television actress (1928 – 2014)

Born: August 23, 1928

Died: October 6, 2014

Would be 98 years

Michel Rocard

french politician (1930–2016)

Born: August 23, 1930

Died: July 2, 2016

Would be 96 years

August 24

Gregory Jarvis

American astronaut (1944-1986)

Born: August 24, 1944

Died: January 28, 1986

Would be 82 years

Inge de Bruijn

Dutch swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder

Born: August 24, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

Born: August 24, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

Jorge Luis Borges

August 25

Liu Yifei

Chinese-American actress and singer (born 1987)

Born: August 25, 1987

🎂 Turns 39 years

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

Born: August 25, 1930

Died: October 31, 2020

Would be 96 years

Louis Barthou

French politician (1862-1934)

Born: August 25, 1862

Died: October 9, 1934

Would be 164 years

Erich Honecker

August 26

Joe Engle

American astronaut (1932-2024)

Born: August 26, 1932

Died: July 10, 2024

Would be 94 years

Macaulay Culkin

American actor and singer

Born: August 26, 1980

🎂 Turns 46 years

Melissa McCarthy

American actress and comedian

Born: August 26, 1970

🎂 Turns 56 years

August 27

Sergei Krikalev

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut

Born: August 27, 1958

🎂 Turns 68 years

Denise Lewis

British athlete

Born: August 27, 1972

🎂 Turns 54 years

Patrick J. Adams

Canadian actor

Born: August 27, 1981

🎂 Turns 45 years

August 28

Sheryl Sandberg

American technology executive, activist, and author

Born: August 28, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years

Ai Weiwei

Chinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)

Born: August 28, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

Florence Welch

English musician, singer and songwriter

Born: August 28, 1986

🎂 Turns 40 years

August 29

Chris Hadfield

Canadian astronaut

Born: August 29, 1959

🎂 Turns 67 years

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780–1867)

Born: August 29, 1780

Died: January 14, 1867

Would be 246 years

Bob Beamon

American track and field athlete

Born: August 29, 1946

🎂 Turns 80 years

August 30

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the novel Frankenstein

Born: August 30, 1797

Died: February 1, 1851

Would be 229 years

Jack Swigert

NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)

Born: August 30, 1931

Died: December 27, 1982

Would be 95 years

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier

Born: August 30, 1943

🎂 Turns 83 years

August 31

Leonid Popov

Soviet cosmonaut

Born: August 31, 1945

🎂 Turns 81 years

Pavel Vinogradov

Russian cosmonaut

Born: August 31, 1953

🎂 Turns 73 years

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952)

Born: August 31, 1870

Died: May 6, 1952

Would be 156 years