Famous Birthdays in August

If you were born in August, you might be famous too!

“One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.”
Mother Teresa, born August 26, 1910

Famous August Birthdays
Bill Clinton
42nd US President
Born August 19, 1946

The Famous August Birthdays page includes actors, singers, celebrities and statesmen who share the day of your birth. Indeed, so many famous people all over the world celebrate their birthday in August.

Does your birthday fall in this month as well? You might find it surprising to know that you share your birth month and even birthday with a few of the most important and popular people in history.

If you are a fashionista, you’d be glad to know that world-renowned fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is on the Famous August Birthdays list.

His fashion empire has not only given birth to the most fashionable clothing, he is also known for top-selling fragrances and other luxury items.

A number of poets and composers were aso born in August. Have you heard of Francis Scott Key? He is most famous as the person who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Also, a few of today’s classic books and novels were written by August birthday celebrants. There’s “Moby Dick” author Herman Melville, “The Alchemist” author Paulo Coelho, and “Frankenstein” author Peggy Wollstonecraft Shelley.

Of course, you also have a slew of famous actors and actresses in Cameron Diaz, Lea Michele, Blake Lively, Chad Michael Murray, Hayden Panettiere, Richard Gere, and Jack Black.

And then there are singers and musicians as well. There is Gene Simmons from the band “Kiss,” Tori Amos, Madonna, Joe Jonas, Kenny Rogers, Robert Plant and Fred Durst from the band “Limp Bizkit.”

Inspired enough yet? Take a look the Famous August Birthdays list have fun discovering the famous people who share their special day with you!

Famous Birthday Boy or Girl
Lived
to Be
Birth and
Death Year
Who is He or She?
What makes them famous?
August 1st
Jerrry Garcia
53
1942-1995 Singer and guitarist, Grateful Dead
Yves Saint Laurent
72
1936-2008 Designer of fashion, fragrances and luxury items
Temspestt Bledsoe
1973-still kickin’ Actress, “The Cosby Show”
Francis Scott Key
64
1779-1843 Composer of “The Star Spangled Banner”
Herman Melville
72
1819-1891 Author, “Moby Dick”
August 2nd Famous August Birthdays
Carroll O’Connor
77
1924-2011 Actor, “All in the Family”
Peter O’Toole
1932-still kickin’ Actor, “Lawrence of Arabia”
Kevin Smith
1970-still kickin’ Producer, “Clerks”
Sam Worthington
1976-still kickin’ Actor, “Avatar”
Mary-Louise Parker
1964-still kickin’ Actress, “Weeds”
August 3rd
Tom Brady
1977-still kickin’ New England Patriots quarterback
Jay North
1951-still kickin’ Actor, “Dennis the Menace”
James Hetfield
1963-still kickin’ Lead singer/rhythm guitarist, Metallica
Tony Bennet
1926-still kickin’ Singer, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
Martha Stewart
1941-still kickin’ Domestic diva
August 4th
Barack Obama
1961-still kickin’ 44th US president
Louis Armstrong
70
1901-1971 Jazz singer/trumpeter
Cole & Dylan Sprouse
1992-still kickin’ Actors, “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
30
1792-1822 Poet, “Ode to the West Wind”
Helen Thomas
1920-still kickin’ Prominent American journalist
August 5th
Neil Armstrong
82
1930-2012 First astronaut on the moon
Maureen McCormick
1956-still kickin’ Actress, “The Brady Brunch”
Adam Yauch
68
1964-2012 Bass guitarist, Beastie Boys
August 6th Famous August Birthdays
Andy Warhol
59
1928-1987 Influential pop artist
Lucille Ball
78
1911-1989 Actress, “I Love Lucy”
M. Night Shyamalan
1970-still kickin’ Indian director, “The Sixth Sense”
Geri Halliwell
1972-still kickin’ “Ginger Spice” of the Spice Girls
August 7th
Charlize Theron
1975-still kickin’ Actress, “Mighty Joe Young”
David Duchovny
1960-still kickin’ Actor, “The X-Files”
Abbie Cornish
1982-still kickin’ Actress, “Suckerpunch”
Samantha Ronson
1977-still kickin’ DJ, “Pull My Hair Out”
August 8th
Dustin Hoffman
1937-still kickin’ Actor, “The Graduate”
Roger Federer
1981-still kickin’ Men’s tennis champion
Dave “The Edge” Evans
1961-still kickin’ Gutarist/vocalist, U2
Dino de Laurentiis
91
1919-2012 Producer, “The Bible”
J.C. Chasez
1976-still kickin’ *NSYNC member
August 9th
Whitney Houston
49
1963-2012 Singer/actress, “I Will Always Love You”
Robert Shaw
51
1927-1978 Actor, “Jaws”
Deion Sanders
1967-still kickin’ Super Bowl and World Series athlete
Eric Bana
1968-still kickin’ Actor, “Hulk”
Derek Fisher
1974-still kickin’ NBA guard
Jean Piaget
84
1896-1980 Psychologist, studied thought processes of children
August 10th
Antonio Banderas
1960-still kickin’ Actor, “The Mask of Zorro”
Bobby Hatfield
63
1940-2003 Righteous Brothers tenor, “Unchained Melody”
Angie Harmon
1972-still kickin’ Actress, “Law and Order”
Devon Aoki
1972-still kickin’ Actress/fashion model
Robert Hoover
90
1874-1964 31st US president
August 11th Famous August Birthdays
Chris Hemsworth
1983-still kickin’ Actor, “Thor”
Hulk Hogan
1953-still kickin’ Pro-wrestler
Alyson Stoner
1993-still kickin’ Actress, “Camp Rock”
Mike Douglas
81
1925-2006 Daytime talkshow host
August 12th
Erwin Schrodinger
74
1887-1961 Physicist, explained quantum mechanics
Cecil B. Demille
78
1881-1959 Director, “The Ten Commandments”
Maggie Lawson
1980-still kickin’ Actress, “Psych”
August 13th
Alfred Hitchcock
81
1899-1980 Director, “The Birds”
Bert Lhar
72
1895-1967 Actor, “The Wizard of Oz”
Danny Bonaduce
1959-still kickin’ Actor, “The Partridge Family”
Fidel Castro
1926-still kickin’ Cuban dictator
Debi Mazar
1964-still kickin’ Actress, “Entourage”
August 14th
Mila Kunis
1983-still kickin’ Actress, “Friends with Benefits”
Tim Tebow
1987-still kickin’ NFL quarterback
Halle Berry
1966-still kickin’ Actress, “Monster’s Ball”
Earvin Magic Johnson
1959-still kickin’ Hall of Fame NBA player
Steve Martin
1945-still kickin’ Comedian/actor, “Father of the Bride”
Danielle Steel
1947-still kickin’ Author of bestselling romantic novels
August 15th
Jennifer Lawrence
1990-still kickin’ Actress, “Hunger Games”
Joe Jonas
1989-still kickin’ Vocalist, Jonas Brothers
Ben Affleck
1970-still kickin’ Actor, “Good Will Hunting”
Napoleon Bonaparte
52
1769-1821 French general and emperor
August 16th Famous August Birthdays
Madonna
1958-still kickin’ Singer/actress, “Material Girl”
Angela Bassett
1958-still kickin’ Actress, “Waiting to Exhale”
Steve Carell
1962-still kickin’ Actor, “The Office”
James Cameron
1964-still kickin’ Director, “Titanic”
August 17th
Robert DeNiro
1943-still kickin’ Actor, “Taxi Driver”
Donnie Wahlberg
1969-still kickin’ Actor, “The Sixth Sense”
Sean Penn
1960-still kickin’ Actor, “I am Sam”
Mark Salling
1982-still kickin’ TV actor, “Glee”
Giuliana Rancic
1975-still kickin’ Host, reality TV star
August 18th
Patrick Swayze
57
1952-2009 Actor, “Dirty Dancing”
Malcolm Jamal Warner
1970-still kickin’ TV director and musicman
Edward Norton
1969-still kickin’ Actor, “Fight Club”
Shelley Winters
86
1920-2006 Actress, “The Diary of Anne Frank”
Andy Samberg
1978-still kickin’ Comedian, actor, musician
August 19th
Bill Clinton
1946-still kickin’ 42nd US president
John Stamos
1963-still kickin’ Actor, “Full House”
Orville Wright
78
1871-1948 Inventor of first successful airplane
Matthew Perry
1969-still kickin’ 1969-still kickin’
Malcolm Forbes
71
1919-1990 Publisher of Forbes magazine
August 20th
Demi Lovato
1992-still kickin’ Singer/actress, “Camp Rock”
Robert Plant
1948-still kickin’ Vocalist, Led Zeppelin
Amy Adams
1974-still kickin’ Actress, “Enchanted”
Benjamin Harrison
68
1833-1901 23rd US president
Andrew Garfield
1983-still kickin’ Actor, “The Amazing Spiderman”
Fred Durst
1970-still kickin’ Rapper, rocker, lead singer of Limp Bizkit
August 21st Famous August Birthdays
Usain Bolt
1986-still kickin’ Record-breaking Jamaican sprinter
Kenny Rogers
1938-still kickin’ Country singer
Hayden Panettiere
1989-still kickin’ Actress, “Heroes”
Wilt Chamberlain
63
1936-1999 NBA superstar
Kim Cattrall
1956-still kickin’ Actress, “Sex and the City”
Brody Jenner
1983-still kickin’ Creator, producer and star in “The Princes of Malibu”
August 22nd
Kristen Wiig
1973-still kickin’ Comedian/actress, “Bridesmaids”
Giaga de Laurentiis
1970-still kickin’ TV celebrity chef
John Lee Hooker
84
1917-2001 Mississippi blues guitarist
Tori Amos
1963-still kickin’ Singer/songwriter, “Little Earthquakes”
Claude Debussy
56
1862-1918 French composer, “Clair de Lune”
August 23rd
Kobe Bryant
1978-still kickin’ NBA Legend, LA Lakers
Gene Kelly
84
1912-1996 Dancer/actor, “Singin’ in the Rain”
Barbara Eden
1934-still kickin’ TV actress, “I Dream of Jeanie”
Jeremy Lin
1988-still kickin’ Asian-American basketball player
August 24th
Rupert Grint
1988-still kickin’ Actor, “Harry Potter” films
Dave Chappelle
1973-still kickin’ Standup comedian
Chad Michael Murray
1981-still kickin’ Actor, “Dawson’s Creek”
Yasser Arafat
75
1929-2004 Leader of Palestine Liberation Organization
Paulo Coelho
1947-still kickin’ Novelist, “The Alchemist”
August 25th
Sean Connery
1930-still kickin’ Actor, “James Bond”
Tim Burton
1958-still kickin’ Director, “Batman”
Gene Simmons
1949-still kickin’ Guitarist, singer and founder of KISS
Rachael Ray
1968-still kickin’ Host of cooking programs on Food TV Network
Regis Philbin
1931-still kickin’ Host, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
Blake Lively
1987-still kickin’ Actress, “Gossip Girl”
August 26th Famous August Birthdays
Mother Teresa
87
1910-1997 Catholic nun in India
Macaulay Culkin
1980-still kickin’ Actor, “Home Alone”
Chris Pine
1980-still kickin’ Actor, “Star Trek”
James Harden
1989-still kickin’ Shooting guard, Houston Rockets
August 27th
Paul Herman Reubens
1952-still kickin’ Kiddie TV personality
Lyndon B. Johnson
65
1908-1973 36th US president
Charles Rolls
33
1877-1910 Co-founder of the Rolls-Royce automobile company
Alexa Vega
1988-still kickin’ Actress, “Spy Kids”
August 28th
Jack Black
1969-still kickin’ Actor, “The School of Rock”
Shania Twain
1965-still kickin’ Singer/songwriter, “Come on Over”
Leann Rimes
1982-still kickin’ Country singer, “Blue”
Leo Tolstoy
82
1828-1910 Author, “War and Peace”
Elizabeth Ann Seton
47
1774-1821 First American saint
Jennifer Coolidge
1961-still kickin’ Comedic actress, “Legally Blonde”
August 29th
Michael Jackson
50
1958-2009 Singer, “Thriller”
Liam Payne
1993-still kickin’ One Direction member
Lea Michele
1986-still kickin’ TV actress, “Glee”
John McCain
1936-still kickin’ Arizona senator
Charlie Bird Parker
35
1920-1955 Jazz saxophonist
August 30th
Cameron Diaz
1972-still kickin’ Actress, “Charlie’s Angels”
Warren Buffett
1930-still kickin’ Stock market genius
TPeggy Wollstonecraft Shelley
54
1797-1851 Author of “Frankenstein”
Lisa Ling
1973-still kickin’ TV personality, “The View”
Andy Roddick
1982-still kickin’ American tennis player
August 31st Last of the Famous August Birthdays list!
Richard Gere
1949-still kickin’ Actor, “Pretty Woman”
Jeff Hardy
1977-still kickin’ Professional wrestler
Chris Tucker
1972-still kickin’ Comedian/actor, “Rush Hour”
Larry Fitzgerald
1983-still kickin’ NFL football receiver
Ernest Rutherford
63
1871-1937 Contributor to nuclear physics