August 05 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)


• 1397? - Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)


• 1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)


• 1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)


• 1641 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)


• 1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)


• 1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)


• 1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)


• 1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)


• 1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)


• 1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)


• 1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)


• 1828 - Louise of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871)


• 1833 - Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)


• 1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893)


• 1862 - Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)


• 1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)


• 1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)


• 1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)


• 1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)


• 1887 - Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972)


• 1888 - Victor Francen, Belgian-born actor (d. 1977)


• 1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)


• 1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956)


• 1890 - Naum Gabo, sculptor (d. 1977)


• 1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)


• 1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)


• 1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987)


• 1906 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)


• 1906 - Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)


• 1908 - Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)


• 1910 - Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)


• 1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)


• 1912 - Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)


• 1914 - David Brian, American actor (d. 1993)


• 1918 - Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)


• 1918 - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)


• 1923 - Devan Nair, President of Singapore


• 1930 - Neil Armstrong, American astronaut


• 1930 - Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia


• 1934 - Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer


• 1935 - John Saxon, American actor


• 1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)


• 1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands


• 1941 - Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)


• 1943 - Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)


• 1943 - Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)


• 1946 - Loni Anderson, American actress


• 1946 - Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach


• 1946 - Ron Silliman, American poet


• 1946 - Erika Slezak, American actress


• 1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)


• 1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player


• 1947 - Rick Derringer, American musician


• 1948 - Carole Laure, French Canadian actress


• 1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer


• 1951 - John Jarratt, Australian actor


• 1953 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)


• 1953 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer


• 1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director


• 1956 - Fred Ottman, American wrestler


• 1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress


• 1957 - Faith Prince, American actress


• 1957 - Clayton Rohner, American actor


• 1959 - Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)


• 1960 - Seth Swirsky, American songwriter


• 1961 - Tawny Kitaen, American actress


• 1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist


• 1961 - Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer


• 1962 - Patrick Ewing, American basketball player


• 1962 - Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer


• 1964 - Adam Yauch (MCA), American musician (Beastie Boys)


• 1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer


• 1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor


• 1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian country singer


• 1968 - Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ


• 1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler


• 1968 - Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer


• 1968 - Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)


• 1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player


• 1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer


• 1969 - Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer


• 1970 - James Gunn, American filmmaker


• 1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)


• 1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)


• 1972 - Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer


• 1973 - Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist


• 1973 - Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer


• 1974 - Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player


• 1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer


• 1975 - Antony Cotton, English actor


• 1975 - Ami Foster, American actress


• 1975 - Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress


• 1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)


• 1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1976 - Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor


• 1976 - Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer


• 1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player


• 1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer


• 1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player


• 1978 - Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter


• 1978 - Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer


• 1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer


• 1980 - Kaylani Lei, Singaporean/American pornographic actress


• 1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer


• 1980 - Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player


• 1980 - Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer


• 1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player


• 1981 - Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)


• 1981 - Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer


• 1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier


• 1981 - Cory Williams, American internet celebrity


• 1981 - Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer


• 1982 - LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete


• 1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player


• 1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer


• 1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane)


• 1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer


• 1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer


• 1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer


• 1987 - Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress


• 1987 - Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model


• 1993 - Suzuka Ōgo, Japanese actress


• 1993 - Corey J. Smith, English actor


• 1995 - Devo Keenan American cellist


• 2000 - Maya Bond, American singer and musician