Famous Births on 8 Aug

Famous Births on 8 Aug

1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
1518 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
1605 - Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)
1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
1693 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
1720 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
1807 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
1814 - Esther Morris, American jurist (d. 1902)
1824 - Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Tsarina of Russia (d. 1880)
1839 - Nelson Miles, American general (d. 1925)
1857 - Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
1875 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)
1879 - Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1880 - Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961)
1881 - Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. 1960)
1881 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1882 - Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
1884 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. 1933)
1889 - Jack Ryder, Australain cricketer (d. 1977)
1891 - Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952)
1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)
1898 - Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990)
1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1904 - Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1905 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
1907 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)
1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1980)
1909 - Bill Voce, England cricketer (d. 1984)
1910 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002)
1915 - Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer
1920 - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
1920 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (d. 2006)
1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
1921 - Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
1921 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)
1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)
1921 - John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. 1979)
1921 - William Asher, American film producer
1922 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)
1922 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. 1985)
1922 - Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian
1925 - Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician (d. 2003)
1926 - Richard Anderson, American actor
1927 - Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1928 - Don Burrows, Australian musician
1929 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004)
1929 - Ronald Biggs, British criminal
1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist
1932 - Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator
1932 - Mel Tillis, American singer
1933 - Joe Tex, American singer (d. 1982)
1933 - Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (d. 2007)
1935 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer
1935 - John Laws, Australia radio personality
1936 - Frank Howard, American baseball player
1936 - Keith Barron, English actor
1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
1938 - Jacques Hétu, French Canadian composer
1938 - Connie Stevens, American singer and actress
1939 - Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat
1940 - Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1940 - Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist
1944 - Brooke Bundy, American actress
1944 - John Renbourn, English musician
1946 - James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
1947 - Larry Wilcox, American actor
1947 - Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian
1947 - José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player
1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut
1949 - Keith Carradine, American actor
1949 - Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
1951 - Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1951 - Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer
1952 - Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1952 - Robin Quivers, American radio personality
1952 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
1953 - Nigel Mansell, English race car driver
1953 - Don Most, American actor
1955 - Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
1956 - Chris Foreman, English guitarist (Madness)
1956 - Branscombe Richmond, American actor
1956 - David Grant, English singer and vocal coach
1958 - Deborah Norville, American television host
1958 - Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
1960 - Ulrich Maly, German politician
1961 - The Edge, English guitarist (U2)
1961 - Daniel House, American music executive
1961 - Bruce Matthews, American football player
1961 - Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
1962 - Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
1963 - Jon Turteltaub, American director
1964 - Anastasia Ashman, American writer
1964 - Paul Taylor, England cricketer
1965 - Angus Fraser, England cricketer
1965 - Aaron Abeyta, American musician
1965 - Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality
1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer
1966 - John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 - Eric Angle, American wrestler
1967 - Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
1967 - Rena Mero, American wrestler
1967 - Jessica Moore, Italian actress
1967 - Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
1968 - Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer
1969 - Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress
1970 - Trev Alberts, American football player
1970 - Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
1972 - Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
1972 - Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1973 - Toby Allen, Australian singer (Human Nature)
1973 - Shane Lee, Australian cricketer
1973 - Senta Moses, American actress
1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
1974 - Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
1974 - Brian Harvey, English singer
1974 - Scott D'Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager
1976 - JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
1976 - Tawny Cypress, American actress
1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer
1976 - Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1976 - Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
1977 - Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1977 - Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1977 - Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1978 - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
1978 - Louis Saha, French footballer
1978 - Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
1978 - Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
1979 - Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce)
1979 - Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
1979 - Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir
1979 - Richard Harwood, British cellist
1980 - Michael Urie, American actor and director
1980 - Pat Noonan, American footballer
1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
1980 - Mike Hindert, American musician
1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
1981 - Meagan Good, American actress
1981 - Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
1981 - Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
1983 - Guy Burnet, British actor
1984 - Devon McTavish, American footballer
1984 - Martrez Milner, American football player
1985 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican soccer player
1986 - Peyton List, American actress
1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress
1988 - Princess Beatrice of York
1988 - Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1989 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
1995 - Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer