| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 10 BC |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Claudius |
Roman Emperor (d. 54) |
| 126 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Pertinax |
Roman Emperor (d. 193) |
| 1313 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Emperor Kogon of Japan |
(d. 1364) |
| 1377 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan |
(d. 1433) |
| 1545 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Andrew Melville |
Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) |
| 1555 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Edward Kelley |
English spirit medium (d. 1597) |
| 1579 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Luis Velez de Guevara |
Spanish writer (d. 1644) |
| 1626 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Sabbatai Zevi |
Montenegrin rabbi‚ kabbalist‚ and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676) |
| 1630 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Thomas Clifford |
1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh‚ English statesman (d. 1673) |
| 1713 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Charles I |
Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg (d. 1780) |
| 1714 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Richard Wilson |
Welsh painter (d. 1782) |
| 1738 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Jacques Francois Dugommier |
French general (d. 1794) |
| 1744 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
French scientist (d. 1829) |
| 1770 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
William Clark |
American explorer (d. 1838) |
| 1779 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Francis Scott Key |
American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843) |
| 1779 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Lorenz Oken |
German naturalist (d. 1851) |
| 1815 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Richard Henry Dana |
Jr.American lawyer‚ politician‚ and author (d. 1882) |
| 1818 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Maria Mitchell |
American astronomer (d. 1889) |
| 1819 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Herman Melville |
American writer (d. 1891) |
| 1837 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
"Mary Harris ""Mother"" Jones" |
American labor organizer (d. 1930) |
| 1843 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Robert Todd Lincoln |
son of Abraham Lincoln; 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926) |
| 1856 |
August 1 |
Friday |
George Coulthard |
Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883) |
| 1858 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Hans Rott |
Austrian composer (d. 1884) |
| 1858 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Gaston Doumergue |
French President (d. 1937) |
| 1861 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Sammy Jones |
Former Australian cricketer (d. 1951) |
| 1871 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
John Lester |
American cricketer (d. 1969) |
| 1885 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
George de Hevesy |
Hungarian chemist‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1966) |
| 1881 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Otto Toeplitz |
German mathematician (d. 1940) |
| 1889 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Walter Gerlach |
German physicist (d. 1979) |
| 1891 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Karl Kobelt |
Swiss politician (d. 1968) |
| 1892 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Kinsan Ginsan |
Japanese identical twins who lived to ages 107 and 108‚ respectively. |
| 1893 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
King Alexander I of Greece |
|
| 1894 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Ottavio Bottecchia |
Italian cyclist (d. 1927) |
| 1900 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Otto Nothling |
Former Australian cricketer and rugby union footballer (d. 1965) |
| 1901 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Pancho Villa |
Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925) |
| 1910 |
August 1 |
Monday |
James Henry Govier |
British artist (d. 1974) |
| 1910 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Walter Scharf |
American composer (d. 2003) |
| 1910 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Mohammad Nissar |
Indian cricketer (d. 1963) |
| 1911 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Jackie Ormes |
American cartoonist (d. 1985) |
| 1912 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Henry Jones |
American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1914 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
J. Lee Thompson |
British film director (d. 2002) |
| 1916 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Anne Hebert |
French Canadian author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1916 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Fiorenzo Angelini |
Italian cardinal |
| 1916 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Val Bettin |
English voice actor |
| 1921 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Jack Kramer |
American tennis player (d. 2009) |
| 1922 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Pat McDonald |
Australian actress (d. 1990) |
| 1924 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Georges Charpak |
Ukrainian-born physicist‚ Nobel laureate |
| 1924 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Marcia Mae Jones |
American actress (d. 2007) |
| 1924 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Frank Worrell |
Former West Indian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1925 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Ernst Jandl |
Austrian writer (d. 2000) |
| 1926 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Theo Adam |
German bass-baritone |
| 1929 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Ann Calvello |
Roller Derby queen (d. 2006) |
| 1930 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Pierre Bourdieu |
French sociologist (d. 2002) |
| 1930 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Lionel Bart |
English song-writer (d. 1999) |
| 1930 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Julie Bovasso |
American actor and writer (d. 1991) |
| 1931 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Trevor Goddard |
Former South African cricketer |
| 1932 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Meir Kahane |
American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990) |
| 1932 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Meena Kumari |
Indian film actress (d. 1972) |
| 1933 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Dom DeLuise |
American actor and comedian (d. 2009) |
| 1933 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Jesse Corti |
Venezuelan-born actor and comedian |
| 1933 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Masaichi Kaneda |
Japanese baseball player |
| 1933 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Dusan T?estik |
Czech historian (d. 2007) |
| 1934 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
John Beck |
Former New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000) |
| 1935 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Geoff Pullar |
Former England cricketer |
| 1936 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
W.D. Hamilton |
British evolutionary biologist (d. 2000) |
| 1936 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Yves Saint Laurent |
French fashion designer (d. 2008) |
| 1937 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Al D'Amato |
United States Senator from New York |
| 1940 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Mervyn Kitchen |
Former Somerset cricketer and cricket international umpire |
| 1940 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Ram Loevy |
Israeli screenwriter and director |
| 1941 |
August 1 |
Friday |
etienne Roda-Gil |
French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1942 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Jerry Garcia |
American musician (The Grateful Dead) (d. 1995) |
| 1942 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Andre Gagnon |
French Canadian pianist and composer |
| 1942 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Giancarlo Giannini |
Italian actor |
| 1945 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Douglas D. Osheroff |
American physicist‚ Nobel laureate |
| 1945 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Sandi Griffiths |
American singer‚ The Lawrence Welk Show |
| 1946 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Fiona Stanley |
Australian epidemiologist |
| 1946 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Boz Burrell |
British musician (King Crimson‚ Bad Company) (d. 2006) |
| 1947 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Chris L. Barnard |
Welsh footballer |
| 1947 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Dennis Zine |
Los Angeles city councilman |
| 1949 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Kurmanbek Bakiyev |
President of Kyrgyzstan |
| 1949 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Ray Nettles |
professional football player (d. 2009) |
| 1950 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Jim Carroll |
American poet and actor (d. 2009) |
| 1950 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Bunkhouse Buck |
American professional wrestler |
| 1951 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Tommy Bolin |
American musician (Deep Purple) (d. 1976) |
| 1951 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Pete Mackanin |
American baseball player |
| 1952 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Zoran ?in?i? |
Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003) |
| 1952 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Yajurvindra Singh |
Former Indian cricketer |
| 1953 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Robert Cray |
American singer |
| 1953 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Howard Kurtz |
American journalist |
| 1954 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Benno Mohlmann |
German footballer |
| 1955 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Trevor Berbick |
Jamaican boxer (d. 2006) |
| 1955 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Arun Lal |
Former Indian cricketer |
| 1956 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Tom Leykis |
American radio personality |
| 1958 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Rob Buck |
American musician (10000 Maniacs) (d. 2000) |
| 1958 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Tor H?kon Holte |
Norwegian cross country skier |
| 1958 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Michael Penn |
American singer and songwriter |
| 1958 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Kiki Vandeweghe |
American basketball player |
| 1959 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Joe Elliott |
English musician (Def Leppard) |
| 1959 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Otomo Yoshihide |
Japanese musician |
| 1960 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Chuck D |
American activist and rapper (Public Enemy) |
| 1960 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Richard Roeper |
American columnist and film critic |
| 1962 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Jacob Matlala |
South African boxer |
| 1962 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Jesse Borrego |
American actor |
| 1963 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Coolio |
American rapper |
| 1963 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Demian Bichir |
Mexican actor |
| 1963 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
John Carroll Lynch |
American actor |
| 1963 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Koichi Wakata |
Japanese astronaut |
| 1963 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Lynette Sadleir |
New Zealand Olympic synchronised swimmer |
| 1963 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Dean Wareham |
New Zealand musician (Galaxie 500‚ Luna‚ Dean and Britta) |
| 1964 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Adam Duritz |
American musician (Counting Crows) |
| 1965 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Sam Mendes |
British stage and film director |
| 1966 |
August 1 |
Monday |
James St. James |
American author and nightlife personality |
| 1967 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Gregg Jefferies |
American baseball player |
| 1968 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Dan Donegan |
American musician (Disturbed) |
| 1968 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Stacey Augmon |
American basketball player |
| 1969 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Kevin Jarvis |
American baseball player |
| 1969 |
August 1 |
Friday |
David Wain |
American actor |
| 1969 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Graham Thorpe |
Former England cricketer |
| 1970 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
David James |
English footballer |
| 1972 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Devon Hughes |
American professional wrestler |
| 1972 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Nicke Royale |
Swedish musician (The Hellacopters) |
| 1972 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Tanya Reid |
Canadian actress |
| 1973 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Gregg Berhalter |
American footballer |
| 1973 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Tempestt Bledsoe |
American actress |
| 1973 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Veerle Dejaeghere |
Belgian athlete |
| 1973 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Eduardo Noriega |
Spanish actor |
| 1974 |
August 1 |
Thursday |
Beckie Scott |
Canadian cross-country skiing athlete |
| 1976 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Soren Jochumsen |
Danish footballer |
| 1976 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Nwankwo Kanu |
Nigerian footballer |
| 1976 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Hasan ?a? |
Turkish footballer |
| 1976 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Cristian Stoica |
Romanian-born Italian rugby player |
| 1977 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Marc Denis |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1977 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Damien Saez |
French musician‚ songwriter and author |
| 1977 |
August 1 |
Monday |
Yoshi Tatsu |
Japanese professional wrestler and boxer |
| 1978 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Dhani Harrison |
English musician |
| 1978 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Edgerrin James |
American football player |
| 1978 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Andy Blignaut |
Former Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1979 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Junior Agogo |
Ghanaian footballer |
| 1979 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Jason Momoa |
American actor |
| 1979 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Honeysuckle Weeks |
Welsh-born actress |
| 1980 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Mancini |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1981 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Stephen Hunt |
Irish footballer |
| 1981 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Ashley Parker Angel |
North American singer and actor |
| 1982 |
August 1 |
Sunday |
Ai Tominaga |
Japanese model and actress |
| 1983 |
August 1 |
Monday |
David Gervasi |
Swiss decathlete |
| 1984 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Valery Ortiz |
Puerto Rican actress |
| 1984 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Bastian Schweinsteiger |
German footballer |
| 1984 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Francesco Gavazzi |
Italian cyclist |
| 1986 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Andrew Taylor |
English footballer |
| 1986 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Anton Stralman |
Swedish ice hockey player |
| 1986 |
August 1 |
Friday |
Elena Vesnina |
Russian tennis player |
| 1987 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Sebastien Pocognoli |
Belgian footballer |
| 1987 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Rumi Hiiragi |
Japanese actress |
| 1989 |
August 1 |
Tuesday |
Stephanie Hwang |
Korean entertainer |
| 1990 |
August 1 |
Wednesday |
Jack O'Connell |
English actor (Skins) |
| 1998 |
August 1 |
Saturday |
Khamani Griffin |
American actor |
