| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1535 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Shimazu Yoshihiro |
Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) |
| 1567 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Francis de Sales |
Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622) |
| 1597 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Roger Twysden |
English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) |
| 1660 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Hubert Gautier |
French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737) |
| 1665 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Giacomo F. Maraldi |
French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) |
| 1670 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
James FitzJames |
French military leader (d. 1734) |
| 1725 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Jean-Baptiste Greuze |
French painter (d. 1805) |
| 1754 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
William Murdoch |
Scottish inventor (d. 1839) |
| 1754 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Banastre Tarleton |
British soldier and politician (d. 1833) |
| 1789 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Augustin Louis Cauchy |
French mathematician (d. 1857) |
| 1798 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Jules Michelet |
French historian (d. 1874) |
| 1800 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Hiram Walden |
American politician (d. 1880) |
| 1801 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer |
Dutch politician (d. 1876) |
| 1813 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Jean Stas |
Belgian chemist (d. 1891) |
| 1816 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Charles Frederic Gerhardt |
French chemist (d. 1856) |
| 1826 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Karl Gegenbaur |
German anatomist (d. 1903) |
| 1869 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
William Henry Ogilvie |
Scottish/Australian poet (d. 1963) |
| 1872 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Aubrey Beardsley |
English illustrator (d. 1898) |
| 1891 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Emiliano Mercado del Toro |
World's oldest living man 2004-2007 (d. 2007) |
| 1892 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Charles Vanel |
French actor and director (d. 1989) |
| 1904 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
"William ""Count"" Basie" |
American bandleader (d. 1984) |
| 1906 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Friz Freleng |
American movie animator (d. 1995) |
| 1908 |
August 21 |
Friday |
M. M. Kaye |
British writer (d. 2004) |
| 1909 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Nikolay Bogolyubov |
Russian mathematician (d. 1992) |
| 1912 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Toe Blake |
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1915 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Raquel Rastenni |
Danish singer (d. 1998) |
| 1918 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Billy Reay |
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004) |
| 1920 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Christopher Robin Milne |
inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (d. 1996) |
| 1924 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Jack Buck |
American sports announcer (d. 2002) |
| 1924 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Chris Schenkel |
American sports journalist (d. 2005) |
| 1924 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Jack Weston |
American actor (d. 1996) |
| 1925 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Judy Grable |
American professional wrestler (d. 2008) |
| 1925 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Maurice Pialat |
French actor and director (d. 2003) |
| 1927 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Thomas S. Monson |
16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) |
| 1928 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Art Farmer |
American trumpet player (d. 1999) |
| 1928 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Bud McFadin |
American football player (d. 2006) |
| 1929 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
X. J. Kennedy |
American poet |
| 1929 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Marie Severin |
American comic book artist and colorist |
| 1930 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Frank Perry |
American film director (d. 1995) |
| 1932 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Melvin Van Peebles |
American actor and screenwriter |
| 1933 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Janet Baker |
English mezzo-soprano |
| 1934 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Paul Panhuysen |
Dutch composer‚ visual and sound artist |
| 1934 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Sudhakarrao Naik |
Indian politician( d. 2001) |
| 1936 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Wilt Chamberlain |
American basketball player (d. 1999) |
| 1936 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Radish Tordia |
painter of Figurative Art from Georgia |
| 1937 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Robert Stone |
American novelist |
| 1937 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Gustavo Noboa |
former President of Ecuador |
| 1938 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Kenny Rogers |
American singer and actor |
| 1939 |
August 21 |
Monday |
James Burton |
American guitarist |
| 1939 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Clarence Williams III |
American actor |
| 1939 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Festus Mogae |
president of Botswana |
| 1943 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Hugh Wilson |
American director‚ writer and actor |
| 1944 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Jackie DeShannon |
American singer |
| 1944 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Peter Weir |
Australian film director |
| 1944 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Perry Christie |
former prime minister of the Bahamas |
| 1945 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Jerry DaVanon |
baseball player |
| 1945 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Patty McCormack |
American actress |
| 1945 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Basil Poledouris |
American film score composer (d. 2006) |
| 1949 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Loretta Devine |
American actress |
| 1950 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Patrick Juvet |
Swiss singer |
| 1950 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Arthur Bremer |
American criminal‚ who shot George C Wallace in May 1972. |
| 1951 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Eric Goles |
Chilean mathematician and computer scientist |
| 1951 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Char Margolis |
American medium |
| 1951 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Harry Smith |
American television journalist |
| 1951 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Margo Kane |
Canadian playwright. |
| 1952 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Keith Hart |
Canadian professional wrestler |
| 1952 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Glenn Hughes |
British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple) |
| 1952 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Ji?i Paroubek |
former Czech prime minister |
| 1952 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Joe Strummer |
British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002) |
| 1953 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Ivan Stang |
American writer |
| 1954 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Archie Griffin |
former American football player and only two-time Heisman Trophy winner. |
| 1954 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Chip Coffey |
American psychic‚ medium and television personality. |
| 1956 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Kim Cattrall |
English-born actress |
| 1956 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
John Tester |
US Senator from Montana |
| 1959 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Jim McMahon |
American football player |
| 1961 |
August 21 |
Monday |
David Morales |
American disc jockey |
| 1961 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Stephen Hillenburg |
American animator and cartoonist |
| 1961 |
August 21 |
Monday |
V. B. Chandrasekhar |
Indian cricketer |
| 1962 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
John Korfas |
Greek basketball player |
| 1962 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Jeff Stryker |
American actor |
| 1963 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Richmond Arquette |
American actor |
| 1964 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Trinity Loren |
American actress and model (d. 1998) |
| 1965 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Jim Bullinger |
American baseball player |
| 1965 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Caryn Mower |
American actress‚ stuntwoman and former professional wrestler |
| 1966 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
John Wetteland |
Major League Baseball player |
| 1967 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Carrie-Anne Moss |
Canadian actress |
| 1967 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Serj Tankian |
Armenian-born singer (System of a Down) |
| 1967 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Darren Bewick |
AFL footballer |
| 1969 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Josee Chouinard |
Canadian figure skater |
| 1970 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Nathan Jones |
American professional wrestler |
| 1970 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Erik Dekker |
Dutch cyclist |
| 1971 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Liam Howlett |
British musician (The Prodigy) |
| 1971 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Mamadou Diallo |
Senegalese Soccer player |
| 1971 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Robert Harvey |
Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club) |
| 1973 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Steve McKenna |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1973 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Sergey Brin |
Co-founder of Google |
| 1973 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Nikolay Valuev |
Russian boxer |
| 1975 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Alicia Witt |
American actress |
| 1975 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Simon Katich |
Australian cricketer |
| 1976 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Alex Brooks |
American ice hockey player |
| 1976 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Jeff Cunningham |
Jamaican American soccer player |
| 1976 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Ramn Vazquez |
Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1976 |
August 21 |
Saturday |
Nikos Vertis |
Greek singer |
| 1978 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Peter Buxton |
English rugby union player |
| 1978 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Bhumika Chawla |
Indian Actress |
| 1978 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Reuben Droughns |
American football player |
| 1978 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Lee Gronkiewicz |
American baseball player |
| 1978 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Alan Lee |
Irish footballer |
| 1978 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Jason Marquis |
American baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Kelis Rogers-Jones |
American singer |
| 1980 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Burney Lamar |
American race car driver |
| 1980 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Paul Menard |
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver |
| 1981 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Collie Buddz |
(Colin Harper) Reggae & Dancehall artist |
| 1981 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Andreas Glyniadakis |
Greek basketball player |
| 1981 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Jarrod Lyle |
Australian Golfer |
| 1983 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Josh Harrington |
American professional BMX rider |
| 1983 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Chantelle Houghton |
British TV personality |
| 1983 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Brody Jenner |
American actor |
| 1983 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Scott McDonald |
Australian footballer (Celtic F.C.) |
| 1984 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Neil Dexter |
South African cricketer |
| 1984 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Alizee Jacotey |
French singer |
| 1984 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Melissa Schuman |
American actress |
| 1984 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
B.J. Upton |
American baseball player |
| 1985 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Melissa M |
French singer |
| 1985 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Kevin Nee |
American strongman |
| 1986 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaican sprinter |
| 1986 |
August 21 |
Thursday |
Wout Brama |
Dutch international footballer (FC Twente) |
| 1987 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Kim Kibum |
a member of Korean boy band Super junior. actor and singer |
| 1988 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Louise Setara |
English singer-songwriter |
| 1988 |
August 21 |
Sunday |
Paris Bennett |
American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5) |
| 1989 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Hayden Panettiere |
American actress‚ model and singer |
| 1989 |
August 21 |
Monday |
Judd Trump |
English snooker player |
| 1990 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Bo Burnham |
American comedic singer-songwriter and Internet Celebrity |
| 1990 |
August 21 |
Tuesday |
Fabian Heimpel |
German rugby player |
| 1992 |
August 21 |
Friday |
Brad Kavanagh |
English songwriter and actor |
| 1996 |
August 21 |
Wednesday |
Jamia Simone Nash |
American singer and actress |
