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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1482]] – [[Jo Gwang-jo]], Korean philosopher (d. 1520) *[[1486]] – [[Sigismund von Herberstein]], Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566) *[[1498]] – [[Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal]] (d. 1500) *[[1524]] – [[François Hotman]], French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590) *[[1579]] – [[Thomas Dempster]], Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625) ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[Stanisław Lubieniecki]], Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675) *[[1724]] – [[Abraham Yates Jr.]], American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796) *[[1741]] – [[Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse]], French admiral and explorer (d. 1788) *[[1754]] – [[Louis XVI]] of France (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – King Louis XVI |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xvi.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> *[[1768]] – [[Astley Cooper]], British surgeon and anatomist (d. 1841)<ref name=dnb>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Cooper, Astley Paston |volume=12 |first=George Thomas |last=Bettany |pages=137-139}}</ref> *[[1769]] – [[Georges Cuvier]], French biologist and academic (d. 1832) *[[1783]] – [[William Tierney Clark]], English engineer, designed the [[Hammersmith Bridge]] (d. 1852) *[[1785]] – [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], American commander (d. 1819) *[[1800]] – [[Evangelos Zappas]], Greek patriot, philanthropist, and businessman (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Young|first=David C.|year=2005|title=Evangelis Zappas: Olympian Sponsor of Modern Olympic Games|journal=Nikephoros: Zeitschrift für Sport und Kultur im Altertum|volume=18|pages=273–288|issn=0934-8913}}</ref> *[[1805]] – [[Anton von Schmerling]], Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893) *[[1814]] – [[James Roosevelt Bayley]], American archbishop (d. 1877) *[[1829]] – [[Moritz Cantor]], German mathematician and historian (d. 1920) *[[1843]] – [[William Southam]], Canadian publisher (d. 1932) *[[1846]] – [[Alexander Milne Calder]], Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923) *[[1847]] – [[Sarah Frances Whiting]], American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) *[[1849]] – [[William Ernest Henley]], English poet and critic (d. 1903) *[[1850]] – [[John Cockburn (Australian politician)|John Cockburn]], Scottish-Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1929) *[[1852]] – [[Radha Gobinda Kar]], Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918) * 1852 – [[Clímaco Calderón]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th [[President of Colombia]] (d. 1913) * 1852 – [[Arnold Toynbee (historian, born 1852)|Arnold Toynbee]], English economist and historian (d. 1883)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Arnold Toynbee|author2=Director of Studies Arnold J Toynbee|title=Acquaintances|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEtmAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Oxford U.P.|isbn=978-0-19-500189-1|page=21}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[Moritz Moszkowski]], Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925) *[[1864]] – [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1936) *[[1867]] – [[Edgar de Wahl]], Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948) *[[1868]] – [[Edgar Lee Masters]], American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950) *[[1872]] – [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra]] (d. 1957) *[[1875]] – [[William Eccles (physicist)|William Eccles]], English physicist and engineer (d. 1966) * 1875 – [[Eugene Lanceray]], Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946) *[[1877]] – [[István Medgyaszay]], Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959) *[[1880]] – [[Alexander Grin]], Russian sailor and author (d. 1932) *[[1882]] – [[Volin]], Russia anarchist intellectual (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Avrich |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Avrich |chapter=V. M. Eikhenbaum (Volin): The Man and His Book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/anarchistportrai00avri/page/125 |title=Anarchist Portraits |title-link=Anarchist Portraits |page=126 |date=1988 |language=en |isbn=978-0-691-04753-9 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |oclc=17727270 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><!-- Cited source uses Old Style Date of August 11, 1882. --> *[[1883]] – [[Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)|Jonathan M. Wainwright]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1953) *[[1884]] – [[Will Cuppy]], American author and critic (d. 1949) * 1884 – [[Ogden L. Mills]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1937) *[[1890]] – [[Harry Frank Guggenheim]], American businessman and publisher, co-founded ''[[Newsday]]'' (d. 1971) *[[1891]] – [[Roy Agnew]], Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944) * 1891 – [[Minna Craucher]], Finnish socialite and [[spy]] (d. 1932)<ref>Venla Sainio: ''[https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8452 Craucher, Minna (1891–1932)]'' – Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish)</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Minna Craucher|date=1932-03-21|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027061756/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2010|accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[John Auden]], English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959) *[[1897]] – [[Henry F. Pringle]], American historian and journalist (d. 1958) *[[1900]] – [[Frances Adaskin]], Canadian pianist (d. 2001) * 1900 – [[Ernst Krenek]], Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991) * 1900 – [[Malvina Reynolds]], American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Guy Bush]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1985) * 1901 – [[John Sherman Cooper]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd [[United States Ambassador to East Germany]] (d. 1991) *[[1904]] – [[William Primrose]], Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982) *[[1905]] – [[Ernie Bushmiller]], American cartoonist (d. 1982) * 1905 – [[Constant Lambert]], English composer and conductor (d. 1951) *[[1906]] – [[Zoltan Sarosy]], Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017) *[[1908]] – [[Hannah Frank]], Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008) *[[1909]] – [[Syd Buller]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970) *[[1910]] – [[Lonny Frey]], American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009) * 1910 – [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979) *[[1911]] – [[Betty Robinson]], American sprinter (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Robinson|url=https://www.olympic.org/elizabeth-robinson|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> * 1911 – [[J.V. Cunningham]], American poet, literary critic, and translator (d. 1985)<ref>[https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/j-v-cunningham Biography-poets.org]</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Gene Kelly]], American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gene Kelly {{!}} Biography, Movies, Songs, Singin' in the Rain, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gene-Kelly |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1912 – [[Igor Troubetzkoy]], Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) *[[1913]] – [[Bob Crosby]], American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993) *[[1917]] – [[Tex Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) *[[1919]] – [[Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin]], Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984) *[[1921]] – [[Kenneth Arrow]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2017) * 1921 – [[Sam Cook (Gloucestershire cricketer)|Sam Cook]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996) *[[1922]] – [[Nazik Al-Malaika]], Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007) * 1922 – [[Jean Darling]], American actress and singer (d. 2015) * 1922 – [[George Kell]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 23: Andrew Rannells, Shelley Long |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/23/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-23-Andrew-Rannells-Shelley-Long/4801661104966/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 August 2023 |date=23 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Ephraim Kishon]], Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005) *1924 – [[Madeleine Riffaud]], French poet, journalist and Resistance member (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=November 7, 2024 |title=Madeleine Riffaud, who fought for Paris with French Resistance, dies at 100 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/11/07/madeleine-riffaud-french-resistance-dies/ |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Robert Solow]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2023) *[[1925]] – [[Robert Mulligan]], American director and producer (d. 2008) *[[1926]] – [[Clifford Geertz]], American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006) * 1926 – [[Gyula Hernádi]], Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005) *[[1927]] – [[Dick Bruna]], Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017) * 1927 – [[Allan Kaprow]], American painter and author (d. 2006) * 1927 – [[Martial Solal]], Algerian-French pianist and composer *[[1928]] – [[Marian Seldes]], American actress (d. 2014) *[[1929]] – [[Vladimir Beekman]], Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009) * 1929 – [[Zoltán Czibor]], Hungarian footballer (d. 1997) * 1929 – [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]], Australian golfer (d. 2018) *[[1930]] – [[Michel Rocard]], French civil servant and politician, 160th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 2016) * 1930 – [[Vera Miles]], American actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1931]] – [[Barbara Eden]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 23, 2022 includes celebrity Rick Springfield |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-23-2022-includes-celebrity-rick-springfield.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 August 2023 |date=23 August 2022}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Hamilton O. Smith]], American microbiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1932]] – [[Houari Boumediene]], Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd [[President of Algeria]] (d. 1978) * 1932 – [[Enos Nkala]], Zimbabwean soldier and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Defence]] (d. 2013) * 1932 – [[Mark Russell]], American comedian and pianist (d. 2023)<ref name="AP" /> *[[1933]] – [[Robert Curl]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1996/curl/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Don Talbot]], Australian swim coach and administrator (d. 2020) * 1933 – [[Pete Wilson]], American commander and politician, 36th [[Governor of California]] *[[1934]] – [[Sonny Jurgensen]], American football player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1935]] – [[Roy Strong]], English historian, curator, and author *[[1936]] – [[Rudy Lewis]], American R&B singer (d. 1964) * 1936 – [[Henry Lee Lucas]], American murderer (d. 2001) *[[1938]] – [[Giacomo Bini]], Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014) * 1938 – [[Roger Greenaway]], English singer-songwriter and producer *[[1940]] – [[Galen Rowell]], American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002) * 1940 – [[Richard Sanders (actor)|Richard Sanders]], American actor and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1941]] – [[Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve]], British philosopher, academic, and politician *[[1942]] – [[Nancy Richey]], American tennis player *[[1943]] – [[Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours]], English businessman and politician * 1943 – [[Nelson DeMille]], American lieutenant and author (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=September 20, 2024 |title=Nelson DeMille, Blockbuster Author Who Thrilled Millions, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/books/nelson-demille-dead.html |access-date=September 21, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Peter Lilley]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] * 1943 – [[Pino Presti]], Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer *1943 – [[Rodney Alcala]], American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://the-line-up.com/rodney-alcala-the-dating-game-killer-victims | title=Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer Who Appeared on a Gameshow in the Midst of His Murder Spree | date=20 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.biography.com/crime/rodney-alcala | title=Rodney Alcala – Dating Game, Death & Victims | date=3 October 2023 }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Antonia Novello]], Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th [[Surgeon General of the United States]] *[[1945]] – [[Rayfield Wright]], American football player and coach (d. 2022) *[[1946]] – [[Keith Moon]], English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1947]] – [[David Robb]], Scottish actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[Willy Russell]], English playwright and composer * 1947 – [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]], English folk-rock singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1948]] – [[Atef Bseiso]], Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992) * 1948 – [[Andrei Pleșu]], Romanian journalist and politician, 95th [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania)|Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] * 1948 – [[Rudy Ruettiger]], American football player * 1948 – [[Lev Zeleny]], Russian physicist and academic *[[1949]] – [[Vicky Leandros]], Greek singer and politician * 1949 – [[Shelley Long]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1949 – [[Rick Springfield]], Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1950]] – [[Luigi Delneri]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1951]] – [[Mark Hudson (musician)|Mark Hudson]], American record producer and musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1951 – [[Jimi Jamison]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2014) * 1951 – [[Akhmad Kadyrov]], Chechen cleric and politician, 1st [[President of the Chechen Republic]] (d. 2004) * 1951 – [[Queen Noor of Jordan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Queen-Noor-of-Jordan-9542217?part=0|title=Queen Noor of Jordan Biography|publisher=biography.com|access-date=20 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610020305/http://www.biography.com/articles/Queen-Noor-of-Jordan-9542217?part=0|archive-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]], Spanish footballer * 1952 – [[Georgios Paraschos]], Greek footballer and manager *[[1953]] – [[Bobby G]], English singer-songwriter *[[1954]] – [[Charles Busch]], American actor and screenwriter * 1954 – [[Halimah Yacob]], Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th [[Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore|Speaker]] and 8th [[President of Singapore]] *[[1955]] – [[David Learner]], British actor *[[1956]] – [[Andreas Floer]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1991) * 1956 – [[Valgerd Svarstad Haugland]], Norwegian educator and politician, [[Minister of Culture (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Culture]] * 1956 – [[Skipp Sudduth]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1957]] – [[Tasos Mitropoulos]], Greek footballer and politician *[[1958]] – [[Julio Franco]], Dominican baseball player and manager *[[1959]] – [[Edwyn Collins]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1959 – [[George Kalovelonis]], Greek tennis player and coach *[[1960]] – [[Gary Hoey]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1961]] – [[Dean DeLeo]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Alexandre Desplat]], French composer and conductor * 1961 – [[Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]], Iranian commander and politician, 54th [[Mayor of Tehran]] * 1961 – [[Gary Mabbutt]], English footballer * 1961 – [[Hitomi Takahashi (actress)|Hitomi Takahashi]], Japanese actress *[[1962]] – [[Martin Cauchon]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] * 1962 – [[Shaun Ryder]], English singer-songwriter and actor *[[1963]] – [[Park Chan-wook]], South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter * 1963 – [[Glória Pires]], Brazilian actress * 1963 – [[Richard Illingworth]], English cricketer and umpire * 1963 – [[Kenny Wallace]], American race car driver *[[1964]] – [[Ray Ferraro]], Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Ray Ferraro |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ray-ferraro-8446823 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> * 1964 – [[Kong Hee]], Singaporean minister and criminal *[[1965]] – [[Roger Avary]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Rik Smits]], Dutch-American basketball player *[[1967]] – [[Jim Murphy]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Minister of State for Europe]] * 1967 – [[Richard Petrie]], New Zealand cricketer *[[1968]] – [[Laura Claycomb]], American soprano * 1968 – [[Chris DiMarco]], American golfer * 1968 – [[Cortez Kennedy]], American football player (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cortez Kennedy |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/cortez-kennedy/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Tinus Linee]], South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014) * 1969 – [[Jack Lopresti]], English soldier and politician * 1969 – [[Jeremy Schaap]], American journalist and author * 1969 – [[Keith Tyson]], English painter and illustrator *[[1970]] – [[Lawrence Frank]], American basketball player and coach * 1970 – [[Jason Hetherington]], Australian rugby league player * 1970 – [[Jay Mohr]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[River Phoenix]], American actor (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1971]] – [[Demetrio Albertini]], Italian footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Tim Gutberlet]], German footballer * 1971 – [[Gretchen Whitmer]], 49th Governor of Michigan *[[1972]] – [[Mark Butcher]], English cricketer and singer * 1972 – [[Raul Casanova]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1972 – [[Anthony Calvillo]], Canadian football player * 1972 – [[Martin Grainger]], English footballer and manager * 1972 – [[Manuel Vidrio]], Mexican footballer, coach, and manager *[[1973]] – [[Casey Blake]], American baseball player * 1973 – [[Kerry Walmsley]], New Zealand cricketer *[[1974]] – [[Lexi Alexander]], American film and television director * 1974 – [[Mark Bellhorn]], American baseball player * 1974 – [[Benjamin Limo]], Kenyan runner * 1974 – [[Konstantin Novoselov]], Russian-English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1974 – [[Ray Park]], Scottish actor and stuntman<ref name="AP" /> *[[1975]] – [[Eliza Carthy]], English folk musician * 1975 – [[Sean Marks]], New Zealand basketball player and manager * 1975 – [[Jarkko Ruutu]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarkko Ruutu |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jarkko-ruutu-8467393 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Scott Caan]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – [[Pat Garrity]], American basketball player and executive *[[1977]] – [[Douglas Sequeira]], Costa Rican footballer and manager * 1977 – [[Jared Fogle]], American spokesman and criminal *[[1978]] – [[Kobe Bryant]], American basketball player and businessman (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1978 – [[Julian Casablancas]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Randal Tye Thomas]], American journalist and politician (d. 2014) * 1978 – [[Andrew Rannells]], American actor and singer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1979]] – [[Jessica Bibby]], Australian basketball player * 1979 – [[Saskia Clark]], English sailor * 1979 – [[Édgar Sosa (boxer)|Edgar Sosa]], Mexican boxer * 1979 – [[Zuzana Váleková]], Slovak tennis player *[[1980]] – [[Denny Bautista]], Dominican baseball player * 1980 – [[Nadine Jolie Courtney]], American journalist, reality personality and author * 1980 – [[Joanne Froggatt]], English actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1980 – [[Rex Grossman]], American football player * 1980 – [[Nenad Vučković (handballer)|Nenad Vučković]], Serbian handball player *[[1981]] – [[Carlos Cuéllar]], Spanish footballer * 1981 – [[Jaime Lee Kirchner]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Stephan Loboué]], Ivorian footballer *[[1982]] – [[Natalie Coughlin]], American swimmer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1982 – [[Scott Palguta]], American soccer player * 1982 – [[Cristian Tudor]], Romanian footballer (d. 2012) *[[1983]] – [[James Collins (footballer, born 1983)|James Collins]], Welsh footballer * 1983 – [[Athena Farrokhzad]], Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic * 1983 – [[Sun Mingming]], Chinese basketball player * 1983 – [[Tony Moll]], American football player * 1983 – [[Fiona Onasanya]], British politician and criminal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/mp-convicted-perverting-course-justice|title=MP convicted of perverting the course of justice – The Crown Prosecution Service|website=www.cps.gov.uk}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Bruno Spengler]], Canadian race car driver *[[1984]] – [[Glen Johnson]], English footballer * 1984 – [[Eric Tai]], New Zealand rugby player and actor *[[1985]] – [[Valeria Lukyanova]], Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer *[[1986]] – [[Sky Blu (rapper)|Sky Blu]], American rapper and DJ<ref name="AP" /> * 1986 – [[Neil Cicierega]], American comedian and musician * 1986 – [[Ayron Jones]], American musician<ref name="GEinter">{{cite web |last1=Rigg |first1=Paul |title=Ayron Jones |url=https://guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/862/ayron-jones/ |website=Guitars Exchange |access-date=April 25, 2021}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Brett Morris]], Australian rugby league player * 1986 – [[Josh Morris (rugby)|Josh Morris]], Australian rugby league player *[[1987]] – [[Darren Collison]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darren Collison |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3973/darren-collison |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Olga Govortsova]], Belarusian tennis player * 1988 – [[Carl Hagelin]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1988 – [[Jeremy Lin]], American basketball player * 1988 – [[Kim Matula]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1988 – [[Miles Mikolas]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miles Mikolas |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/miles-mikolas-571945 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Lianne La Havas]], British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist * 1989 – [[Trixie Mattel]], American drag queen, actor, and country singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/trixie-mattel-mn0003634361/biography|title=Trixie Mattel: Biography|last1=Monger|first1=James Christopher|date=August 2017|publisher=[[AllMusic]] ([[All Media Network]])|access-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Heiko Schwarz]], German footballer * 1989 – [[TeddyLoid]], Japanese musician<ref>{{cite web |title=TeddyLoid |url=https://tower.jp/artist/1344955/TeddyLoid |website=[[Tower Records Japan]] |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=ja |date=7 July 2014}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Seth Curry]], American basketball player * 1990 – [[Mike Yastrzemski]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yastrmi01.shtml|title=Mike Yastrzemski Stats|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Nicola Docherty]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicola Docherty |url=https://www.rangers.co.uk/player/nicola-docherty/2zE3ACuOftnF86XvgmB9Pm |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.rangers.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Taylor Decker]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Decker |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2976292/taylor-decker |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Tyler Glasnow]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Glasnow |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tyler-glasnow-607192 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Iván López (footballer, born 1993)|Iván López]], Spanish professional footballer *[[1994]] – [[August Ames]], Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017) * 1994 – [[Jusuf Nurkić]], Bosnian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jusuf Nurkić |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203994/jusuf-nurkic |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Gabriela Lee]], Romanian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabriela Lee {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319454/gabriela-lee |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabriela Lee – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/gabriela-lee_prs545876/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Cameron Norrie]], British tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameron Norrie {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Lil Yachty]], American rapper and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/08/happy-birthday-lil-yachty/|title=Happy Birthday, Lil Yachty!|website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|last=Madden|first=Sidney|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[P. J. Washington]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=P.J. Washington |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629023/pj-washington |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Boryana Kaleyn]], Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic silver medalist<ref>{{cite web|title=Boryana Kaleyn - Olympedia|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/141318 |publisher=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> <!-- Do not add your own name or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. -->
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