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===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Georgette Heyer]], English author (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Popular Writers|publisher=St. James Press|year=1997|isbn=9781558622166|page=197}}</ref> * 1902 – [[Wallace Thurman]], American author and playwright (d. 1934) *[[1904]] – [[Minoru Genda]], Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989) * 1904 – [[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], American biochemist and virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1971) *[[1908]] – [[Orlando Cole]], American cellist and educator (d. 2010) * 1908 – [[William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.]], American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000) *[[1909]] – [[Paul Callaway]], American organist and conductor (d. 1995) *[[1910]] – [[Gloria Blondell]], American actress (d. 1986) * 1910 – [[Mae Clarke]], American actress (d. 1992) *[[1911]] – [[E. F. Schumacher]], German economist and statistician (d. 1977) *[[1912]] – [[Ted Drake]], English footballer and manager (d. 1995) *[[1913]] – [[Menachem Begin]], Belarusian-Israeli politician, [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite web |title=Menachem Begin {{!}} prime minister of Israel |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Menachem-Begin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Al Hibbler]], American baritone singer (d. 2001) *[[1916]] – [[Iggy Katona]], American race car driver (d. 2003) *[[1917]] – [[Matt Christopher]], American author (d. 1997) * 1917 – [[Roque Cordero]], Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008) *[[1919]] – [[Karl-Heinz Euling]], German captain (d. 2014) *[[1920]] – [[Charles Bukowski]], German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Bukowski {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Bukowski |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[James Casey (variety artist)|James Casey]], English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011) * 1922 – [[Ernie Freeman]], American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001) *[[1923]] – [[Millôr Fernandes]], Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012) *[[1924]] – [[Fess Parker]], American actor (d. 2010) * 1924 – [[Inez Voyce]], American baseball player (d. 2022) *[[1925]] – [[Willie Jones (third baseman)|Willie Jones]], American baseball player (d. 1983) * 1925 – [[Mal Waldron]], American pianist and composer (d. 2002) *[[1927]] – [[Lois Nettleton]], American actress (d. 2008) *[[1928]] – [[Ann Blyth]], American actress and singer * 1928 – [[Eydie Gormé]], American singer (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Ara Güler]], Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 2018) * 1928 – [[Eddie Kirkland]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) * 1928 – [[Wyatt Tee Walker]], American pastor, theologian, and activist (d. 2018) *[[1929]] – [[Bill Evans]], American pianist and composer (d. 1980) * 1929 – [[Helmut Rahn]], German footballer (d. 2003) * 1929 – [[Fritz Von Erich]], American wrestler and trainer (d. 1997) *[[1930]] – [[Robert Culp]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010) * 1930 – [[Frank Gifford]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015) * 1930 – [[Leslie Manigat]], Haitian educator and politician, 43rd [[President of Haiti]] (d. 2014) * 1930 – [[Flor Silvestre]], Mexican singer and actress (d. 2020)<ref name="border crossing" >{{cite web|title=Guillermina Jimenez-Chabolla, 'United States, Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903–1957'|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLGT-DZ5|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=30 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Reiner Kunze]], German poet and translator * 1933 – [[Tom Maschler]], English author and publisher (d. 2020) * 1933 – [[Julie Newmar]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1933 – [[Stuart Roosa]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994) *[[1934]] – [[Angela Buxton]], British tennis player (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/tennis/angela-buxton-dead.html|title=Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Diana Wynne Jones]], English author (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana Wynne Jones {{!}} British writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Douglas Kirkland]], Canadian-American photographer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/arts/douglas-kirkland-dead.html|title=Douglas Kirkland, Who Took Portraits of Movie Stars, Dies at 88|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 9, 2022|accessdate=October 9, 2022}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Ketty Lester]], American singer and actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1934 – [[Pierre Richard]], French actor, director, and screenwriter * 1934 – [[John Standing]], English actor<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK4KawdOUDMC|year=1968|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=1800}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Sam Trimble]], Australian cricketer (d. 2019) *[[1935]] – [[Cliff Fletcher]], Canadian businessman * 1935 – [[Andreas Stamatiadis]], Greek footballer and coach *[[1936]] – [[Anita Gillette]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1936 – [[Alan Hodgkinson]], English footballer and coach (d. 2015) *[[1937]] – [[David Anderson (British Columbia politician)|David Anderson]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician * 1937 – [[David Behrman]], American composer and producer * 1937 – [[Ian Deans]], Canadian politician (d. 2016) * 1937 – [[Boris Rõtov]], Estonian chess player (d. 1987) *[[1939]] – [[Seán Brady (bishop)|Seán Brady]], Irish cardinal * 1939 – [[Trevor McDonald]], Trinidadian-English journalist and academic * 1939 – [[Billy Joe Shaver]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020) * 1939 – [[Eric Weissberg]], American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2020) *[[1940]] – [[Bruce Beresford]], Australian director and producer *[[1942]] – [[Lesley Turner Bowrey]], Australian tennis player * 1942 – [[Barbara George]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2006) * 1942 – [[Robert Squirrel Lester]], American soul singer (d. 2010) *[[1943]] – [[Woody Peoples]], American football player (d. 2010) *[[1944]] – [[Kevin Ayers]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013) *[[1945]] – [[Bob Balaban]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1945 – [[Russell Brookes]], English race car driver (d. 2019) * 1945 – [[Suzanne Farrell]], American ballerina and educator<ref name="AP"/> * 1945 – [[Gary Loizzo]], American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016) * 1945 – [[Nigel Terry]], British stage and film actor (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite news|title=Nigel Terry, actor – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 May 2015|access-date=18 August 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11592626/Nigel-Terry-actor-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11592626/Nigel-Terry-actor-obituary.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Masoud Barzani]], Iranian-Kurdish politician, [[President of Iraqi Kurdistan]] * 1946 – [[Lesley Ann Warren]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1947]] – [[Carol Moseley Braun]], American lawyer and politician, [[United States Ambassador to New Zealand]] * 1947 – [[Katharine Hamnett]], English fashion designer *[[1948]] – [[Earl Blumenauer]], American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon * 1948 – [[Barry Hay]], Indian-born Dutch rock musician * 1948 – [[Mike Jorgensen]], American baseball player and manager * 1948 – [[Pierre Reid]], Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021) * 1948 – [[Joey Spampinato]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP"/> *[[1949]] – [[Scott Asheton]], American drummer (d. 2014) * 1949 – [[Paul Pasqualoni]], American football player and coach * 1949 – [[Bill Spooner]], American guitarist and songwriter *[[1950]] – [[Hasely Crawford]], Trinidadian runner * 1950 – [[Marshall Manesh]], Iranian-American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1950 – [[Jeff Thomson]], Australian cricketer *[[1951]] – [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]], Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th [[President of Nigeria]] (d. 2010) *[[1952]] – [[Reginald VelJohnson]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1953]] – [[Kathie Lee Gifford]], American talk show host, singer, and actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1953 – [[James "J.T." Taylor]], American R&B singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1954]] – [[James Cameron]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1954 – [[George Galloway]], Scottish-English politician and broadcaster *[[1955]] – [[Jeff Perry (American actor)|Jeff Perry]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1955 – [[James Reilly (Irish politician)|James Reilly]], Irish surgeon and politician, [[Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Minister for Children and Youth Affairs]] *[[1956]] – [[Vahan Hovhannisyan]], Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014) *[[1957]] – [[Laura Innes]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/> * 1957 – [[R. R. Patil]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (d. 2015) *[[1958]] – [[Madonna]], American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morley |first1=Paul |title=Madonna and Prince hit 50 this year. No need not to celebrate, says Paul Morley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/16/features.musicmonthly23 |website=The Observer |access-date=28 June 2020 |date=16 March 2008}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Angela Bassett]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1958 – [[Anne L'Huillier]], French physicist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne L'Huillier – Facts |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2023/lhuillier/facts/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=NobelPrize.org}}</ref> * 1958 – [[José Luis Clerc]], Argentinian tennis player and coach *[[1959]] – [[Marc Sergeant]], Belgian cyclist and manager *[[1960]] – [[Rosita Baltazar]], Belizean choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor (d. 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/iconic-belizean-dancer-rosita-baltazar-55-laid-rest-friday/|title=Iconic Belizean dancer, Rosita Baltazar, 55, to be laid to rest Friday|date=2015-07-10|website=Amandala Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Timothy Hutton]], American actor, producer and director<ref name="AP"/> * 1960 – [[Franz Welser-Möst]], Austrian-American conductor and director *[[1961]] – [[Christian Okoye]], American football player *[[1962]] – [[Steve Carell]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1963]] – [[Aloísio Pires Alves]], Brazilian footballer and manager * 1963 – [[Christine Cavanaugh]], American voice artist (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayward, Anthony |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Christine Cavanaugh: Voice Actor Behind the Eponymous Pig in "Babe" and the Worrisome Toddler Chuckie in "Rugrats" |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/christine-cavanaugh-voice-actor-behind-the-enponymous-pig-in-babe-and-the-worrisome-chuckie-9957883.html |website=The Independent}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Jimmy Arias]], American tennis player and sportscaster *[[1966]] – [[Eddie Olczyk]], American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator *[[1967]] – [[Mark Coyne (rugby league)|Mark Coyne]], Australian rugby league player * 1967 – [[Ulrika Jonsson]], Swedish journalist, actress, and author *[[1968]] – [[Arvind Kejriwal]], Indian civil servant and politician, 7th [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] * 1968 – [[Andy Milder]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1968 – [[Mateja Svet]], Slovenian skier * 1968 – [[Wolfgang Tillmans]], German photographer *[[1970]] – [[Bonnie Bernstein]], American journalist and sportscaster * 1970 – [[Manisha Koirala]], Nepalese actress in Indian films * 1970 – [[Seth Peterson]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1971]] – [[Stefan Klos]], German footballer *[[1972]] – [[Stan Lazaridis]], Australian footballer<ref>{{NFT player|id=444}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Emily Strayer]], American singer and musician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1974]] – [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]], Guyanese cricketer<ref>{{cite book | last = Lynch | first = Steven | title = The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012 | publisher = Bloomsbury Pub | location = London | year = 2011 | isbn = 9781408165300 | page=34}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Didier Cuche]], Swiss skier<ref>{{Citation|title=Behind the scenes with Didier Cuche {{!}} FIS Alpine|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/videos/2021/8/behind-the-scenes-with-didier-cuche-fis-alpine-KW8C1z4Hvqw|language=en|access-date=2021-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Didier CUCHE|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/didier-cuche|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Krisztina Egerszegi]], Hungarian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1063728/krisztina-egerszegi/profile|title=Krisztina Egerszegi profile|website=FINA|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Iván Hurtado]], Ecuadorian footballer and politician<ref>{{NFT|2038}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Ryan Longwell]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Longwell |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1328 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Didier Agathe]], French footballer * 1975 – [[Jonatan Johansson (footballer)|Jonatan Johansson]], Finnish footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{NFT player|id=2372}}</ref> * 1975 – [[George Stults]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1975 – [[Taika Waititi]], New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with 'Boy' writer/director/actor Taika – YTread |url=https://youtuberead.com/interview-boy-writer-director-actor-taika-waititi |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=youtuberead.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Paul Gallacher]], Scottish footballer * 1979 – [[Ian Moran (cricketer)|Ian Moran]], Australian cricketer *[[1980]] – [[Vanessa Carlton]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 16, 2022 includes celebrities James Cameron, Steve Carell |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-16-2022-includes-celebrities-james-cameron-steve-carell.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=16 August 2022}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Bob Hardy (bassist)|Bob Hardy]], English bass player * 1980 – [[Emerson Ramos Borges]], Brazilian footballer * 1980 – [[Piet Rooijakkers]], Dutch cyclist *[[1981]] – [[Roque Santa Cruz]], Paraguayan footballer *[[1982]] – [[Cam Gigandet]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1982 – [[Joleon Lescott]], English footballer *[[1983]] – [[Nikolaos Zisis]], Greek basketball player *[[1984]] – [[Matteo Anesi]], Italian speed skater * 1984 – [[Candice Dupree]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Candice Dupree at the EuroLeague Women 2018–19 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/18-19/player/Candice-Dupree |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Konstantin Vassiljev]], Estonian footballer *[[1985]] – [[Cristin Milioti]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1986]] – [[Yu Darvish]], Japanese baseball player * 1986 – [[Martín Maldonado]], Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martín Maldonado |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/martin-maldonado-455117 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Shawn Pyfrom]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1987]] – [[Carey Price]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carey Price {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/carey-price |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Eri Kitamura]], Japanese voice actress and singer.<ref name="doi1">{{Cite web |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/ |title=Kitamura Eri |work=Seiyuu Database |access-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406075638/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/ |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Ismaïl Aissati]], Moroccan footballer * 1988 – [[Ryan Kerrigan]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Kerrigan |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13973/ryan-kerrigan |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Rumer Willis]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1989]] – [[Cedric Alexander]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Cedric Alexander |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17598489/wwe-profile-page-cedric-alexander |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=20 December 2020}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Wang Hao (racewalker)|Wang Hao]], Chinese race walker * 1989 – [[Moussa Sissoko]], French footballer *[[1990]] – [[Godfrey Oboabona]], Nigerian footballer *[[1991]] – [[José Eduardo de Araújo]], Brazilian footballer * 1991 – [[Evanna Lynch]], Irish actress<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6890000/newsid_6896300/6896311.stm|title=Harry Potter Actors: Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)|date=12 July 2007|work=[[Newsround|CBBC Newsround]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Young Thug]], American rapper, singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dailyrapfacts.com/15101/young-thug-announcing-slime-language-2/ |title=Young Thug deleted tweet announcing 'Slime Language 2,' August 16 |website=Daily Rap Facts |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Diego Schwartzman]], Argentinian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Diego Schwartzman |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2324&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=EN}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Cameron Monaghan]], American actor and model<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in History |work=The Associated Press|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|url=http://www.ledger.news/news/today-in-history-august/article_87772480-a13a-11e8-b210-8fe911193901.html}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Caeleb Dressel]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Caeleb Dressel Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/caeleb-dressel-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/caeleb-dressel-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Greyson Chance]], American musician<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956138/21-under-21-greyson-chance|title=21 Under 21: Greyson Chance|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=January 2, 2011}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Karen Chen]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Karen Chen – Olympic |url=https://www.olympic.org/karen-chen |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |date=28 June 2018}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Jannik Sinner]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jannik Sinner {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not rely on "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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