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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[30 BC]] &ndash; After the [[Egypt (Roman province)|successful invasion of Egypt]], [[Octavian]] executes [[Marcus Antonius Antyllus]], the eldest son of [[Mark Antony]], and [[Caesarion]], the last [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt]] and only child of [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Cleopatra]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
*[[AD 79|79]] &ndash; [[Mount Vesuvius]] begins stirring, on the feast day of [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]], the [[Roman god]] of fire.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ethelbert Stauffer|title=Christ and the Caesars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1KAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|year=2008|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|isbn=978-1-55635-818-0|pages=147}}</ref>
* [[476]] &ndash; [[Odoacer]], chieftain of the Germanic tribes ([[Heruli]]c – [[Sciri]]an ''[[foederati]]''), is proclaimed ''rex Italiae'' ("[[King of Italy]]") by his troops.
*[[1244]] &ndash; [[Siege of Jerusalem (1244)|Siege of Jerusalem]]: The city's citadel, the [[Tower of David]], [[History of Jerusalem (Middle Ages)#Khwarezmian control|surrenders]] to the [[Khwarazmiyya]].
*[[1268]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Tagliacozzo]] marks the fall of the [[Hohenstaufen]] family from the [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]] and [[Kingdom of Sicily (Medieval and Early Modern)|Sicilian]] thrones, and leading to the new chapter of [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin]] domination in [[Southern Italy]].
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cassel (1328)|Battle of Cassel]]: French troops stop an uprising of [[Flemish people|Flemish]] farmers.
*[[1382]] &ndash; [[Siege of Moscow (1382)|Siege of Moscow]]: The [[Golden Horde]] led by [[Tokhtamysh]] lays siege to the capital of the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]].
*[[1514]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Chaldiran]] ends with a decisive victory for the [[Selim I|Sultan Selim I]], [[Ottoman Empire]], over the [[Shah Ismail I]], founder of the [[Safavid dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi|title=Akbar: The Architect of the Mughul Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVWgAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Idarah-i-Adabiyat-i-Delli|page=120}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Christian II of Denmark]] is deposed as [[king of Sweden]] and [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]] is elected [[regent]].
*[[1541]] &ndash; French explorer [[Jacques Cartier]] lands near [[Quebec City]] in his third voyage to Canada.
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[French Wars of Religion]]: Mob violence against thousands of [[Huguenot]]s in [[Paris]] results in the [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]].
*[[1595]] &ndash; [[Long Turkish War]]: [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Wallachian prince]] [[Michael the Brave]] confronts the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army in the [[Battle of Călugăreni]] and achieves a [[tactical victory]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somel |first1=Selcuk Aksin |title=Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire |date=13 February 2003 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6606-5 |page=xxxiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGZQL41tg_oC |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gifu Castle]]: The eastern forces of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] defeat the western [[Sengoku period|Japanese]] clans loyal to [[Toyotomi Hideyori]], leading to the destruction of [[Gifu Castle]] and serving as a prelude to the [[Battle of Sekigahara]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers]], the first [[Duke of Buckingham]], is assassinated by [[John Felton (assassin)|John Felton]].
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sobota]]: The [[Swedish Empire]] led by [[Charles X Gustav]] defeats the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Edirne event]]: Sultan [[Mustafa II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] is dethroned.
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: King [[George III]] delivers his [[Proclamation of Rebellion]] to the [[Court of St James's]] stating that the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]] have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
*[[1782]] &ndash; British forces under [[Edward Despard]] complete [[Battle of the Black River|the reconquest]] of the [[Black River (settlement)|Black River settlements]] on the [[Mosquito Coast]] from the Spanish.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dawson |first1=Frank Griffith  |date=November 1983 |title=William Pitt's Settlement at Black River on the Mosquito Shore: A Challenge to Spain in Central America, 1732–87 |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |volume= 63 |issue= 4  |pages=677–706 |jstor=2514901|doi= 10.2307/2514901|publisher=Duke University Press}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; Western [[North Carolina]] (now eastern [[Tennessee]]) declares itself an independent state under the name of [[State of Franklin|Franklin]]; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] leaves [[Egypt]] for [[First French Republic|France]] ''en route'' to seizing power.
*[[1813]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Großbeeren]], the [[Old Prussians|Prussians]] under [[Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow|Von Bülow]] repulse the French army.
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|Nat Turner's]] [[slave revolt|rebellion]] of [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved Virginians]] is suppressed.<ref name="VAnom">{{cite web |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff |date=July 1973 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Southampton/087-0030_Belmont_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227091400/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Southampton/087-0030_Belmont_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2013 |website=Government of Virginia |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the [[First Opium War]] with [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Navy]] [[Siege of Fort Morgan|captures Fort Morgan, Alabama]], thus breaking [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] dominance of all ports on the [[Gulf of Mexico]] except [[Galveston, Texas]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Austro-Prussian War]] ends with the [[Peace of Prague (1866)|Treaty of Prague]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[Albert Bridge, London|Albert Bridge]] in [[Chelsea, London]] opens.
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Southern Cross Expedition]], the first British venture of the [[Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration]], departs from London.

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; The [[tire chain|automobile tire chain]] is patented.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their [[Great Retreat]] before the German Army.
*  1914   &ndash; World War I: [[Japan during World War I|Japan declares war on Germany]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; British [[R38-class airship|airship R-38]] experiences structural failure over [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] in England and crashes in the [[Humber Estuary]]; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] [[Lowell Smith]] and [[Lieutenant]] John P. Richter perform the first [[mid-air refueling]] on [[De Havilland DH-4B]], setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
*[[1927]] &ndash; Italian anarchists [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[1929 Hebron massacre|Hebron Massacre]] during the [[1929 Palestine riots]]: [[Palestinian people|Arab]] attacks on the Jewish community in [[Hebron]] in the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]] occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] sign the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]]. In a secret protocol to the pact, [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence".<ref name="mrtext">{{cite web |title=Internet Modern History Sourcebook The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 1939 |url=https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1939pact.asp |website=sourcebooks.fordham.edu |publisher=Fordham |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: Beginning of the [[Battle of Stalingrad]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Kharkiv]] is liberated by the Soviet [[Red Army]] for the second time after the [[Battle of Kursk]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zabecki |first1=David T. |title=The German War Machine in World War II: An Encyclopedia |date= 2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6918-1 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uD_BDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Marseille]] is [[Liberation of Marseille|liberated]] by the Allied forces.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Michael I of Romania|King Michael of Romania]] [[1944 Romanian coup d'état|dismisses]] the pro-[[Nazism|Nazi]] government of [[Ion Antonescu|Marshal Antonescu]], who is later arrested. [[Romania]] switches sides from the [[Axis powers|Axis]] to the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]].
*  1944   &ndash; [[Freckleton air disaster]]: A [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 Liberator]] bomber crashes into a school in [[Freckleton]], England, killing 61 people.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Soviet–Japanese War]]: The [[USSR State Defense Committee]] issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the [[Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|Japanese Army Prisoners of War]]".
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Ordinance No. 46]] of the British Military Government constitutes the German ''[[states of Germany|Länder]]'' (states) of [[State of Hanover|Hanover]] and [[Schleswig-Holstein]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[World Council of Churches]] is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
*[[1954]] &ndash; The first flight of the [[Lockheed C-130]] multi-role aircraft takes place.
*1954 &ndash; The [[Cruise of the Kings]], a royal cruise organised by the [[Queen Consort of Greece]], [[Frederica of Hanover]], departs from Marseille, France.<ref>{{Cite journal|first=Julián|last=Cortes Cavanillas|title=The Court Greetings, the Only Protocol Detail of the 'Cruise of the Kings'|journal=ABC (Seville)|issue=15917|date=28 August 1954|pages=11|url=http://hemeroteca.abcdesevilla.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1954/08/28/011.html|access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[Second Taiwan Strait Crisis]] begins with the [[People's Liberation Army]]'s bombardment of [[Quemoy]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Lunar Orbiter 1]] takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the [[Moon]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; Organized by [[Mexican American]] [[trade union|labor union]] leader [[César Chávez]], the [[Salad Bowl strike]], the largest farm worker [[strike action|strike]] in U.S. history, begins.
*[[1973]] &ndash; A [[Norrmalmstorg robbery|bank robbery gone wrong]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "[[Stockholm syndrome]]".
*[[1975]] &ndash; The start of the [[Wave Hill walk-off]] by [[Gurindji people]] in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of [[Indigenous land rights in Australia]], commemorated in a 1991 [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]] song and an annual celebration.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web | last1=Lawford | first1=Elliana | last2=Zillman | first2=Stephanie | title=Timeline: From Wave Hill protest to land handbacks | website=ABC News | date=18 August 2016 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-18/timeline-of-wave-hill-land-rights/7760300 | access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; The [[Pontiac Silverdome]] opens in [[Pontiac, Michigan]], {{Convert|30|mi|km}} northwest of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Hans Tiedge]], top [[counter-spy]] of West Germany, defects to [[East Germany]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Singing Revolution]]: Two million people from [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] stand on the [[Vilnius]]–[[Tallinn]] road, [[Baltic Way|holding hands]]. 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Saddam Hussein]] appears on [[Iraq]]i state television with a number of [[Western world|Western]] "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the [[Gulf War]].
*  1990   &ndash; [[Armenia]] declares [[Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia|its independence]] from the [[Soviet Union]].
*  1990   &ndash; West and East Germany announce that they will [[German reunification|reunite]] on October 3.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[World Wide Web]] is opened to the public.
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Eugene Bullard]], the only [[African Americans|African American]] pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as [[Second Lieutenant]] in the [[United States Air Force]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Gulf Air Flight 072]] crashes into the [[Persian Gulf]] near [[Manama, Bahrain]], killing 143.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Natascha Kampusch]], who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor [[Wolfgang Přiklopil]], after eight years of captivity.
*[[2007]] &ndash; The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members [[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia]], and his sister [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia|Grand Duchess Anastasia]] are discovered near [[Yekaterinburg]], Russia.
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[Manila hostage crisis]] occurred near the [[Quirino Grandstand]] in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/August/international_August1258.xml&section=international |title=9 killed in Manila hostage drama |first=Gina |last=Abuyuan |publisher=Khaleej Times |date=August 23, 2010 |access-date=April 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828022851/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/August/international_August1258.xml&section=international |archive-date=August 28, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) [[2011 Virginia earthquake|earthquake]] occurs in [[Virginia]]. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200&nbsp;million–300&nbsp;million USD.
*  2011   &ndash; Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] is overthrown after the [[National Transitional Council]] forces take control of [[Bab al-Azizia]] compound during the [[Libyan Civil War (2011)|Libyan Civil War]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; A hot-air balloon [[2012 Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash|crashes]] near the Slovenian capital of [[Ljubljana]], killing six people and injuring 28 others.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[2013 Palmasola prison riot|riot]] at the [[Palmasola]] prison complex in [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz, Bolivia]] kills 31 people.
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Chandrayaan-3]] mission initiated first Moon landing in [[India]]n history.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=Chandrayaan-3 mission|number=1693181653273940240|user=isro|date=2023-08-20|access-date=2023-08-20}}</ref>
*2023 &ndash; A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company [[Wagner Group]] [[2023 Wagner Group plane crash|crashes]], killing all ten people on board.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Frank |author-link=Frank Gardner (journalist) |last2=Greenall |first2=Robert |last3=Lukiv |first3=Jaroslav |date=23 August 2023 |title=Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733 |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1482]] &ndash; [[Jo Gwang-jo]], Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
*[[1486]] &ndash; [[Sigismund von Herberstein]], Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal]] (d. 1500)
*[[1524]] &ndash; [[François Hotman]], French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Thomas Dempster]], Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)

===1601–1900===
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Lubieniecki]], Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Abraham Yates Jr.]], American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse]], French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Georges Cuvier]], French biologist and academic (d. 1832)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[William Tierney Clark]], English engineer, designed the [[Hammersmith Bridge]] (d. 1852)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], American commander (d. 1819)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Anton von Schmerling]], Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[James Roosevelt Bayley]], American archbishop (d. 1877)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Moritz Cantor]], German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[William Southam]], Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Alexander Milne Calder]], Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Sarah Frances Whiting]], American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[William Ernest Henley]], English poet and critic (d. 1903)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[John Cockburn (Australian politician)|John Cockburn]], Scottish-Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1929)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Radha Gobinda Kar]], Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)
*  1852   &ndash; [[Clímaco Calderón]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th [[President of Colombia]] (d. 1913)
*  1852   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Moritz Moszkowski]], Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1936)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Edgar de Wahl]], Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Edgar Lee Masters]], American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra]] (d. 1957)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[William Eccles (physicist)|William Eccles]], English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)
*  1875   &ndash; [[Eugene Lanceray]], Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[István Medgyaszay]], Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Alexander Grin]], Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)|Jonathan M. Wainwright]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1953)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Will Cuppy]], American author and critic (d. 1949)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Ogden L. Mills]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1937)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Harry Frank Guggenheim]], American businessman and publisher, co-founded ''[[Newsday]]'' (d. 1971)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Roy Agnew]], Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
*  1891   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[John Auden]], English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Henry F. Pringle]], American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Frances Adaskin]], Canadian pianist (d. 2001)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Ernst Krenek]], Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Malvina Reynolds]], American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Guy Bush]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
*  1901   &ndash; [[John Sherman Cooper]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd [[United States Ambassador to East Germany]] (d. 1991)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[William Primrose]], Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Ernie Bushmiller]], American cartoonist (d. 1982)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Constant Lambert]], English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Zoltan Sarosy]], Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Hannah Frank]], Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Syd Buller]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Lonny Frey]], American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Igor Troubetzkoy]], Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Bob Crosby]], American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Tex Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin]], Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Arrow]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2017)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Sam Cook (Gloucestershire cricketer)|Sam Cook]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Nazik Al-Malaika]], Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Jean Darling]], American actress and singer (d. 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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 &ndash; [[Robert Solow]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2023)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Robert Mulligan]], American director and producer (d. 2008)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Clifford Geertz]], American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Gyula Hernádi]], Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Dick Bruna]], Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Allan Kaprow]], American painter and author (d. 2006)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Martial Solal]], Algerian-French pianist and composer
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Marian Seldes]], American actress (d. 2014)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Beekman]], Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Zoltán Czibor]], Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]], Australian golfer (d. 2018)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Michel Rocard]], French civil servant and politician, 160th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 2016)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Vera Miles]], American actress<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Hamilton O. Smith]], American microbiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Houari Boumediene]], Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd [[President of Algeria]] (d. 1978)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Enos Nkala]], Zimbabwean soldier and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Defence]] (d. 2013)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Mark Russell]], American comedian and pianist (d. 2023)<ref name="AP" />
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Don Talbot]], Australian swim coach and administrator (d. 2020)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Pete Wilson]], American commander and politician, 36th [[Governor of California]]
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Sonny Jurgensen]], American football player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Roy Strong]], English historian, curator, and author
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Rudy Lewis]], American R&B singer (d. 1964)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Henry Lee Lucas]], American murderer (d. 2001)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Bini]], Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Roger Greenaway]], English singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Galen Rowell]], American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Richard Sanders (actor)|Richard Sanders]], American actor and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve]], British philosopher, academic, and politician
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Nancy Richey]], American tennis player
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours]], English businessman and politician
*  1943   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Peter Lilley]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]]
*  1943   &ndash; [[Pino Presti]], Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
*1943 &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Antonia Novello]], Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th [[Surgeon General of the United States]]
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rayfield Wright]], American football player and coach (d. 2022)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Keith Moon]], English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[David Robb]], Scottish actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1947   &ndash; [[Willy Russell]], English playwright and composer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]], English folk-rock singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Atef Bseiso]], Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Andrei Pleșu]], Romanian journalist and politician, 95th [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania)|Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*  1948   &ndash; [[Rudy Ruettiger]], American football player
*  1948   &ndash; [[Lev Zeleny]], Russian physicist and academic
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Vicky Leandros]], Greek singer and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Shelley Long]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1949   &ndash; [[Rick Springfield]], Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Luigi Delneri]], Italian footballer and manager
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Mark Hudson (musician)|Mark Hudson]], American record producer and musician<ref name="AP" />
*  1951   &ndash; [[Jimi Jamison]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2014)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Akhmad Kadyrov]], Chechen cleric and politician, 1st [[President of the Chechen Republic]] (d. 2004)
*  1951   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]], Spanish footballer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Georgios Paraschos]], Greek footballer and manager
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Bobby G]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Charles Busch]], American actor and screenwriter
*  1954   &ndash; [[Halimah Yacob]], Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th [[Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore|Speaker]] and 8th [[President of Singapore]]
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[David Learner]], British actor
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Andreas Floer]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Valgerd Svarstad Haugland]], Norwegian educator and politician, [[Minister of Culture (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Culture]]
*  1956   &ndash; [[Skipp Sudduth]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Tasos Mitropoulos]], Greek footballer and politician
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Julio Franco]], Dominican baseball player and manager
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Edwyn Collins]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1959   &ndash; [[George Kalovelonis]], Greek tennis player and coach
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Gary Hoey]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Dean DeLeo]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1961   &ndash; [[Alexandre Desplat]], French composer and conductor
*  1961   &ndash; [[Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]], Iranian commander and politician, 54th [[Mayor of Tehran]]
*  1961   &ndash; [[Gary Mabbutt]], English footballer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Hitomi Takahashi (actress)|Hitomi Takahashi]], Japanese actress
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Martin Cauchon]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]]
*  1962   &ndash; [[Shaun Ryder]], English singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Park Chan-wook]], South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1963   &ndash; [[Glória Pires]], Brazilian actress
*  1963   &ndash; [[Richard Illingworth]], English cricketer and umpire
*  1963   &ndash; [[Kenny Wallace]], American race car driver
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Kong Hee]], Singaporean minister and criminal
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Roger Avary]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Rik Smits]], Dutch-American basketball player
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Jim Murphy]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Minister of State for Europe]]
*  1967   &ndash; [[Richard Petrie]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Laura Claycomb]], American soprano
*  1968   &ndash; [[Chris DiMarco]], American golfer
*  1968   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Tinus Linee]], South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jack Lopresti]], English soldier and politician
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jeremy Schaap]], American journalist and author
*  1969   &ndash; [[Keith Tyson]], English painter and illustrator
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Frank]], American basketball player and coach
*  1970   &ndash; [[Jason Hetherington]], Australian rugby league player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Jay Mohr]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1970   &ndash; [[River Phoenix]], American actor (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Demetrio Albertini]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tim Gutberlet]], German footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Gretchen Whitmer]], 49th Governor of Michigan
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mark Butcher]], English cricketer and singer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Raul Casanova]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Anthony Calvillo]], Canadian football player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Martin Grainger]], English footballer and manager
*  1972   &ndash; [[Manuel Vidrio]], Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Casey Blake]], American baseball player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Kerry Walmsley]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Lexi Alexander]], American film and television director
*  1974   &ndash; [[Mark Bellhorn]], American baseball player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Benjamin Limo]], Kenyan runner
*  1974   &ndash; [[Konstantin Novoselov]], Russian-English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ray Park]], Scottish actor and stuntman<ref name="AP" />
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Eliza Carthy]], English folk musician
*  1975   &ndash; [[Sean Marks]], New Zealand basketball player and manager
*  1975   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Scott Caan]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1976   &ndash; [[Pat Garrity]], American basketball player and executive
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Douglas Sequeira]], Costa Rican footballer and manager
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jared Fogle]], American spokesman and criminal
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Kobe Bryant]], American basketball player and businessman (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1978   &ndash; [[Julian Casablancas]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1978   &ndash; [[Randal Tye Thomas]], American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Andrew Rannells]], American actor and singer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Jessica Bibby]], Australian basketball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Saskia Clark]], English sailor
*  1979   &ndash; [[Édgar Sosa (boxer)|Edgar Sosa]], Mexican boxer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Zuzana Váleková]], Slovak tennis player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Denny Bautista]], Dominican baseball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Nadine Jolie Courtney]], American journalist, reality personality and author
*  1980   &ndash; [[Joanne Froggatt]], English actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1980   &ndash; [[Rex Grossman]], American football player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Nenad Vučković (handballer)|Nenad Vučković]], Serbian handball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Carlos Cuéllar]], Spanish footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jaime Lee Kirchner]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1981   &ndash; [[Stephan Loboué]], Ivorian footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Natalie Coughlin]], American swimmer<ref name="UPI" />
*  1982   &ndash; [[Scott Palguta]], American soccer player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Cristian Tudor]], Romanian footballer (d. 2012)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[James Collins (footballer, born 1983)|James Collins]], Welsh footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Athena Farrokhzad]], Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
*  1983   &ndash; [[Sun Mingming]], Chinese basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Tony Moll]], American football player
*  1983   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Bruno Spengler]], Canadian race car driver
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Glen Johnson]], English footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Eric Tai]], New Zealand rugby player and actor
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Valeria Lukyanova]], Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Sky Blu (rapper)|Sky Blu]], American rapper and DJ<ref name="AP" />
*  1986   &ndash; [[Neil Cicierega]], American comedian and musician
*  1986   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Brett Morris]], Australian rugby league player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Josh Morris (rugby)|Josh Morris]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Olga Govortsova]], Belarusian tennis player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Carl Hagelin]], Swedish ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Jeremy Lin]], American basketball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Kim Matula]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1988   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Lianne La Havas]], British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
*  1989   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Heiko Schwarz]], German footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Seth Curry]], American basketball player
*  1990   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Iván López (footballer, born 1993)|Iván López]], Spanish professional footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[August Ames]], Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
*  1994   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[30 BC]] &ndash; [[Caesarion]], Egyptian king (b. 47 BC)
*  30 BC   &ndash; [[Marcus Antonius Antyllus]], Roman soldier (b. 47 BC)
*[[AD 93|93]] &ndash; [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]], Roman general and politician (b. AD 40)
* [[406]] &ndash; [[Radagaisus]], Gothic king
* [[634]] &ndash; [[Abu Bakr]], Arabian caliph (b. 573)
* [[992]] &ndash; [[Volkold]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen|Meissen]]<ref>{{Cite ADB|40|245|246|Volkold|Karl Uhlirz|ADB:Volkold}}</ref>
*[[1106]] &ndash; [[Magnus, Duke of Saxony]] (b. 1045)
*[[1176]] &ndash; [[Emperor Rokujō]] of Japan (b. 1164)
*[[1305]] &ndash; [[William Wallace]], Scottish knight and rebel leader (b. c.1270)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Wallace {{!}} Biography, Braveheart, Death, Sword, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Wallace |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 August 2023 |language=en |date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Nicolaas Zannekin]], Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)
*[[1329]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1282)
*[[1335]] &ndash; [[Heilwige Bloemardinne]], Christian mystic (b. c. 1265)
*[[1348]] &ndash; [[John de Stratford]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
*[[1363]] &ndash; [[Chen Youliang]], founder of the Dahan regime (b. 1320)
*[[1367]] &ndash; [[Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz]], Spanish cardinal (b. 1310)
*[[1478]] &ndash; [[Johannes Pullois]], Franco-Flemish composer (b. c. 1420?)
*[[1481]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Littleton]], English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal]], eldest daughter of [[Isabella I of Castile]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] (b. 1470)
*[[1507]] &ndash; [[Jean Molinet]], French poet and composer (b. 1435)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Philibert Berthelier (Geneva patriot)|Philibert Berthelier]], Swiss soldier (b. 1465)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Budé]], French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton]] (b. 1495)
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Ebussuud Efendi]], Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Luis de León]], Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)

===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; [[Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero]], Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire]] (b. 1592)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[John Byron, 1st Baron Byron]], English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Edward Nott]], English politician, [[Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1654)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Increase Mather]], American minister and author (b. 1639)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Charles-Augustin de Coulomb]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)|Alexander Wilson]], Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], American commander (b. 1785)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Kazinczy]], Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
*  1831   &ndash; [[August Neidhardt von Gneisenau]], Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Alexander Calder (Beaumont, Texas)|Alexander Calder]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy]], French poet and author (b. 1796)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[William Thompson (boxer)|William Thompson]], British boxer (b. 1811)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Deodoro da Fonseca]], Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1827)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]], Japanese general and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1840)

===1901–present===
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Berté]], Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Rudolph Valentino]], Italian actor (b. 1895)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Nicola Sacco]], Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]], Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Adolf Loos]], Austrian architect and theoretician, designed [[Villa Müller]] (b. 1870)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Albert Roussel]], French composer (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |date=1996 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-37299-3 |page=768 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA768 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Abdülmecid II]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Stefan Filipkiewicz]], Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Helen Churchill Candee]], American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Jaan Sarv]], Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Reuben Musiker|author2=Naomi Musiker|title=Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uooJfq7gOa0C&pg=PA230|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30260-2|pages=230}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Walter Anderson (folklorist)|Walter Anderson]], Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Hoot Gibson]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Edmond Hogan]], Australian politician, 30th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1883)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Francis X. Bushman]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite book|author=John A. Willis|title=Screen World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0MZAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Crown Publishers|page=232}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Georges Berger]], Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Nathaniel Cartmell]], American runner and coach (b. 1883)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Roberto Assagioli]], Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Faruk Gürler]], Turkish general (b. 1913)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Naum Gabo]], Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Stanford Moore]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1913)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Didier Pironi]], French race car and boat driver (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a05WAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Iliffe, sons & Sturmey Limited|pages=14–18}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Abed Elhai]], Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)
*  1989   &ndash; [[R. D. Laing]], Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite book|author=Zbigniew Kotowicz|title=R.D. Laing and the Paths of Anti-Psychiatry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlFVnoghyq8C&pg=PA4|date=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-81953-6|pages=4}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[David Rose (songwriter)|David Rose]], American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Zoltán Fábri]], Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Alfred Eisenstaedt]], German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Margaret Tucker]], Australian author and activist (b. 1904)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Eric Gairy]], Grenadian educator and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Grenada]] (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author=Caribbean Community. Secretariat|title=Caricomview: A Monthly Newsletter of the Caricom Secretariat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3axAAAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Communications Unit, Caricom Secretariat|page=11}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[John Kendrew]], English biochemist and crystallographer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Norman Wexler]], American screenwriter (b. 1926)
*  1999   &ndash; [[James White (author)|James White]], Irish author (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sfwa.org/News/white.htm | access-date=17 December 2008 | title=James White, 1928–1999| author=Nielsen Hayden, P | publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000119075840/http://www.sfwa.org/News/white.htm | archive-date=19 January 2000}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[John Anthony Kaiser]], American priest and missionary (b. 1932)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Freeman]], American actress (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Kathleen Freeman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/27/guardianobituaries.filmnews |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 September 2023 |date=27 August 2001}}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; [[Peter Maas]], American journalist and author (b. 1929)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Hoyt Wilhelm]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Bobby Bonds]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Jack Dyer]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Jan Sedivka]], Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Michael Kijana Wamalwa]], Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th [[Vice President of Kenya]] (b. 1944)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Brock Peters]], American actor (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |author=Mel Watkins |author-link=Mel Watkins (American writer) |title=Brock Peters of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/movies/24peters.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 24, 2005 |access-date=2015-01-29 }}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Maynard Ferguson]], Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1928)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[John Russell (art critic)|John Russell]], English-American author and critic (b. 1919)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Jerry Nelson]], American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Josepha Sherman]], American anthologist and author (b. 1946)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Richard J. Corman]], American businessman, founded the [[R.J. Corman Railroad Group]] (b. 1955)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William Glasser]], American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Charles Lisanby]], American production designer and set director (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Konstanty Miodowicz]], Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Vesna Rožič]], Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Tatyana Zaslavskaya]], Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Albert Ebossé Bodjongo]], Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Annefleur Kalvenhaar]], Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Birgitta Stenberg]], Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jaume Vallcorba Plana]], Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Augusta Chiwy]], Congolese-Belgian nurse (b. 1921)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Guy Ligier]], French rugby player and race car driver (b. 1930)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Enrique Reneau]], Honduran footballer (b. 1971)<ref>{{cite news|title=Fallece en La Ceiba Enrique Centeno Reneau|url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/zonadeportiva/872057-215/fallece-en-la-ceiba-enrique-centeno-reneau|access-date=24 August 2015|publisher=El Heraldo|date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Paul Royle]], Australian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Blackadder]], Scottish painter and printmaker (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dame Elizabeth Blackadder obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/aug/25/dame-elizabeth-blackadder-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=25 August 2021 |language=en |date=25 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Dmitry Utkin]], Russian army officer, founder of [[Wagner Group]] (b. 1970)<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 August 2023 |title=Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733 |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823171520/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], Russian businessman, chief of [[Wagner Group]] (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite news |title=Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733 |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=BBC News |date=23 August 2023}}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[Terry Funk]], American professional wrestler (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Medina |first1=Eduardo |title=Terry Funk, Hard-Core Hall of Fame Wrestler, Dies at 79 |work=The New York Times |date=August 24, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/obituaries/terry-funk-wrestler-dead.html |access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Kursk Day]] ([[Russia]])
* Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Ascelina]]
**[[Asterius, Claudius and Neon|Asterius, Claudius, and Neon]]
**[[Éogan of Ardstraw]]
**[[Lupus of Novae|Lupus (Luppus) of Novae]]
**[[Philip Benitius]]
**[[Quiriacus of Ostia|Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia]]
**[[Rose of Lima]]
**[[Tydfil]]
**[[Zacchaeus of Jerusalem]]
**[[August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)]]
*[[European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism]] or Black Ribbon Day ([[European Union]] and other countries), and related observances:
**[[King Michael's Coup|Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day]] ([[Romania]])
*[[International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[National Doctors' Day|National Day for Physicians]] ([[Iran]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/23 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=23}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/23 |title=Historical Events on August 23 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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