August 1 - Births

Births

• 10 BC– Claudius, Roman emperor (d. 54)
• 126 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)
• 1313 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (d. 1364)
• 1377 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
• 1545 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)
• 1555 – Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
• 1579 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)
• 1626 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, founder of the Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)
• 1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician (d. 1673)
• 1713 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1780)
• 1714 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
• 1738 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
• 1744 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
• 1770 – William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician (d. 1838)
• 1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (d. 1843)
• 1779 – Lorenz Oken, German historian (d. 1851)
• 1809 – William B. Travis, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1836)
• 1815 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882)
• 1818 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889)
• 1819 – Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
• 1837 – Mary Harris Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)
• 1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
• 1856 – George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
• 1858 – Gaston Doumergue, French politician (d. 1937)
• 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884)
• 1861 – Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
• 1871 – John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
• 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940)
• 1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
• 1889 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979)
• 1891 – Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Gin Kanie, Japanese identical twin who lived to be 108 (d. 2001)
• 1892 – Kin Narita, Japanese identical twin who lived to be 107 (d. 2000)
• 1893 – Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)
• 1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
• 1900 – Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)
• 1901 – Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
• 1907 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer (d. 1977)
• 1910 – James Henry Govier, English painter (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
• 1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English director (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal
• 1916 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Val Bettin, American voice actor
• 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Frank Worrell, Indian cricketer (d. 1967)
• 1925 – Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Theo Adam, German opera singer
• 1929 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician (d. 1979)
• 1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Julie Bovasso, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1930 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter
• 1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer
• 1932 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
• 1932 – Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)
• 1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
• 1933 – Teri Shields, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate (d. 2012)
• 1934 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
• 1935 – Geoff Pullar, English cricketer
• 1936 – W. D. Hamilton, English biologist (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Al D'Amato, American politician
• 1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
• 1940 – Ram Loevy, Israeli screenwriter and director
• 1941 – Ron Brown, American politician (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1942 – André Gagnon, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 1995)
• 1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor
• 1944 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Soviet politician (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer
• 1945 – Sandi Griffiths, American singer
• 1945 – Douglas Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 – Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Bad Company) (d. 2006)
• 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Richard O. Covey, American astronaut
• 1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
• 1947 – Chris L. Barnard, Welsh footballer
• 1947 – Dennis Zine, American politician
• 1948 – Avi Arad, Israeli-American businessman and film producer, founded Marvel Studios
• 1948 – Cliff Branch, American football player
• 1948 – David Gemmell. English author
• 1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Bunkhouse Buck, American wrestler
• 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Roy Williams, American basketball coach
• 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Zephyr, and James Gang) (d. 1976)
• 1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player
• 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
• 1952 – Yajurvindra Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1953 – Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist
• 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist
• 1954 – James Gleick, American author, journalist, and biographer
• 1954 – Benno Möhlmann, German footballer
• 1955 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Arun Lal, Indian cricketer
• 1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio host
• 1958 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
• 1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian skier
• 1958 – Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (Doll Congress)
• 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player
• 1959 – Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Def Leppard, Atomic Mass, and Down 'n' Outz)
• 1959 – Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese musician and composer (Ground Zero and Filament)
• 1960 – Chuck D, American rapper, producer, and author (Public Enemy)
• 1960 – Suzi Gardner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist and songwriter (L7)
• 1962 – Jesse Borrego, American actor
• 1962 – Jacob Matlala, South African boxer
• 1963 – Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (WC and the Maad Circle)
• 1963 – Demián Bichir, Mexican actor
• 1963 – John Carroll Lynch, American actor
• 1963 – Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand swimmer
• 1963 – Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut
• 1963 – Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta)
• 1964 – Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans)
• 1965 – Sam Mendes, English director
• 1966 – James St. James, American club promoter and author
• 1967 – Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player
• 1968 – Stacey Augmon, American basketball player
• 1968 – Dan Donegan, American guitarist (Disturbed and Vandal)
• 1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
• 1969 – Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player
• 1969 – Graham Thorpe, English cricketer
• 1969 – David Wain, American actor
• 1970 – David James, English footballer
• 1971 – Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, Mexican drug smuggler
• 1972 – Devon Hughes, American wrestler
• 1972 – Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (The Hellacopters The Solution, The Hydromatics, and Imperial State Electric)
• 1972 – Tanya Reid, Canadian actress
• 1972 – Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and educator
• 1973 – Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player
• 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
• 1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner
• 1973 – Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
• 1973 – Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
• 1974 – Beckie Scott, Canadian skier
• 1975 – Ane Dahl Torp, Norwegian actress
• 1975 – Teresa Mak, Hong Kong actress
• 1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
• 1976 – Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
• 1976 – Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
• 1976 – Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
• 1977 – Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and author
• 1977 – Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer
• 1978 – Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1978 – Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thenewno2, Traveling Wilburys, and Fistful of Mercy)
• 1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
• 1978 – Jonathan Wilkes, English singer and actor
• 1979 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
• 1979 – Bernadette Flynn, Irish dancer
• 1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor
• 1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh actress
• 1980 – Mancini, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Krisztina Fazekas Zur, Hungarian-American canoe racer
• 1980 – Bryan Fisher, British actor
• 1981 – Brett Chukerman, American actor
• 1981 – Dean Cox, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Taylor Fry, American actress
• 1981 – Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
• 1981 – Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer
• 1981 – Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Miracle Laurie, American actress
• 1981 – Aoife Madden, Irish actress and producer
• 1981 – Ashley Parker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (O-Town)
• 1981 – Sally Pressman, American dancer and actress
• 1982 – Kimberly Holland, American model
• 1982 – Montserrat Lombard, English actress
• 1982 – Oluchi Onweagba, Nigerian model
• 1982 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
• 1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
• 1984 – Steve Feak, American game designer
• 1984 – Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
• 1984 – Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
• 1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
• 1985 – Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
• 1985 – Adam Jones, American baseball player
• 1985 – Hyun Jyu-ni, South Korean singer and actress
• 1985 – Gegard Mousasi, Armenian mixed martial artist
• 1986 – Elijah Kelley, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1986 – Jonas Plass, German sprinter
• 1986 – Jörn Schlönvoigt, German singer and actor
• 1986 – Lucas Simón, Argentine footballer
• 1986 – Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1986 – Andrew Taylor, English footballer
• 1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
• 1987 – Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1988 – Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
• 1988 – Max Carver, American actor
• 1988 – Sasha Jackson, English-American actress
• 1989 – Tiffany, American-Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation)
• 1989 – Landry Allbright, American actress
• 1989 – Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
• 1989 – Tomoka Kurokawa, Japanese actress
• 1990 – Alakina Mann, English actress
• 1990 – Jack O'Connell, English actor
• 1991 – Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
• 1993 – Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
• 1994 – Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer (S/mileage and Shugo Chara Egg!)
• 1995 – Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor and singer
• 1996 – Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
• 1996– Jon Rubin, Actor and politician
• 1998 – Khamani Griffin, American actor