Famous people born in August include American actors Jason Momoa and Robert De Niro, actresses Amy Adams and Viola Davis, and Swiss former world number 1 tennis player Roger Federer. Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt and late American singer Whitney Houston are also born in August.
Australian actor “Thor Odinson” Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence who is famous as the shapeshifting mutant “Mystique” on X-Men, Michael Jackson the “King of Pop“, 42nd and 44th presidents of the United States Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and the late Hulk Hogan are other celebrities with birthdays in August.
Celebs birthday in August
52 years old
Welsh singer who sang the 1996 pop hit single I Love You Always Forever, and the singles I Could Be the One (1998) and Summertime (2020)
35 years old
English actress and reality TV personality who starred as Rosie Webster in ITV soap opera Coronation Street
49 years old
South Korean actor in South Korean TV series Stairway to Heaven, and 2004 action film Once Upon a Time in High School
38 years old
American soccer player who played as a wingback/ forward for the United States national team and won two FIFA Women's World Cups
63 years old
Malaysian actress, Wai Lin in James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, and Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
81 years old
American actor who starred as Jack Fleetwood in Western TV series Dead Man's Gun, and Lionel Luthor in Smallville superhero series
63 years old
Jamaican-American basketball coach and former player who played in the NBA as a center mostly for the New York Knicks team
28 years old
American actress, singer famous as Kim Crawford in Kickin' It TV comedy series and Tandy Bowen / Dagger in Cloak & Dagger series
62 years old
American actor who recently starred as Sheriff Boyd Stevens in MGM+ horror series From, and Thomas Cole in 1995 film Smoke
53 years old
English singer famous as Ginger Spice, a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, and TV personality, author, and actress
August Historical Events
3rd August 1942: Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made his 1st voyage in a search of a new and better sea route to Asia. Departing from mainland Spain, Columbus went on a voyage to find a quicker route for trade with China.5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela was arrested. He was later sentenced to 5 years in prison. Mandela was one of the African nationalists under the South African Communist Party who were actively challenging the apartheid state. On June 12, 1964, He was added charges of sabotage against the apartheid South African government and sentenced to life in prison. He was released after 27 years in jail, on February 11, 1990.6th August 1945: The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city known as Hiroshima. The weapon was created under the then top-secret program that was code-named "The Manhattan Project". This was during the 2nd World War. 9th August 1945: Another American B-29 bomber dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The combined effects of the new American weapons forced the Japanese to formally surrender and bring to an end World War II the following week on August 14, 1945.14th August 1945: Japan surrenders to the allied powers. Japanese Emperor Hirohito formally announced the surrender the next day, and the surrender was signed the following month on 2nd September, 1945. This brought the end of World War II.15th August 1947:India gained independence from the United Kingdom. Indians celebrate their Independence Day every year on the 15th of August, which is a public holiday. Additionally, the country's constitution came into effect on the 26th of January, 1950, and the date is celebrated as the Indian Republic Day.
In total, the British Raj (the period of British rule of India) lasted for 100 years, beginning in 1858 and ending in 1947.
