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, Madonna the Queen of Pop, and late American singer Whitney Houston are also August birthday celebrities.
Australian actor famous as 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 famous celebrities with birthdays in August.
Celebrities with birthdays in August
38 years old
Member of the British royal family, daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III
30 years old
American basketball playerwho played for the Las Vegas Aces in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
28 years old
Canadian singer whose top songs include 2015 single Stitches, Treat You Better (2016), and There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (2017)
Died aged 81
6th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013
49 years old
American actress who acts as Emily in sitcom The Odd Couple, and Chloe in 2008 romantic comedy Over Her Dead Body
35 years old
German-Cameroonian footballer who played as a centre back most notably with Schalke 04, Liverpool, and Cameroon national team
44 years old
American sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters, and 3 gold medals at the 2007 Osaka World Championships
38 years old
Brazilian footballer who has played as a winger/ attacking midfielder for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Brazil national team
38 years old
Congolese footballer who has played as a centre-back for Newcastle United, Marseille, and the DR Congo national team
Died aged 90
President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, and prime minister from 1959 to 1976
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.
