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
46 years old
American singer whose top songs include her 2002 debut single A Thousand Miles, and Ordinary Day and Pretty Baby also in 2002
Died aged 78
Prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983
57 years old
American actor whose famous films include as Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk (2008) and the Illusionist in The Illusionist (2006)
Died aged 87
Swiss physical chemist and winner of 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy)
93 years old
Polish-French filmmaker, actor in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and a fugitive from the U.S. justice system for unlawful sex with a minor
35 years old
American rapper whose top singles include Stoner (2014), The London (2019), Hot (2019), and Go Crazy (2020)
42 years old
Italian footballer who played as a defender for Juventus, Fiorentina, Livorno, and Italy national team
72 years old
British politician and broadcaster who served as a Member of Parliament (MP), including for Glasgow Hillhead and Bradford West
56 years old
American actor and comedian who stars as Nolan in Big Momma's House (2000), and J.D. in comedy-drama film Barbershop (2002)
54 years old
Venezuelan actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant contestant at Miss Venezuela 1990
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.
