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
44 years old
American actress who starred as Julia Braverman-Graham in TV series Parenthood, and Caroline Wakefield in 2000 crime drama film Traffic
56 years old
American musician and rapper whose famous singles include What's Luv? (2002) and Lean Back (2004)
38 years old
Chinese-American actress who starred as gymnast Wei Wei in 2006 film Stick It, and Holly in 2009 supernatural drama film The Lovely Bones
43 years old
American actor as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man in 2012 movie The Amazing Spider-Man, Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
68 years old
American actress who starred as Sherri Shepard in 1993 comedy-drama film Short Cuts, and Victoria Grayson in TV series Revenge
Died aged 80
American singer of the 1972 hit song I Can See Clearly Now and 1975 song Tears on My Pillow
34 years old
American actress and singer who appeared on Barney & Friends, As the Bell Rings, and Sonny with a Chance
Died aged 96
First lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter
91 years old
3-time U.S. presidential contender and politician who is the father of the junior U.S. senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul
61 years old
Portuguese actress who acted as Fabienne in 1994 crime film Pulp Fiction alongside John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson
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.
