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
Died aged 85
American actress in A Double Life (1947), The Night of the Hunter (1955), and Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Died aged 54
American and Canadian actor famous as Chandler Bing on TV sitcom Friends, and Oscar Madison in sitcom The Odd Couple
57 years old
American singer and founding member of boy band New Kids on the Block, and actor in TV series Blue Bloods and Boston Blue
45 years old
English actor and singer who starred as Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia film series
Died aged 64
36th president of the U.S from 1963 to 1969, after being vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963
Died aged 40
American singer of Across the Bridge and He'll Have to Go, and who died in a plane crash at the age of 40
57 years old
American actor as Will Scarlett in 1991 adventure film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Captain Riley Hale in Broken Arrow (1996)
46 years old
American actor who starred as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul series, and in 2019 movie El Camino
Died aged 86
Ruler of dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary from 1848 to his death in 1916
Died aged 46
Prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989, and was assassinated by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India
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.
