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
56 years old
Canadian-American actor famous as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick on Canadian TV black sitcom comedy drama series Call Me Fitz
41 years old
American actress who stars as Madison Murphy/ Badison in Orange Is the New Black, and Kristin Baxter in Last Man Standing
77 years old
Israeli-American musician, co-founder of hard rock band Kiss, and who is famous in the reality TV show Gene Simmons Family Jewels
43 years old
Maxican actress who starred as Celeste in Mexican telenovela Enamórate, and Catt Phoenix in American TV series Monarch
64 years old
American actress as Tanya McQuoid in black comedy series The White Lotus, and Sophie Kaczyński on sitcom 2 Broke Girls
28 years old
American actress whose career started as a child and who acts as Chyna Parks in Disney Channel series A.N.T. Farm
55 years old
American actress who starred as Linda Earl-Bouchtat, Rae's mum, in British teen comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary
79 years old
American actress who starred as Beth Rogerson Gallagher in 1987 psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction
45 years old
American actress who starred as Summer Roberts on The O.C., and Dr. Zoe Hart on comedy-drama series Hart of Dixie
66 years old
Mexican singer, and actress in telenovelas such as Triunfo del amor. She is famous as one of the best-selling Latin music artists
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.
