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
54 years old
American actor famous as Otis Williams in The Temptations (1998), and Lushion Morgan in soap opera If Loving You Is Wrong
68 years old
American singer, actress (Evita, Dick Tracy), known as the Queen of Pop, and one of the greatest popular musicians in history
89 years old
American actor in Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, All the President's Men , and political satire comedy film Wag the Dog
34 years old
Mexican retired actress, and model who acted as Paloma Espinoza in Mexican telenovela En nombre del amor
77 years old
Singer from Mali who has albinism, former member of Super Rail Band, and a member of Mali's Keita royal family
Died aged 67
American film director and actor who directed the famous 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause that starred James Dean
Died aged 83
American dancer, singer and actor who famously acted in 1952 American musical romantic comedy Singin' in the Rain with Debbie Reynolds
Died aged 95
Kenyan historian, author, member of the East African Community (EAC) Legislative Assembly, and academic
Died aged 92
American actor as Marsh Goodwin in 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, and Dr. Lincoln Bartlett in 1951 film Grounds for Marriage
46 years old
Cuban-American actor popular in telenovelas such as Olvidarte jamás, Triunfo del amor, and Cuidado con el ángel
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.
