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 and late American singer Whitney Houston are also born in August.
Australian actor “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 celebrities with birthdays in August.
Celebs birthday in August
42 years old
German footballer who played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich, Manchester United, and the German national team
55 years old
British-American actress who acts as Chloe Simon in 102 Dalmatians, and Esther Mikaelson in The Vampire Diaries
42 years old
50th vice president of the U.S. and a member of the Republican Party, and represented Ohio in the Senate from 2023 to 2025
74 years old
Dutch football player who played as a midfielder, and famous as a manager of Manchester United and the Netherlands national team
26 years old
Ghanaian footballer who has played as a winger and attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Ghana national team
Died aged 93
Prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996, and president of Israel from 2007 to 2014
Died aged 90
King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015, and son of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz
50 years old
Australian actor who is most famous as Jake Sully in 2009 movie Avatar and its sequels, and Perseus in Clash of the Titans (2010)
62 years old
Mexican actress and singer who starred as Camila Ríos in Mexican telenovela En nombre del amor
Died aged 59
American rapper whose famous singles include 1995 hit Gangsta's Paradise and C U When U Get There in 1997
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.
