Madonna Louise Ciccone born August 16, 1958) is an American actress, author, director and singer-songwriter. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977. In 1982, Madonna signed to Sire Records...
Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. Napoleon was born...
John Galsworthy (14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. His works include The Forsythe Saga (1906–1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize...
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical singer, actress, songwriter and dancer. She has sung in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.
Milena Markovna “Mila” Kunis born August 14, 1983 is an American actress. In 1991, at the age
Herbert George “H. G.” Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He is sometimes called “The Father of Science Fiction”, as...
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 200
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover following the death of his father, George III, on 29...
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director and film producer in both silent and sound films. DeMille began his career as a stage actor in 1900. He directed...
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956), known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. Pollock died at the age of 44...
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family and the co-author of The...
Thomas Telford (9 August 1757– 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect, stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire,...
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960.
Oliver “Ollie” Hardy (born Norvell Hardy) January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30...
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He is number 23 on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest male American screen...
Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE (born Barbara Ann Deeks on 6 August 1937) is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong...
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol and actress during the 1950s and early 1960s. After spending much...
William George Fargo (May 20, 1818 – August 3, 1881), pioneer American expressman, was born in Pompey, New York. He became a
Alan Donald Whicker, CBE (born 2 August 1925- 12July 2013) was a British journalist and broadcaster. He was born to British parents in Cairo, Egypt. After the Second World War, Whicker became a journalist and broadcaster, acting as a newspaper...
