Rocky Marciano, born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, (September 1, 1923 – August 31 1969), was an American professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956. Marciano is the only champion to hold the...
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his creations of the jungle hero
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went...
James Harrison Coburn, III, (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor. Coburn appeared in nearly 70 films during his 45-year career.
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM FRS (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand-born physicist and chemist who became known as the father of nuclear physics.
Lenworth George “Lenny” Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter best known for co-founding charity Comic Relief and presenting various television programmes. Married Dawn French in 1984 but announced an amicable separation in 2010.
David Soul (David Richard Solberg) (born August 28, 1943) is an American actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson in the television programme Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979). He became a British citizen in 2004.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel) (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was born in the Saxon...
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus; 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London’s pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the...
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. He was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and began his political...
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television and radio presenter and film director.
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) — known as Gene Kelly — was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer. Kelly was known for his energetic and athletic dancing...
Steve Davis, OBE (born 22 August 1957 in Plumstead, London) is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number...
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for the novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated...
James Travis “Jim” Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter with records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s. Known as “Gentleman Jim”, his songs continued to chart for...
Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948), along with his brother Wilbur, was an American inventor and aviation pioneer who was credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first...
Gabrielle “Coco” Bonheur Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand. She was the only fashion designer to appear on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of...
