Roman Polanski (born Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański; 18 August 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor. Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his family back to Poland in 1937, shortly before the outbreak...
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, film director, producer, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival.
Mary Jane West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980), better known as Mae West, was an American actress, singer and sex symbol. She made a name for herself on the stage in New York before moving...
David “Davy” Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to as “King of the Wild Frontier”. He served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle...
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...
Jim Dale, MBE (born James Smith, 15 August 1935) is an English actor, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series.
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
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...
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was a British children’s writer also known as Mary Pollock. One of Blyton’s most widely known characters is Noddy, intended for early years readers. However, her main work is...
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...
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no elected-office experience. Hoover is the...
Edwin John “Eddie” Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American entertainer. Fisher left his first wife, actress Debbie Reynolds, to marry Reynolds’s best friend, actress Elizabeth Taylor, when Taylor’s husband, film producer Mike Todd, died....
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.
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s
