| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Martin Amis |
Author |
25-Aug-1949 |
|
The Rachel Papers |
| Cecil D. Andrus |
Politician |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Twice Governor of Idaho |
| Thea Astley |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1925 |
17-Aug-2004 |
Girl with a Monkey |
| Jensen Atwood |
Actor |
25-Aug-1976 |
|
Wade on Noah's Arc |
| John Badham |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1939 |
|
Saturday Night Fever |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Rachel Bilson |
Actor |
25-Aug-1981 |
|
Summer Roberts on The O.C. |
| Conrad Black |
Business |
25-Aug-1944 |
|
Rapacious newspaper mogul |
| Tim Burton |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1958 |
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| Vivian Campbell |
Guitarist |
25-Aug-1962 |
|
Former Dio, current Def Leppard guitarist |
| David Canary |
Actor |
25-Aug-1938 |
|
Stuart Chandler on All My Children |
| Cath Carroll |
Musician |
25-Aug-1960 |
|
Miaow |
| Sean Connery |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
|
James Bond |
| Holly Coors |
Activist |
25-Aug-1920 |
18-Jan-2009 |
Ultraconservative beer baroness |
| Bob Corker |
Politician |
25-Aug-1952 |
|
US Senator from Tennessee |
| Elvis Costello |
Musician |
25-Aug-1954 |
|
My Aim Is True |
| Bob Crosby |
Musician |
25-Aug-1913 |
9-Mar-1993 |
The Bob Crosby Orchestra |
| Billy Ray Cyrus |
Country Musician |
25-Aug-1961 |
|
Achy Breaky Heart |
| Nathan Deal |
Politician |
25-Aug-1942 |
|
Governor of Georgia |
| Don DeFore |
Actor |
25-Aug-1913 |
22-Dec-1993 |
Mr. B. on Hazel |
| Dirk Dirksen |
Business |
25-Aug-1937 |
20-Nov-2006 |
Godfather of San Francisco punk |
| Geoff Downes |
Musician |
25-Aug-1952 |
|
Keyboardist for The Buggles and Asia |
| Allan Edwall |
Actor |
25-Aug-1924 |
7-Feb-1997 |
The Brothers Lionheart |
| Niles Eldredge |
Paleontologist |
25-Aug-1943 |
|
Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium |
| Ben Falcone |
Actor |
25-Aug-1973 |
|
Howard on Joey |
| Stacey Farber |
Actor |
25-Aug-1987 |
|
Ellie Nash on Degrassi |
| Mel Ferrer |
Actor |
25-Aug-1917 |
2-Jun-2008 |
War and Peace |
| Rollie Fingers |
Baseball |
25-Aug-1946 |
|
MLB needs more handlebar moustaches |
| Hal Fishman |
Journalist |
25-Aug-1931 |
7-Aug-2007 |
Los Angeles TV news anchor |
| Frederick Forsyth |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1938 |
|
The Day of the Jackal |
| Waldo Frank |
Author |
25-Aug-1889 |
9-Jan-1967 |
American cultural critic and social historian |
| Vo Nguyen Giap |
Military |
25-Aug-1911 |
|
North Vietnamese General, Minister of Defense |
| Althea Gibson |
Tennis |
25-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2003 |
First black woman to win Wimbledon |
| Richard Greene |
Actor |
25-Aug-1918 |
1-Jun-1985 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Rob Halford |
Musician |
25-Aug-1951 |
|
Lead singer of Judas Priest |
| Monty Hall |
Game Show Host |
25-Aug-1921 |
|
Let's Make a Deal |
| Marvin Harrison |
Football |
25-Aug-1972 |
|
Indianapolis Colts WR |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| Anthony Heald |
Actor |
25-Aug-1944 |
|
Scott Guber on Boston Public |
| Johann Gottfried Herder |
Philosopher |
25-Aug-1744 |
18-Dec-1803 |
Sturm und Drang movement |
| Arthur Cardinal Hinsley |
Religion |
25-Aug-1865 |
17-Mar-1943 |
Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43 |
| Tom Hollander |
Actor |
25-Aug-1967 |
|
Gosford Park |
| Erich Honecker |
Head of State |
25-Aug-1912 |
29-May-1994 |
East German leader, 1971-89 |
| Robert A. Hurley |
Politician |
25-Aug-1895 |
3-May-1968 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43 |
| Ivan the Terrible |
Royalty |
25-Aug-1530 |
18-Mar-1584 |
Russian Tsar, 1533-84 |
| Graham Jarvis |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
16-Apr-2003 |
Canadian-American character actor |
| Darrell Johnson |
Baseball |
25-Aug-1928 |
3-May-2004 |
Red Sox, Mariners manager |
| Van Johnson |
Actor |
25-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2008 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Ruby Keeler |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
28-Feb-1993 |
42nd Street |
| Walt Kelly |
Cartoonist |
25-Aug-1913 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Creator of Pogo |
| Theodor Kocher |
Doctor |
25-Aug-1841 |
27-Jul-1917 |
Thyroid surgeon |
| Herbert Kroemer |
Physicist |
25-Aug-1928 |
|
Pioneer in laser technology |
| Christian LeBlanc |
Actor |
25-Aug-1958 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| James Lick |
Business |
25-Aug-1796 |
1-Oct-1876 |
Lick Observatory |
| Blake Lively |
Actor |
25-Aug-1987 |
|
Gossip Girl |
| Ludwig II |
Royalty |
25-Aug-1845 |
13-Jun-1886 |
Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, 1864-86 |
| Robert Maschio |
Actor |
25-Aug-1966 |
|
Dr. Todd Quinlan on Scrubs |
| Yasuzo Masumura |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1924 |
23-Nov-1986 |
Blind Beast |
| Cameron Mathison |
Actor |
25-Aug-1969 |
|
All My Children |
| China Anne McClain |
Actor |
25-Aug-1998 |
|
Chyna Parks on A.N.T. Farm |
| Jo Dee Messina |
Country Musician |
25-Aug-1970 |
|
Country singer, Stand Beside Me |
| Eric Millegan |
Actor |
25-Aug-1974 |
|
Zack Addy on Bones |
| Kel Mitchell |
Actor |
25-Aug-1978 |
|
Good Burger, Mystery Men |
| Brian Moore |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1921 |
10-Jan-1999 |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
| Stuart Murdoch |
Musician |
25-Aug-1968 |
|
Belle & Sebastian frontman |
| John Neal |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1793 |
20-Jun-1876 |
Keep Cool |
| Bill Nye |
Columnist |
25-Aug-1850 |
22-Feb-1896 |
Bill Nye and Boomerang |
| Regis Philbin |
Talk Show Host |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly |
| Allan Pinkerton |
Business |
25-Aug-1819 |
1-Jul-1884 |
Pinkerton National Detective Agency |
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Head of State |
25-Aug-1934 |
|
President of Iran, 1989-97 |
| Rachael Ray |
TV Personality |
25-Aug-1968 |
|
30 Minute Meals |
| Michael Rennie |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
10-Jun-1971 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Frederick C. Robbins |
Scientist |
25-Aug-1916 |
4-Aug-2003 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Eugene Victor Rostow |
Educator |
25-Aug-1913 |
25-Nov-2002 |
Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 |
| John Savage |
Actor |
25-Aug-1949 |
|
The Deer Hunter |
| Claudia Schiffer |
Model |
25-Aug-1970 |
|
Top German supermodel |
| Shock G |
Rapper |
25-Aug-1963 |
|
The Humpty Dance is your chance |
| Wayne Shorter |
Jazz Musician |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Influential sax player and jazz composer |
| Gene Simmons |
Bassist |
25-Aug-1949 |
|
Blood-spouting KISS bassist |
| Richard A. Simonson |
Business |
25-Aug-1958 |
|
CFO of Nokia |
| Alexander Skarsgård |
Actor |
25-Aug-1976 |
|
Eric Northman on True Blood |
| Tom Skerritt |
Actor |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Viper in Top Gun |
| Mink Stole |
Actor |
25-Aug-1947 |
|
Appears in John Waters films |
| Jonathan Togo |
Actor |
25-Aug-1977 |
|
Ryan Wolfe on CSI: Miami |
| Jeff Tweedy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Aug-1967 |
|
Lead singer of Wilco |
| Blair Underwood |
Actor |
25-Aug-1964 |
|
Malibu's Most Wanted |
| Sir Thomas Francis Wade |
Diplomat |
25-Aug-1818 |
31-Jul-1895 |
British envoy to China |
| Ally Walker |
Actor |
25-Aug-1961 |
|
Dr. Sam Waters on Profiler |
| George Wallace |
Politician |
25-Aug-1919 |
13-Sep-1998 |
Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin |
| Joanne Whalley |
Actor |
25-Aug-1964 |
|
Willow |
| Alice White |
Actor |
25-Aug-1904 |
19-Feb-1983 |
The Widow from Chicago |
