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Happy Birthday To:
* 1545 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian (d. 1622)
* 1555 – Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
* 1579 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)
* 1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
* 1713 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
* 1714 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
* 1738 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
* 1744 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
* 1770 – William Clark, American explorer (d. 1838)
* 1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
* 1779 – Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)
* 1815 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882)
* 1818 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889)
* 1819 – Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
* 1837 – Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)
* 1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1926)
* 1856 – George Coulthard, Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
* 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884)
* 1858 – Gaston Doumergue, French President (d. 1937)
* 1861 – Sammy Jones, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
* 1871 – John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
* 1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
* 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940)
* 1889 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979)
* 1891 – Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)
* 1892 – Kinsan Ginsan, Japanese identical twins who lived to ages 107 and 108, respectively.
* 1893 – King Alexander I of Greece (d. 1920)
* 1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
* 1900 – Otto Nothling, Former Australian cricketer and rugby union footballer (d. 1965)
* 1901 – Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)
* 1907 – Eric Shipton, British mountaineer (d. 1977)
* 1910 – James Henry Govier, British artist (d. 1974)
* 1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
* 1910 – Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
* 1911 – Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist (d. 1985)
* 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)
* 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, British film director (d. 2002)
* 1916 – Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
* 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player (d. 2009)
* 1922 – Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)
* 1923 – Val Bettin, American voice actor
* 1924 – Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007)
* 1924 – Frank Worrell, Former West Indian cricketer (d. 1967)
* 1925 – Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000)
* 1926 – Theo Adam, German bass-baritone
* 1929 – Ann Calvello, Roller Derby queen (d. 2006)
* 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)
* 1930 – Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999)
* 1930 – Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (d. 1991)
* 1931 – Trevor Goddard, Former South African cricketer
* 1932 – Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)
* 1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
* 1933 – Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-born actor and comedian
* 1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
* 1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (d. 2007)
* 1934 – John Beck, Former New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
* 1935 – Geoff Pullar, Former England cricketer
* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d. 2008)
* 1937 – Al D’Amato, United States Senator from New York
* 1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, Former Somerset cricketer and cricket international umpire
* 1940 – Ram Loevy, Israeli screenwriter and director
* 1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
* 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American musician (d. 1995)
* 1942 – André Gagnon, French Canadian pianist and composer
* 1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor
* 1945 – Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1945 – Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
* 1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
* 1946 – Boz Burrell, British musician (King Crimson, Bad Company) (d. 2006)
* 1947 – Chris L. Barnard, Welsh footballer
* 1947 – Dennis Zine, Los Angeles city councilman
* 1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan
* 1949 – Ray Nettles, professional football player (d. 2009)
* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor (d. 2009)
* 1950 – Bunkhouse Buck, American professional wrestler
* 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American musician (Deep Purple) (d. 1976)
* 1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player
* 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
* 1952 – Yajurvindra Singh, Former Indian cricketer
* 1953 – Robert Cray, American singer
* 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist
* 1954 – Benno Möhlmann, German footballer
* 1955 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (d. 2006)
* 1955 – Arun Lal, Former Indian cricketer
* 1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio personality
* 1958 – Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
* 1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier
* 1958 – Michael Penn, American singer and songwriter
* 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player
* 1959 – Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard)
* 1959 – Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician
* 1960 – Chuck D, American activist and rapper (Public Enemy)
* 1960 – Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic
* 1962 – Jacob Matlala, South African boxer
* 1962 – Jesse Borrego, American actor
* 1963 – Coolio, American rapper
* 1963 – Demián Bichir, Mexican actor
* 1963 – John Carroll Lynch, American actor
* 1963 – Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut
* 1963 – Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand Olympic synchronised swimmer
* 1963 – Dean Wareham, New Zealand musician (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta)
* 1964 – Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows)
* 1965 – Sam Mendes, British stage and film director
* 1966 – James St. James, American author and nightlife personality
* 1967 – Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player
* 1968 – Dan Donegan, American musician (Disturbed)
* 1968 – Stacey Augmon, American basketball player
* 1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
* 1969 – Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player
* 1969 – David Wain, American actor
* 1969 – Graham Thorpe, Former England cricketer
* 1970 – David James, English footballer
* 1972 – Devon Hughes, American professional wrestler
* 1972 – Nicke Royale, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
* 1972 – Tanya Reid, Canadian actress
* 1973 – Gregg Berhalter, American footballer
* 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
* 1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian athlete
* 1973 – Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
* 1973 – Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
* 1974 – Beckie Scott, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete
* 1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
* 1976 – Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
* 1976 – Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
* 1976 – Cristian Stoica, Romanian-born Italian rugby player
* 1977 – Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1977 – Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author
* 1977 – Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese professional wrestler and boxer
* 1978 – Dhani Harrison, English musician
* 1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
* 1978 – Andy Blignaut, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1979 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
* 1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor
* 1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh-born actress
* 1980 – Mancini, Brazilian footballer
* 1981 – Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
* 1981 – Ashley Parker Angel, North American singer and actor
* 1982 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
* 1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
* 1984 – Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
* 1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
* 1984 – Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
* 1985 – Adam Jones (baseball), American baseball player
* 1986 – Andrew Taylor, English footballer
* 1986 – Anton Stralman, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
* 1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
* 1987 – Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress
* 1989 – Tiffany Hwang, Korean-American singer
* 1989 – Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
* 1990 – Jack O’Connell, English actor (Skins)
* 1999 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1
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