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Happy Birthday To:
* 1601 – Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
* 1624 – Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
* 1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (d. c. 1712)
* 1760 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
* 1764 – Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
* 1771 – Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
* 1773 – Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
* 1779 – James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
* 1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
* 1811 – William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
* 1822 – Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847)
* 1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906)
* 1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (d. 1906)
* 1836 – Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
* 1845 – William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
* 1848 – Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
* 1854 – Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
* 1857 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
* 1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (d. 1940)
* 1860 – Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 1917)
* 1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
* 1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
* 1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
* 1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
* 1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
* 1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
* 1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (d. 1977)
* 1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian/American sculptor (d. 1973)
* 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967)
* 1893 – Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
* 1895 – Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (d. 1966)
* 1900 – Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
* 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
* 1902 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
* 1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Premier of the People’s Republic of China (d. 1997)
* 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
* 1908 – Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
* 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
* 1909 – Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
* 1909 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
* 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
* 1915 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
* 1915 – James Hillier, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. 2007)
* 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish Prime Minister (d. 2005)
* 1917 – John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
* 1918 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
* 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American writer
* 1920 – Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
* 1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
* 1922 – Micheline Presle, French actress
* 1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress
* 1925 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
* 1928 – Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
* 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
* 1930 – Gilmar, Brazilian football player
* 1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
* 1934 – Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone
* 1935 – E. Annie Proulx, American author
* 1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
* 1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer
* 1938 – Paul Maguire, American football commentator
* 1939 – George Reinholt, American actor
* 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
* 1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress
* 1940 – Bill McCartney, American football coach
* 1941 – Bill Parcells, American football coach
* 1941 – Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist
* 1942 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
* 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
* 1945 – Ron Dante, American songwriter and record producer (The Archies)
* 1945 – Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
* 1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress
* 1947 – Donna Godchaux, singer
* 1948 – Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
* 1949 – Diana Nyad, American swimmer
* 1949 – Doug Bair, baseball player
* 1949 – Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer
* 1950 – Ray Burris, baseball player
* 1950 – I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, White House Chief of Staff
* 1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
* 1952 – Peter Laughner, American musician (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
* 1953 – Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
* 1955 – Will Shetterly, writer
* 1955 – Chiranjeevi, Telugu films Indian film actor
* 1956 – Paul Molitor, baseball player
* 1957 – Steve Davis, English snooker player
* 1958 – Colm Feore, American actor
* 1958 – Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
* 1958 – Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
* 1959 – Juan Croucier, American musician
* 1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
* 1961 – Andres Calamaro, Argentine musician
* 1961 – Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears)
* 1961 – Debbi Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
* 1963 – Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter
* 1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player
* 1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
* 1965 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor
* 1965 – Courtney Gains, American actor
* 1965 – Chen Liping, Singaporean actress
* 1966 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
* 1966 – GZA, American rapper
* 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
* 1967 – Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
* 1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
* 1967 – Ant, American comedian
* 1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor
* 1967 – Alfred Gough, American screenwriter
* 1967 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986)
* 1968 – Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys)
* 1968 – Casper Christensen, Danish comedian
* 1968 – Rich Lowry, American magazine editor
* 1968 – Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer
* 1968 – Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
* 1970 – Charlie Connelly, English writer
* 1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian/American chef and television host
* 1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor
* 1971 – Rick Yune, American actor
* 1972 – Steve Kline, American baseball player
* 1972 – Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
* 1972 – Paul Doucette, American drummer (Matchbox 20)
* 1972 – Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
* 1973 – Kristen Wiig, American comedian (Saturday Night Live, Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, Despicable Me)
* 1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
* 1974 – Brimstone, American professional wrestler
* 1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentine rugby player
* 1974 – Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarist
* 1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
* 1975 – Sheree Murphy, British actress
* 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
* 1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
* 1977 – Jenna Leigh Green, American actress
* 1978 – Giannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
* 1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
* 1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, American actor
* 1979 – Matt Walters, American football player
* 1979 – Jennifer Finnigan, Canadian-born actress
* 1980 – Christi Shake, American model and actress
* 1980 – Roland Benschneider, German footballer
* 1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete
* 1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
* 1981 – Saito Takumi, Japanese actor and model
* 1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
* 1983 – Laura Breckenridge, American actress
* 1984 – Lee Camp, English footballer
* 1985 – Kether Donahue, American voice actress
* 1986 – Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
* 1987 – Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
* 1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
* 1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian hockey player
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_22
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