Baby Names Book Famous August Birthdays
Famous August Birthdays |
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Does your birthday fall on August 1? So do the birthdays of golfer Nancy Lopez and The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia? Those born on the last day of the month share it with pop star Debbie Gibson and nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford. Check out more famous August-born folks... maybe one of them will inspire your next baby name!
 August 1
Nancy Lopez (1957): American professional golfer, winner of three major championships Jerry Garcia (1942): singer and guitarist of the Grateful Dead August 2 Mary-Louise Parker (1964): actress best known as the dope-dealing soccer mom on Weeds Carroll O’Connor (1924): will always be remembered as TV’s bigoted Archie Bunker August 3 Martha Stewart (1941): America’s best-known domestic diva Elisha Otis (1811): American inventor created and demonstrated the first modern elevator at the World’s Fair at New York’s Crystal Palace August 4 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900): queen mother of Queen Elizabeth II; queen consort of King George VI (1936-1952) Barack Obama (1961): 44th President of the United States August 5 Maureen McCormick (1956): TV actress who portrayed Marcia on The Brady Bunch Neil Armstrong (1930): first astronaut on the moon More astronaut and space-inspired baby names
Lucille Ball (1911): beloved red-haired comedienne and star of I Love Lucy Andy Warhol (1928): influential Pennsylvania-born pop artist; most expensive painting sold for $100 million August 7 Mata Hari (1976): exotic dancer from Holland executed as a WWI spy Don Larsen (1929): only professional baseball player to throw a perfect game in the World Series August 8 Esther Williams (1921): champion swimmer and movie star; swam with Johnny Weissmuller Dustin Hofmann (1937): versatile actor of The Graduate and Tootsie fame August 9 Whitney Houston (1963): most awarded female musician; was married to Bobby Brown Deion Sanders (1967): the only athlete to in both the Super Bowl and the World Series August 10 Devon Aoki (1982): Japanese-American model and actress; daughter of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki Herbert Hoover (1874): 31st President of the United States
Helen Broderick (1891): Ziegfield girl turned comedic actress Jerry Falwell (1933): conservative TV reverend founded Thomas Road Baptist Church August 12 Jane Wyatt (1910): actress best-remembered as Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best Cecil B. DeMille (1881): famed director of The Ten Commandments August 13 Debi Mazar (1964): portrays Shauna Roberts on HBO’s Entourage Alfred Hitchcock (1889): brilliant film director of Psycho, Rear Window and The Birds August 14 Halle Berry (1966): critically acclaimed actress, won Best Actress for Monster’s Ball Tim Tebow (1987): standout NFL quarterback; led Florida University to two national championships August 15 Julia Child (1912): famous French chef and host of TV cooking shows Napoleon Bonaparte (1769): French general and emperor from 1804 to 1815
Madonna (1958): top-selling pop star and mother of image reinvention Menachem Begin (1913): prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983 August 17 Mae West (1892): vaudeville actress turned movie vamp, coined the phrase “Come up and see me sometime.” Davy Crockett (1786): “King of the Wild Frontier,” died at the Alamo August 18 Shelley Winters (1920): Lolita actress won Oscars for A Patch of Blue and The Diary of Anne Frank Roberto Clemente (1934): talented baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates; won 12 Golden Gloves and named NL MVP in 1966 August 19 Kyra Sedgwick (1965): star of TV’s The Closer; married to Kevin Bacon Malcolm Forbes (1919): multimillionaire publisher of Forbes magazine August 20 Connie Chung (1946): TV journalist for CBS, CNN and NBC; married to talk show host Maury Povich Benjamin Harrison (1833): the 23rd President of the United States
Hayden Panettiere (1989): actress best known for her roles in Remember the Titans, Scream 4, One Life to Life and Heroes
Usain Bolt (1986): Jamaican-born runner and Olympic gold medalist; the fastest man in the world August 22 Kristen Wiig (1973): star of Saturday Night Live and Bridesmaids Norman Schwarzkopf (1934): U.S. Army commander during the Gulf War August 23 Shelley Long (1949): TV and movie actress, portrayed Diane Chambers on Cheers River Phoenix (1970): talented movie actor of Stand By Me fame; died of drug overdose at age 23 August 24 Marlee Matlin (1965): deaf actress, won an Oscar for Children of a Lesser God Cal Ripkin, Jr. (1960): shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles in 2,632 consecutive games over 21 years August 25 Rachael Ray (1968): bubbly host of TV cooking shows on the Food Network Sean Connery (1930): Scottish actor, the original (and best) James Bond
Geraldine Ferraro (1935): first female candidate for U.S. vice president (1984) Branford Marsalis (1960): jazz saxophone player and bandleader on the Tonight Show August 27 Tuesday Weld (1943): teen movie star and model; had a brief affair with Elvis Presley Lyndon B. Johnson (1908): the 36th President of the United States August 28 Shania Twain (1965): Canadian-born country music hottie Leo Tolstoy (1828): Russian author of War and Peace August 29 Lea Michele (1986): portrays Rachel Berry on the pop-culture phenom Glee; real surname is Sarfati Robin Leach (1941): British host of TV’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous August 30 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797): author of Frankenstein; wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley Jean Claude Killy (1943): French alpine skier; won three Gold medals at the 1968 Olympic Games August 31 Debbie Gibson (1970): beloved teen pop star of the 1980s; now a Broadway actress and composer Ernest Rutherford (1871): nuclear physicist; discovered the positive charge in the nucleus of an atom Baby names inspired by pop culture More baby name inspirationFamous June baby names More From SheKnows ExplorerComments (0)
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