People born on August 23 204
Jo Gwang-jo
b. 1482 – d. 1520
Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
Sigismund von Herberstein
b. 1486 – d. 1566
Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)
Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal
b. 1498 – d. 1500
Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. 1500)
François Hotman
b. 1524 – d. 1590
François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)
Thomas Dempster
b. 1579 – d. 1625
Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
Stanisław Lubieniecki
b. 1623 – d. 1675
Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
Henry Every
b. 1659 – d. 1696
Henry Every, English pirate (d. 1696)
Abraham Yates Jr.
b. 1724 – d. 1796
Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
b. 1741 – d. 1788
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
Louis XVI of France
b. 1754 – d. 1793
Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
Georges Cuvier
b. 1769 – d. 1832
Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (d. 1832)
William Tierney Clark
b. 1783 – d. 1852
William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
Oliver Hazard Perry
b. 1785 – d. 1819
Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
Anton von Schmerling
b. 1805 – d. 1893
Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
James Roosevelt Bayley
b. 1814 – d. 1877
James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
Moritz Cantor
b. 1829 – d. 1920
Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
William Southam
b. 1843 – d. 1932
William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
Alexander Milne Calder
b. 1846 – d. 1923
Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
Sarah Frances Whiting
b. 1847 – d. 1927
Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
William Ernest Henley
b. 1849 – d. 1903
William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)
John Cockburn (Australian politician)
b. 1850 – d. 1929
John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)
Radha Gobinda Kar
b. 1852 – d. 1918
Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)
Clímaco Calderón
b. 1852 – d. 1913
Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)
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Arnold Toynbee
b. 1852 – d. 1883
Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)
Moritz Moszkowski
b. 1854 – d. 1925
Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
Eleftherios Venizelos
b. 1864 – d. 1936
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
Edgar de Wahl
b. 1867 – d. 1948
Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
Edgar Lee Masters
b. 1868 – d. 1950
Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)
Tanguturi Prakasam
b. 1872 – d. 1957
Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)
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William Eccles
b. 1875 – d. 1966
William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)
Eugene Lanceray
b. 1875 – d. 1946
Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
István Medgyaszay
b. 1877 – d. 1959
István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
Alexander Grin
b. 1880 – d. 1932
Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)
b. 1883 – d. 1953
Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
Will Cuppy
b. 1884 – d. 1949
Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)
Ogden L. Mills
b. 1884 – d. 1937
Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
Harry Frank Guggenheim
b. 1890 – d. 1971
Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)
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Roy Agnew
b. 1891 – d. 1944
Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
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John Auden
b. 1894 – d. 1959
John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)
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Henry F. Pringle
b. 1897 – d. 1958
Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
Frances Adaskin
b. 1900 – d. 2001
Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001)
Ernst Krenek
b. 1900 – d. 1991
Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)
Malvina Reynolds
b. 1900 – d. 1978
Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)
Guy Bush
b. 1901 – d. 1985
Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
John Sherman Cooper
b. 1901 – d. 1991
John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)
William Primrose
b. 1903 – d. 1982
William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)
Ernie Bushmiller
b. 1905 – d. 1982
Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)
Constant Lambert
b. 1905 – d. 1951
Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
Zoltan Sarosy
b. 1906 – d. 2017
Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)
Hannah Frank
b. 1908 – d. 2008
Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)
Syd Buller
b. 1909 – d. 1970
Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
Lonny Frey
b. 1910 – d. 2009
Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)
Giuseppe Meazza
b. 1910 – d. 1979
Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
Gene Kelly
b. 1912 – d. 1996
Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
Igor Troubetzkoy
b. 1912 – d. 2008
Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (d. 2008)
Bob Crosby
b. 1913 – d. 1993
Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)
Tex Williams
b. 1917 – d. 1985
Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin
b. 1919 – d. 1984
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)
Kenneth Arrow
b. 1921 – d. 2017
Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
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Sam Cook
b. 1921 – d. 1996
Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
Nazik Al-Malaika
b. 1922 – d. 2007
Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)
Jean Darling
b. 1922 – d. 2015
Jean Darling, American actress (b. 1922)
George Kell
b. 1922 – d. 2009
George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
Edgar F. Codd
b. 1923 – d. 2003
Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist and programmer (d. 2003)
Ephraim Kishon
b. 1924 – d. 2005
Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)
Robert Solow
b. 1924
Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Robert Mulligan
b. 1925 – d. 2008
Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)
Clifford Geertz
b. 1926 – d. 2006
Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
Gyula Hernádi
b. 1926 – d. 2005
Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
Dick Bruna
b. 1927 – d. 2017
Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)
Allan Kaprow
b. 1927 – d. 2006
Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)
Martial Solal
b. 1927
Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer
Marian Seldes
b. 1928 – d. 2014
Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928)
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Vladimir Beekman
b. 1929 – d. 2009
Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
Zoltán Czibor
b. 1929 – d. 1997
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
Peter Thomson (golfer)
b. 1929
Peter Thomson, Australian golfer
Michel Rocard
b. 1930 – d. 2016
Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)
Barbara Eden
b. 1931
Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
Hamilton O. Smith
b. 1931
Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Houari Boumediene
b. 1932 – d. 1978
Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)
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Enos Nkala
b. 1932 – d. 2013
Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (d. 2013)
Mark Russell
b. 1932
Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist
Robert Curl
b. 1933
Robert Curl, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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Don Talbot
b. 1933
Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator
Pete Wilson
b. 1933
Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California
Sonny Jurgensen
b. 1934
Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster
Roy Strong
b. 1935
Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author
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Rudy Lewis
b. 1936 – d. 1964
Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (The Drifters) (d. 1964)
Henry Lee Lucas
b. 1936 – d. 2001
Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (d. 2001)
Giacomo Bini
b. 1938 – d. 2014
Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
Roger Greenaway
b. 1938
Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer
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Galen Rowell
b. 1940 – d. 2002
Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)
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Richard Sanders (actor)
b. 1940
Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
b. 1941
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
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Nancy Richey
b. 1942
Nancy Richey, American tennis player
Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours
b. 1943
Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
Nelson DeMille
b. 1943
Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
Peter Lilley
b. 1943
Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Pino Presti
b. 1943
Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
Antonia Novello
b. 1944
Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
Rayfield Wright
b. 1945
Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
Keith Moon
b. 1946 – d. 1978
Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
Willy Russell
b. 1947
Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
Linda Thompson (singer)
b. 1947
Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
Rowena Wallace
b. 1947
Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress
Atef Bseiso
b. 1948 – d. 1992
Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)
Andrei Pleșu
b. 1948
Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rudy Ruettiger
b. 1948
Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
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Lev Zeleny
b. 1948
Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
Vicky Leandros
b. 1949
Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
Shelley Long
b. 1949
Shelley Long, American actress
Rick Springfield
b. 1949
Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Allan Bristow
b. 1951
Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
Mark Hudson (musician)
b. 1951
Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer
Jimi Jamison
b. 1951 – d. 2014
Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (Survivor) (d. 2014)
Akhmad Kadyrov
b. 1951 – d. 2004
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
Queen Noor of Jordan
b. 1951
Queen Noor of Jordan
Santillana (footballer)
b. 1952
Santillana, Spanish footballer
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Georgios Paraschos
b. 1952
Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
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Bobby G
b. 1953
Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
Charles Busch
b. 1954
Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
Halimah Yacob
b. 1954
Halimah Yacob, Singapore unionist and potlician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
Andreas Floer
b. 1956 – d. 1991
Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
b. 1956
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
Tasos Mitropoulos
b. 1957
Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
Julio Franco
b. 1958
Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
Edwyn Collins
b. 1959
Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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George Kalovelonis
b. 1959
George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
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Rodney Greenblat
b. 1960
Rodney Greenblat, American painter and graphic designer
Gary Hoey
b. 1960
Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Dean DeLeo
b. 1961
Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter
Alexandre Desplat
b. 1961
Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
b. 1961
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
Gary Mabbutt
b. 1961
Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
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Hitomi Takahashi (actress)
b. 1961
Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress
Martin Cauchon
b. 1962
Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice
Shaun Ryder
b. 1962
Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
Park Chan-wook
b. 1963
Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
Richard Illingworth
b. 1963
Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
Kenny Wallace
b. 1963
Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
Roger Avary
b. 1965
Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
Rik Smits
b. 1966
Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
Jim Murphy
b. 1967
Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
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Richard Petrie
b. 1967
Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
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Laura Claycomb
b. 1968
Laura Claycomb, American soprano
Chris DiMarco
b. 1968
Chris DiMarco, American golfer
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Tinus Linee
b. 1969 – d. 2014
Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)
Jack Lopresti
b. 1969
Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
Jeremy Schaap
b. 1969
Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
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Keith Tyson
b. 1969
Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
Lawrence Frank
b. 1970
Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
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Jason Hetherington
b. 1970
Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
Jay Mohr
b. 1970
Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
River Phoenix
b. 1970 – d. 1993
River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
Demetrio Albertini
b. 1971
Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager
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Tim Gutberlet
b. 1971
Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
Mark Butcher
b. 1972
Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
Raul Casanova
b. 1972
Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Martin Grainger
b. 1972
Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
Manuel Vidrio
b. 1972
Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
Casey Blake
b. 1973
Casey Blake, American baseball player
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Kerry Walmsley
b. 1973
Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
Mark Bellhorn
b. 1974
Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
Benjamin Limo
b. 1974
Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
Konstantin Novoselov
b. 1974
Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Sean Marks
b. 1975
Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
Pat Garrity
b. 1976
Pat Garrity, American basketball player
Douglas Sequeira
b. 1977
Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
Kobe Bryant
b. 1978
Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman
Julian Casablancas
b. 1978
Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer
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Randal Tye Thomas
b. 1978 – d. 2014
Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
Andrew Rannells
b. 1978
Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
Jessica Bibby
b. 1979
Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
Saskia Clark
b. 1979
Saskia Clark, English sailor
Édgar Sosa (boxer)
b. 1979
Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
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Zuzana Váleková
b. 1979
Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
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Denny Bautista
b. 1980
Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
Rex Grossman
b. 1980
Rex Grossman, American football player
Nenad Vučković (handballer)
b. 1980
Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
Carlos Cuéllar
b. 1981
Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
Stephan Loboué
b. 1981
Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
Natalie Coughlin
b. 1982
Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
Scott Palguta
b. 1982
Scott Palguta, American soccer player
Cristian Tudor
b. 1982 – d. 2012
Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)
James Collins (footballer, born 1983)
b. 1983
James Collins, Welsh footballer
Athena Farrokhzad
b. 1983
Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
Sun Mingming
b. 1983
Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
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Tony Moll
b. 1983
Tony Moll, American football player
Bruno Spengler
b. 1983
Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
Glen Johnson (English footballer)
b. 1984
Glen Johnson, English footballer
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Eric Tai
b. 1984
Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor
Valeria Lukyanova
b. 1985
Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
Sky Blu (rapper)
b. 1986
Sky Blu, American rapper
Brett Morris
b. 1986
Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
Josh Morris (rugby)
b. 1986
Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player
Olga Govortsova
b. 1988
Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
Carl Hagelin
b. 1988
Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
Jeremy Lin
b. 1988
Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
Breanna Conrad
b. 1989
Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer
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Heiko Schwarz
b. 1989
Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
Seth Curry
b. 1990
Seth Curry, American basketball player
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Iván López Mendoza
b. 1993
Iván López Mendoza, Spanish professional footballer
Seo Hye-lin
b. 1993
Seo Hye-lin, South Korean girl group EXID member
Lil Yachty
b. 1997
Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer