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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for August 23

Discover all
the world-renowned actors, singers, athletes,
political leaders, and other celebrities who
share a half birthday on this day. (Source:
Wikipedia) And
hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family &
friends and mark your calendar with alerts at
least a week before so you can plan!
- 1417 – Pope Paul
II (d.
1471)
- 1443 – Matthias
Corvinus, Hungarian king (d. 1490)
- 1583 – Jean-Baptiste
Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and
astronomer (d. 1656)
- 1633 – Samuel
Pepys, English administrator and politician
(d. 1703)
- 1646 – Tokugawa
Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
- 1648 – Arabella
Churchill, English mistress of James II of
England (d.
1730)
- 1664 – Georg
Dietrich Leyding, German composer and
organist (d. 1710)
- 1680 – Jean-Baptiste
Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian
politician (d. 1767)
- 1685 – George
Frideric Handel, German-English composer (d.
1759)
- 1723 – Richard
Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)
- 1729 – Josiah
Hornblower, English-American engineer and
politician (d. 1809)
- 1744 – Mayer
Amschel Rothschild, German banker (d. 1812)
- 1752 – Simon
Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (d. 1819)
- 1809 – William
Sprague, American minister and politician
(d. 1868)
- 1840 – Carl Menger,
Austrian economist (d. 1921)
- 1840 – Frederick
Wicks, English author and inventor (d. 1910)
- 1842 – Karl Robert
Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d.
1906)
- 1850 – César Ritz,
Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz
London Hotel and Hôtel Ritz
Paris (d.
1918)
- 1852 – Dục Đức,
Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
- 1868 – W. E. B. Du
Bois, American sociologist, historian, and
activist (d. 1963)
- 1868 – Anna
Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish actress and
director (d. 1947)
- 1873 – Liang
Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)
- 1874 – Konstantin
Päts, Estonian politician, 1st President
of Estonia (d.
1956)
- 1877 – Frederic L.
Paxson, American historian (d. 1948)
- 1878 – Kazimir
Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (d.
1935)
- 1882 – Max Hainle,
German swimmer (d. 1961)
- 1883 – Karl
Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969)
- 1886 – Antonio
Alice, Argentine painter (d. 1943)
- 1889 – Musidora,
French actress and director (d. 1957)
- 1889 – Victor
Fleming, American director, cinematographer,
and producer (d. 1949)
- 1889 – John
Gilbert Winant, American politician, 60th Governor of
New Hampshire (d.
1947)
- 1891 – Harold
Horder, Australian rugby player (d. 1978)
- 1892 – Kathleen
Harrison, English character actress (d.
1995)
- 1896 – J. N.
Arumugam, Ceylon Tamil civil servant
- 1899 – Erich
Kästner, German author and poet (d. 1974)
- 1899 – Norman
Taurog, American director and screenwriter
(d. 1981)
- 1901 – Edgar Ende,
German painter (d. 1965)
- 1904 – Terence
Fisher, English director (d. 1980)
- 1904 – William L.
Shirer, American journalist and historian
(d. 1993)
- 1904 – Leopold
Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982)
- 1908 – William
McMahon, Australian politician, 20th Prime
Minister of Australia (d.
1988)
- 1914 – Theofiel
Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Jon Hall,
American actor (d. 1979)
- 1915 – Paul
Tibbets, American general and pilot (d.
2007)
- 1918 – Richard
Girnt Butler, American engineer, founded the Aryan
Nations (d.
2004)
- 1919 – William
McLean Hamilton, Canadian politician (d.
1989)
- 1920 – Paul
Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1923 – Miljenko
Smoje, Croatian journalist (d. 1995)
- 1923 – Rafael
Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and
politician, President
of Uruguay
- 1923 – Yannis
Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime
Minister of Greece
- 1923 – Mary
Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991)
- 1924 – Allan
McLeod Cormack, South-African-American
physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1998)
- 1924 – Claude
Sautet, French director and author (d. 2000)
- 1926 – Merv Hunter,
Australian politician (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Régine
Crespin, French soprano (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Hans
Herrmann, German race car driver
- 1928 – Vasily
Lazarev, Russian astronaut (d. 1990)
- 1929 – Jaan
Einasto, Estonian astro physicist
- 1929 – Elston
Howard, American baseball player (d. 1980)
- 1929 – Alexy II of
Moscow, Estonian-Russian patriarch (d. 2008)
- 1931 – Tom
Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor
(d. 2004)
- 1932 – Majel
Barrett, American actress and producer (d.
2008)
- 1933 – Donna J.
Stone, American poet (d. 1994)
- 1935 – Gerrianne
Raphael, American actress
- 1937 – Tom Osborne,
American football player, coach, and politician
- 1938 – Paul
Morrissey, American film director
- 1938 – Diane Varsi,
American actress (d. 1992)
- 1940 – Peter Fonda,
American actor
- 1940 – Jackie
Smith, American football player
- 1941 – Ron Hunt,
American baseball player
- 1943 – Fred
Biletnikoff, American football player and
coach
- 1943 – Harry
Pilling, English cricketer (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Bernard
Cornwell, English author
- 1944 – John
Sandford, American author
- 1944 – Johnny
Winter, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer
- 1945 – Allan
Boesak, South African cleric, politician,
and activist
- 1946 – Rusty Young,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
- 1947 – Pia
Kjćrsgaard, Danish politician
- 1947 – John
McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)
- 1948 – Doug Moench,
American author
- 1948 – Steve
Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass
player (Sweet)
- 1949 – Marc
Garneau, Canadian astronaut, engineer, and
politician
- 1950 – Maxi,
Irish singer, actor, and radio host
- 1951 – Ed Jones,
American football player
- 1951 – Patricia
Richardson, American actress
- 1952 – Brad
Whitford, American guitarist (Aerosmith and The Joe
Perry Project)
- 1953 – Kenny Bee,
Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
(The Wynners)
- 1953 – Satoru
Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
- 1954 – Rajini
Thiranagama, Sri Lankan Tamil physician and
academic (d. 1989)
- 1954 – Viktor
Yushchenko, Ukrainian politician, 3rd President
of Ukraine
- 1955 – Tom Bodett,
American voice actor, radio host, and author
- 1955 – Howard
Jones, English singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Flip
Saunders, American basketball player and
coach
- 1957 – Ria
Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
(d. 2009)
- 1957 – Viktor
Markin, Russian runner
- 1958 – David
Sylvian, English singer-songwriter (Japan and Nine Horses)
- 1959 – Clayton
Anderson, American astronaut and engineer
- 1959 – Richard
Dodds, English field hockey player
- 1960 – Alan
Griffin, Australian politician
- 1960 – Crown
Prince Naruhito of
Japan
- 1960 – Ivan Vdović,
Yugoslavian drummer (Suncokret, Šarlo
Akrobata, Supernaut,
and Ekatarina
Velika) (d. 1992)
- 1962 – Michael
Wilton, American guitarist (Queensr˙che and Soulbender)
- 1963 – Bobby
Bonilla, American baseball player
- 1963 – Radosław
Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician,
11th Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Poland
- 1964 – David E.
Clemmer, American chemist
- 1964 – John Norum,
Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Europe)
- 1965 – Michael
Dell, American businessman, founded Dell
- 1965 – Ashok Kamte,
Indian police officer (d. 2008)
- 1965 – Helena
Suková, Czech tennis player
- 1966 – Mark
Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship)
(d. 2012)
- 1966 – Neal
McDonough, American actor
- 1967 – Hélčne
Darroze, French chef
- 1967 – Tamsin
Greig, English actress
- 1967 – Chris
Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and
producer (Nine Inch
Nails, Tweaker, Die Warzau,
and Exotic
Birds)
- 1968 – Justin Bell,
English race car driver
- 1969 – Michael
Campbell, New Zealand golfer
- 1969 – Daymond
John, American fashion designer, founded FUBU
- 1969 – Marc
Wauters, Belgian cyclist
- 1970 – Marie-Josée
Croze, Canadian actress
- 1970 – Niecy Nash,
American actress
- 1971 – Jung Chan,
South Korean actor
- 1971 – Risto
Kallaste, Estonian footballer
- 1971 – Arvo Kraam,
Estonian footballer
- 1971 – Don Maxwell,
Canadian cricketer
- 1971 – Melinda
Messenger, English model and television host
- 1971 – Joe-Max
Moore, American soccer player
- 1972 – Steve Holy,
American singer
- 1972 – Alessandro
Sturba, Italian footballer
- 1972 – Rondell
White, American baseball player
- 1973 – Lars-Olof
Johansson, Swedish guitarist (The
Cardigans)
- 1973 – Peng Weijun,
Chinese soccer player
- 1973 – Jason_Boyd_(baseball),
American baseball player
- 1973 – Jeff
Nordgaard, American/Polish basketball player
- 1973 – Arnold
Dwarika, Trinidadian soccer player
- 1973 – Tatyana
Gracheva, Russian volleyball player
- 1973 – Brad Young,
Australian cricket player
- 1974 – Leko,
American DJ and producer
- 1974 – Herschelle
Gibbs, South African cricketer
- 1975 – Michael
Cornacchia, American actor
- 1975 – Robert
Lopez, American composer
- 1975 – Maryse
Turcotte, Canadian weightlifter
- 1975 – Natalia
Verbeke, Argentinian actress
- 1976 – Scott
Elarton, American baseball player
- 1976 – Kelly
Macdonald, Scottish actress
- 1976 – Jeff
O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Satoshi
Yoneyama, Japanese wrestler
- 1976 – Irina
Zahharenkova, Estonian pianist
- 1977 – Kristina
Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
- 1978 – Residente,
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Calle 13)
- 1978 – Dan Snyder,
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
- 1979 – Sascha
Zacharias, Swedish actress
- 1979 – S. E. Cupp,
American author and talk show host
- 1981 – Gareth
Barry, English footballer
- 1981 – Mai
Nakahara, Japanese voice actress
- 1981 – Charles
Tillman, American football player
- 1981 – Dylan Ryder,
American pornographic actress
- 1982 – Karan Singh
Grover, Indian actor
- 1982 – Adam
Hann-Byrd, American actor
- 1982 – Malia
Metella, French swimmer
- 1983 – Mido,
Egyptian footballer
- 1983 – Aziz Ansari,
American comedian and actor
- 1983 – Mirco
Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
- 1983 – Emily Blunt,
English actress
- 1983 – Courtney
Culkin, American model
- 1986 – Emerson da
Conceiçăo, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Skylar Grey,
American singer-songwriter
- 1986 – Kazuya
Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and
actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to
Akira)
- 1986 – Boipelo
Makhothi, Lesotho swimmer
- 1986 – Jerod Mayo,
American football player
- 1986 – Ola
Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1988 – Nicolás
Gaitán, Argentinian footballer
- 1989 – Evan Bates,
American ice dancer
- 1989 – Amara Baby,
French footballer
- 1990 – Kevin
Cheung, Mauritian swimmer
- 1992 – Kyriakos
Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1993 – Kasumi
Ishikawa, Japanese table tennis player
- 1994 – Dakota
Fanning, American actress
- 1995 – Andrew
Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
- 2012 – Princess
Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
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