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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for August 24

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!
- 1103 – Emperor
Toba of
Japan (d. 1156)
- 1304 – Ibn Battuta,
Moroccan explorer (d. 1368)
- 1463 – Giovanni
Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
(d. 1494)
- 1500 – Charles V,
Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1558)
- 1545 – John of
Austria, son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
(d. 1578)
- 1557 – Matthias,
Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1619)
- 1595 – Maciej
Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet
(d. 1640)
- 1597 – Vincent
Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
- 1619 – Charles Le
Brun, French painter (d. 1690)
- 1622 – Johannes
Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher
(d. 1665)
- 1664 – Thomas
Newcomen, English engineer (d.1729)
- 1684 – Matthias
Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
- 1693 – James Quin,
English actor (d. 1766)
- 1709 – Jacques de
Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
- 1723 – John
Burgoyne, English general (d. 1792)
- 1762 – Charles
Frederick Horn, German-English composer and
educator (d. 1830)
- 1767 – Buddha
Loetla Nabhalai, Thai king (d. 1824)
- 1774 – Prince
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d.
1850)
- 1786 – Martin W.
Bates, American lawyer and politician (d.
1869)
- 1786 – Wilhelm
Grimm, German philologist (d. 1859)
- 1810 – Matías
Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (d. 1885)
- 1831 – Leo von
Caprivi, German politician, Chancellor
of Germany (d.
1899)
- 1835 – Julius
Vogel, New Zealand politician, 8th Prime
Minister of New Zealand (d.
1899)
- 1836 – Winslow
Homer, American painter (d. 1910)
- 1837 – Rosalía de
Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
- 1842 – Arrigo
Boito, Italian journalist, author, and
composer (d. 1918)
- 1846 – Luigi Denza,
Italian composer (d. 1922)
- 1848 – Andrew
Inglis Clark, Australian politician (d.
1907)
- 1852 – George A.
Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright
(d. 1933)
- 1866 – Pyotr
Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d.
1912)
- 1866 – Hubert Van
Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961)
- 1868 – Édouard
Alphonse James de Rothschild, French
financier and polo player (d. 1949)
- 1872 – John Arthur
Jarvis, English swimmer (d. 1933)
- 1872 – Gustave
Sandras, French gymnast (d. 1951)
- 1874 – Honus
Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
- 1877 – Rudolph
Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor, and composer
(d. 1972)
- 1877 – Ettie Annie
Rout, Australian-New Zealand activist (d.
1936)
- 1885 – Charles
Daniels, American swimmer (d. 1973)
- 1885 – Chester
Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
- 1885 – Stanisław
Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and
painter (d. 1939)
- 1890 – Marjorie
Main, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1896 – Richard
Thorpe, American director (d. 1991)
- 1898 – Kurt Tank,
German engineer and pilot (d. 1983)
- 1903 – Vladimir
Bartol, Slovene author (d. 1967)
- 1908 – Telford
Taylor, American lawyer (d. 1998)
- 1909 – August
Derleth, American anthologist and author (d.
1971)
- 1909 – Riccardo
Freda, Egyptian-Italian director (d. 1999)
- 1911 – Eduardo
Vañó Pastor, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1993)
- 1912 – Jiří Trnka,
Czech puppet maker, animator, and director (d.
1969)
- 1914 – Ralph
Erskine, English architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d.
2005)
- 1914 – Weldon Kees,
American poet, author, painter, and pianist (d.
1955)
- 1914 – Zachary
Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
- 1919 – Árpád
Bogsch, Hungarian-American civil servant (d.
2004)
- 1919 – Nellie
Connally, Wife of Texas Governor John
Connally
- 1919 – Betty
Marsden, English actress (d. 1998)
- 1920 – Ernst Reiss,
Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010)
- 1921 – Gaston
Reiff, Belgian runner (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Abe Vigoda,
American actor
- 1921 – Douglass
Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Richard
Hamilton, English painter (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Steven Hill,
American actor
- 1922 – Esperanza
Magaz, Cuban-Venezuelan actress (d. 2013)
- 1923 – David Soyer,
American cellist (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Erik
Nielsen, Canadian politician, 3rd Deputy
Prime Minister of Canada (d.
2008)
- 1925 – Bud Day,
American pilot and colonel, Medal of
Honor recipient
(d. 2013)
- 1926 – Jean
Alexander, English actress
- 1926 – John
Gunther Dean, German-American diplomat
- 1926 – Balys
Gajauskas, Lithuanian politician
- 1927 – Emmanuelle
Riva, French actress
- 1928 – Barbara
Lawrence, American actress
- 1929 – Kintaro
Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Ludwig
Zausinger, German footballer (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Barbara
Lawrence, American actress and singer (d.
2013)
- 1931 – Dominic
Chianese, American actor
- 1932 – Michel
Legrand, French pianist, composer, and
conductor
- 1932 – Zell Miller,
American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of
Georgia
- 1932 – John Vernon,
Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
- 1933 – Judah
Folkman, American scientist (d. 2008)
- 1933 – David
"Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist (d.
2009)
- 1934 – Bettino
Craxi, Italian politician, 45th Prime
Minister of Italy (d.
2000)
- 1934 – Linda
Cristal, Argentinian-American actress
- 1934 – Renata
Scotto, Italian soprano and director
- 1938 – James
Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Phil Knight,
American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc.
- 1938 – Kathleen
Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow
- 1939 – Jamal
Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and
cosmologist (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Joy
Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (d.
2012)
- 1940 – Pete Duel,
American actor (d. 1971)
- 1940 – Denis Law,
Scottish footballer
- 1940 – Ludwig
Leitner, German skier (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Nicolae
Martinescu, Romanian wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Joanie
Sommers, American singer and actress
- 1942 – Colin Bond,
Australian race car driver
- 1942 – Paul Jones,
English singer, harmonica player, and actor (Manfred
Mann, The Blues
Band, and The
Manfreds)
- 1942 – Joe
Lieberman, American politician
- 1942 – Gayatri
Chakravorty Spivak, Indian theorist and
philosopher
- 1943 – Kent Haruf,
American author
- 1943 – Pablo
Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1943 – Hristo
Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (d. 1984)
- 1943 – Terry Semel,
American businessman
- 1944 – Nicky
Hopkins, English pianist (All-Stars, Screaming
Lord Sutch and the Savages, and Quicksilver
Messenger Service) (d. 1994)
- 1945 – Steve
Berrios, American drummer (d. 2013)
- 1945 – Barry
Bostwick, American actor
- 1946 – Grigory
Margulis, Russian mathematician
- 1946 – John
Stapleton, English journalist
- 1947 – Mike
Fratello, American basketball coach and
sportscaster
- 1947 – Rupert
Holmes, English singer-songwriter and
playwright
- 1947 – Edward
James Olmos, American actor and director
- 1948 – Jayalalithaa,
Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu
- 1948 – François
Lacombe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948 – Walter
Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1948 – Tim
Staffell, English singer and guitarist (Smile, Humpy Bong,
and Morgan)
- 1948 – Dennis
Waterman, English actor and singer
- 1950 – George
Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1950 – Steve
McCurry, American photographer and
journalist
- 1951 – Tony
Holiday, German singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
- 1951 – Debra Jo
Rupp, American actress
- 1951 – Helen
Shaver, Canadian actress and director
- 1954 – Plastic
Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and
producer
- 1954 – Sid Meier,
Canadian-American game designer and programmer,
created the Civilization
series
- 1955 – Steve Jobs,
American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d.
2011)
- 1955 – Eddie L.
Johnson, American basketball player
- 1955 – Alain Prost,
French race car driver
- 1956 – Judith
Butler, American philosopher
- 1956 – Eddie
Murray, American baseball player
- 1956 – Peter Pagel,
German footballer (d. 2010)
- 1956 – Paula Zahn,
American journalist
- 1956 – Sharon Kane,
American bondage model and pornographic actress
- 1958 – Sammy
Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1958 – Mark Moses,
American actor
- 1959 – Beth
Broderick, American actress
- 1960 – Nick Esasky,
American baseball player
- 1962 – Outi
Mäenpää, Finnish actress
- 1962 – Michelle
Shocked, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1962 – Teri Weigel,
American porn actress
- 1963 – Line
Beauchamp, Canadian politician
- 1963 – Prince
Carlo, Duke of Castro
- 1963 – Dirk
Greiser, German footballer
- 1963 – Mike Vernon,
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 – Andy Crane,
English radio and television host
- 1964 – Todd Field,
American actor and director
- 1964 – Russell
Ingall, Australian race car driver
- 1965 – Kristin
Davis, American actress
- 1965 – Lloyd
McGrath, English footballer
- 1965 – Jane Swift,
American politician, 69th Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts
- 1966 – René Arocha,
Cuban baseball player
- 1966 – Ben Miller,
English comedian, actor, and director
- 1966 – Billy Zane,
American actor and producer
- 1967 – Brian
Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1967 – Fernando
Tejero, Spanish actor
- 1968 – Mitch
Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d.
2005)
- 1970 – Jeff Garcia,
American football player
- 1970 – Kienast
quintuplets, American quintuplets
- 1970 – Jonathan
Ward, American actor
- 1970 – Neil
Sullivan, English-born Scottish footballer
- 1971 – Josh
Bernstein, American explorer, author, and
television host
- 1971 – Pedro de la
Rosa, Spanish race car driver
- 1971 – Thomas
Franck, German footballer
- 1971 – Brian
Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Manon
Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Richard
Clapp, Canadian baseball player
- 1973 – Chris Fehn,
American drummer (Slipknot and Will Haven)
- 1973 – Alexei
Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Christína
Papadáki, Greek tennis player
- 1973 – Yordan
Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast
- 1974 – Chad Hugo,
American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
(N*E*R*D)
- 1974 – Mike Lowell,
Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1974 – Bonnie
Somerville, American actress and singer
- 1975 – Ashley
MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and
fiddler
- 1976 – Marco
Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
- 1976 – Crista
Flanagan, American actress
- 1976 – Eric
Griffin, American guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday
13)
- 1976 – Zach
Johnson, American golfer
- 1976 – Bradley
McGee, Australian cyclist
- 1976 – Matt Skiba,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alkaline
Trio and Heavens)
- 1977 – Jason
Akermanis, Australian footballer
- 1977 – Bronson
Arroyo, American baseball player
- 1977 – Jay Kenneth
Johnson, American actor
- 1977 – Floyd
Mayweather Jr, American boxer
- 1978 – Shinya,
Japanese drummer and songwriter (Dir en grey)
- 1978 – John Nolan,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Straylight
Run and Taking Back
Sunday)
- 1978 – Gary,
South Korean singer and rapper (Leessang)
- 1978 – DeWayne
Wise, American baseball player
- 1978 – Leon
Constantine, English footballer
- 1979 – Jesse
Billauer, American surfer
- 1979 – Claire
Cooper, English actress
- 1979 – Vitor
Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1980 – Anton
Maiden, Swedish singer (d. 2003)
- 1980 – Shinsuke
Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed
martial artist
- 1980 – Roman
Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
- 1981 – Lleyton
Hewitt, Australian tennis player
- 1981 – Mauro
Rosales, Argentinian footballer
- 1981 – Mohammad
Sami, Pakistani cricketer
- 1982 – Nick
Blackburn, American baseball player
- 1982 – Fala Chen,
Chinese-American model and actress
- 1982 – Kevin
O'Neill, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982 – Emanuel
Villa, Argentinian footballer
- 1982 – Klára
Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
- 1983 – Matt
McGinley, American drummer (Gym Class
Heroes and Kill The
Front Man)
- 1983 – Ingemar
Teever, Estonian footballer
- 1984 – Pieter
Dirkx, Belgian director, screenwriter and
painter
- 1984 – Sterling
James Keenan, American wrestler
- 1984 – Clivio
Piccione, Monegasque race car driver
- 1984 – Marina
Timofeieva, Estonian ice dancer
- 1986 – Bryce
Papenbrook, American kick-boxer and voice
actor
- 1986 – Wojtek
Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Mayuko
Iwasa, Japanese model and actress
- 1987 – Chieko
Kawabe, Japanese singer and actress
- 1987 – Kim
Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and
actor (SS501)
- 1988 – Emma Hayman,
New Zealand tennis player
- 1989 – Trace Cyrus,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metro
Station)
- 1989 – Gabriella
Fox, American porn actress
- 1989 – Kosta
Koufos, American basketball player
- 1990 – Stefan
Müller, German footballer
- 1991 – Madison
Hubbell, American ice dancer
- 1994 – Earl
Sweatshirt, American rapper (Odd Future)
- 2001 – Ramona
Marquez, English Child Actress
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