Births on 1 August
2000s
Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i
2003
Australian rugby union & former Samoan international rugby league footballer
Alejandro Francés
2002
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Scottie Barnes
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Park Si-eun (entertainer)
2001
South Korean actress and singer (born 2001)
Ben Trbojevic
2001
Australian rugby league footballer
Kim Chaewon
2000
South Korean singer (born 2000)
1900s
Katie Boulter
1996
British tennis player (born 1996)
Madison Cawthorn
1995
American politician (born 1995)
Sergeal Petersen
1994
South African rugby union footballer
Ayaka Wada
1994
Musical artist
Álex Abrines
1993
Spanish basketball player (born 1993)
Leon Thomas
1993
American singer and songwriter (born 1993)
Saleh Gomaa
1993
Egyptian footballer (born 1993)
Austin Rivers
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Mrunal Thakur
1992
Indian actress (born 1992)
Piotr Malarczyk
1991
Polish footballer
Marco Puntoriere
1991
Italian footballer
Aledmys Díaz
1990
Cuban baseball player (born 1990)
Elton Jantjies
1990
South African rugby union player
Madison Bumgarner
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Tiffany Young
1989
American singer and actress (born 1989)
Mustafa Abdellaoue
1988
Norwegian footballer (born 1988)
Travis Boak
1988
Australian rules footballer (born 1988)
Patryk Małecki
1988
Polish footballer (born 1988)
Nemanja Matić
1988
Serbian footballer (born 1988)
Bodene Thompson
1988
NZ Maori international rugby league footballer
Iago Aspas
1987
Spanish footballer (born 1987)
Karen Carney
1987
English footballer and sports journalist (born 1987)
Taapsee Pannu
1987
Indian actress (born 1987)
Sébastien Pocognoli
1987
Belgian footballer (born 1987)
Lee Wallace
1987
Scottish footballer (born 1987)
Damien Allen
1986
English footballer
Marissa Paternoster
1986
American rock musician
Anton Strålman
1986
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1986)
Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986)
1986
English footballer
Elena Vesnina
1986
Russian tennis player (born 1986)
Mike Wallace (American football)
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Stuart Holden
1985
American soccer player (born 1985)
Adam Jones (baseball)
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Cole Kimball
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Tendai Mtawarira
1985
Zimbabwean-born rugby union player
Kris Stadsgaard
1985
Danish footballer (born 1985)
Dušan Švento
1985
Slovak footballer
Multiplayer online battle arena
1984
Video game genre
Francesco Gavazzi
1984
Italian cyclist (born 1984)
Brandon Kintzler
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Bastian Schweinsteiger
1984
German footballer (born 1984)
Bobby Carpenter (American football)
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Craig Clarke
1983
Rugby player
Julien Faubert
1983
French footballer (born 1983)
David Gervasi
1983
Swiss decathlete
Basem Fathi
1982
Jordanian footballer
Montserrat Lombard
1982
British actress
Dean Cox
1981
Australian rules footballer, born 1981
Pia Haraldsen
1981
Norwegian television personality
Christofer Heimeroth
1981
German footballer (born 1981)
Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981)
1981
Irish footballer
Jamie Jones-Buchanan
1981
Former Great Britain and England international rugby league footballer
Mancini (Brazilian footballer)
1980
Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
Romain Barras
1980
French decathlete (born 1980)
Esteban Paredes
1980
Chilean footballer (born 1980)
Junior Agogo
1979
Ghanaian footballer (1979–2019)
Nathan Fien
1979
NZ international rugby league footballer
Jason Momoa
1979
American actor (born 1979)
Grant Wooden
1979
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1979)
Andy Blignaut
1978
Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1978)
Björn Ferry
1978
Swedish biathlete
Dhani Harrison
1978
English and American musician (born 1978)
Chris Iwelumo
1978
Scottish footballer (born 1978)
Edgerrin James
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Marc Denis
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Haspop
1977
French stage director and musician
Darnerien McCants
1977
American football player (born 1978)
Damien Saez
1977
French singer-songwriter and musician (born 1977)
Yoshi Tatsu
1977
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1977)
Don Hertzfeldt
1976
American animator (born 1976)
Søren Jochumsen
1976
Danish footballer (born 1976)
Nwankwo Kanu
1976
Nigerian footballer (born 1976)
David Nemirovsky
1976
Canadian ice hockey player
Hasan Şaş
1976
Turkish footballer and coach
Cristian Stoica
1976
Rugby player
Vhrsti
1975
Czech illustrator, comics painter and screenwriter, cartoonist and artist
Cher Calvin
1974
American journalist
Marek Galiński (cyclist)
1974
Polish cyclist (1974–2014)
Tyron Henderson
1974
South African cricketer
Dennis Lawrence
1974
Trinidad and Tobago footballer
Beckie Scott
1974
Canadian cross-country skier
Gregg Berhalter
1973
American soccer coach (born 1973)
Tempestt Bledsoe
1973
American actress (born 1973)
Veerle Dejaeghere
1973
Belgian runner
Edurne Pasaban
1973
Spanish Basque mountaineer
Nicke Andersson
1972
Swedish musician (born 1972)
Christer Basma
1972
Norwegian footballer (born 1972)
Todd Bouman
1972
American football player (born 1972)
Tom Woods
1972
American academic (born 1972)
Quentin Coryatt
1970
American football player (born 1970)
David James (footballer, born 1970)
1970
English footballer and pundit (born 1970)
Eugenie van Leeuwen
1970
Dutch cricketer
Andrei Borissov
1969
Estonian footballer
Kevin Jarvis
1969
American baseball player (born 1969)
Graham Thorpe
1969
English cricketer (1969–2024)
Stacey Augmon
1968
American basketball player and coach
Dan Donegan
1968
American guitarist
Shigetoshi Hasegawa
1968
Japanese baseball player (born 1968)
Gregg Jefferies
1967
American baseball player (born 1967)
José Padilha
1967
Brazilian film director
James St. James
1966
American TV & internet personality and author
Brandt Jobe
1965
American professional golfer (born 1965)
Sam Mendes
1965
British film and stage director (born 1965)
Adam Duritz
1964
American singer
Fiona Hyslop
1964
Scottish politician (born 1964)
Demián Bichir
1963
Mexican actor (born 1963)
Coolio
1963
American rapper (1963–2022)
John Carroll Lynch
1963
American character actor and film director (born 1963)
Koichi Wakata
1963
Japanese engineer and astronaut (born 1963)
Dean Wareham
1963
American musician and actor (born 1963)
Jacob Matlala
1962
South African boxer
Chuck D
1960
American rapper (born 1960)
Suzi Gardner
1960
American musician and creative director (born 1960)
Joe Elliott
1959
English rock singer (born 1959)
Rob Buck
1958
American musician (1958–2000)
Michael Penn
1958
American musician (born 1958)
Kiki VanDeWeghe
1958
American basketball player, coach and executive (born 1958)
Anne-Marie Hutchinson
1957
Irish lawyer (1957–2020)
Taylor Negron
1957
American actor (1957–2015)
Trevor Berbick
1954
Jamaican boxer (1954–2006)
James Gleick
1954
American author and historian of science (born 1954)
Benno Möhlmann
1954
German footballer and manager
Robert Cray
1953
American blues guitarist and singer
Howard Kurtz
1953
American journalist and author (born 1953)
Zoran Đinđić
1952
Prime Minister of Serbia (2001–2003)
Tim Bachman
1951
Canadian guitarist and vocalist (1951–2023)
Tommy Bolin
1951
American guitarist (1951–1976)
Pete Mackanin
1951
American baseball player and manager (born 1951)
Roy Williams (basketball coach)
1950
American basketball player and coach (born 1950)
Bettina Arndt
1949
Australian writer and commentator (born 1949)
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
1949
Kyrgyz politician (born 1949)
Jim Carroll
1949
American author and musician (1949–2009)
Ray Nettles
1949
American gridiron football player (1949–2009)
Avi Arad
1948
Israeli-American film and television producer (born 1948)
Cliff Branch
1948
American football player (1948–2019)
David Gemmell
1948
British author of heroic fantasy (1948–2006)
Lorna Goodison
1947
Jamaican poet and writer (born 1947)
Chantal Montellier
1947
French writer/artist
Boz Burrell
1946
British singer and bassist (1946–2006)
Rick Coonce
1946
American drummer (1946–2011)
Richard O. Covey
1946
American astronaut (born 1946)
Fiona Stanley
1946
Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health
Douglas Osheroff
1945
American physicist
Dmitry Filippov (politician)
1944
Soviet-Russian politician and businessman (1944–1998)
Jerry Garcia
1942
American guitarist and singer (1942–1995)
Giancarlo Giannini
1942
Italian actor (born 1942)
Ron Brown
1941
American politician (1941–1996)
Étienne Roda-Gil
1941
French writer, lyricist (1941–2004)
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
1940
Iranian writer and actor
Mervyn Kitchen
1940
English cricketer (born 1940)
Henry Silverman
1940
American entrepreneur and private equity investor
Bob Frankford
1939
Canadian politician (1939–2015)
Terry Kiser
1939
American actor (born 1939)
Stephen Sykes
1939
Robert James Waller
1939
American novelist
Al D'Amato
1937
American attorney and politician (born 1937)
W. D. Hamilton
1936
British evolutionary biologist (1936–2000)
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
1936
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
Laurie Taylor (sociologist)
1936
British sociologist, criminologist, radio presenter and author
Geoff Pullar
1935
English cricketer (1935–2014)
John Beck (cricketer)
1934
New Zealand cricketer (1934–2000)
Derek Birdsall
1934
British graphic designer (1934–2024)
Dom DeLuise
1933
American actor (1933–2009)
Masaichi Kaneda
1933
Japanese baseball player (1933–2019)
Meena Kumari
1933
Indian actress and poet (1933–1972)
Teri Shields
1933
American actress, film producer, socialite, and model (1933–2012)
Dušan Třeštík
1933
Czech historian (1933–2007)
Meir Kahane
1932
American and Israeli politician (1932–1990)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1931
American folk singer and story teller (born 1931)
Trevor Goddard (cricketer)
1931
South African cricketer (1931–2016)
Lionel Bart
1930
English composer and writer (1930–1999)
Pierre Bourdieu
1930
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
Julie Bovasso
1930
American actress (1930–1991)
Lawrence Eagleburger
1930
American statesman and diplomat (1930–2011)
Károly Grósz
1930
Leader of Hungary from 1988 to 1989
Geoffrey Holder
1930
Trinidadian-American actor and dancer (1930–2014)
Leila Abashidze
1929
Georgian actress and film director
Hafizullah Amin
1929
Afghan communist politician (1929–1979)
Ann Calvello
1929
American roller derby skater
Jack Shea (director)
1928
American television director (1928–2013)
María Teresa López Boegeholz
1927
Chilean oceanographer
Anthony G. Bosco
1927
American prelate (1927–2013)
George Habash
1926
Founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (1926–2008)
George Hauptfuhrer
1926
American basketball player (1926–2013)
Hannah Hauxwell
1926
English farmer (1926–2018)
Ernst Jandl
1925
Austrian writer, poet, and translator
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
1924
King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015
Frank Havens (canoeist)
1924
American canoeist (1924–2018)
Marcia Mae Jones
1924
American actress (1924–2007)
Frank Worrell
1924
West Indian cricketer (1924–1967)
Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)
1922
Canadian actor (1922–2006)
Jack Kramer
1921
American tennis player (1921–2009)
Pat McDonald (actress)
1921
Former Australian actress (1921–1990)
Raul Renter
1920
Estonian economist and chess player
James Mourilyan Tanner
1920
British paediatric endocrinologist (1920–2010)
Stanley Middleton
1919
British novelist (1919–2009)
T. J. Jemison
1918
American clergyman and civil rights activist (1918–2013)
Fiorenzo Angelini
1916
Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
Anne Hébert
1916
Canadian author and poet (1916–2000)
Jack Delano
1914
American photographer, composer (1914–1997)
Alan Moore (war artist)
1914
Australian war artist during World War II
J. Lee Thompson
1914
British film director (1914–2002)
David Brand
1912
Australian politician (1912–1979)
Gego
1912
Venezuelan artist, sculptor (1912–1994)
Henry Jones (actor)
1912
American actor (1912–1999)
Jackie Ormes
1911
American cartoonist
James Henry Govier
1910
English painter
Raymond A. Palmer
1910
American editor and novelist (1910–1977)
Walter Scharf
1910
American composer and arranger
Gerda Taro
1910
German photographer (1910–1937)
Eric Shipton
1907
British explorer (1907–1977)
Helen Sawyer Hogg
1905
American-Canadian astronomer (1905–1993)
Paul Horgan
1903
American novelist
Pancho Villa (boxer)
1901
Filipino boxer
Otto Nothling
1900
Australian sportsman
1800s
Raymond Mays
1899
British racing driver (1899–1980)
Morris Stoloff
1898
American composer (1898–1980)
Ottavio Bottecchia
1894
Italian cyclist
Alexander of Greece
1893
King of Greece from 1917 to 1920
Karl Kobelt
1891
Swiss politician (1891–1968)
Walther Gerlach
1889
German physicist (1889–1979)
George de Hevesy
1885
Hungarian radiochemist (1885–1966)
Otto Toeplitz
1881
German mathematician (1881–1940)
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos
1878
Greek doctor and prime minister (1878–1961)
George Hackenschmidt
1877
Estonian strongman and professional wrestler (1877–1968)
John Lester
1871
American cricketer
Isobel Lilian Gloag
1865
English painter (1865–1917)
Sammy Jones
1861
Australian cricketer
Bazil Assan
1860
Romanian engineer, explorer and economist
Gaston Doumergue
1858
President of France from 1924 to 1931
Hans Rott
1858
Austrian composer (1858–1884)
George Coulthard
1856
Australian sportsman (1856–1883)
Robert Todd Lincoln
1843
American lawyer and politician (1843–1926)
Antonio Cotogni
1831
Italian opera singer (1831–1918)
Herman Melville
1819
American writer and poet (1819–1891)
Maria Mitchell
1818
American astronomer (1818–1889)
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
1815
American author and lawyer (1815–1882)
William B. Travis
1809
Texian Army officer and lawyer (1809–1836)
Before 1800
Francis Scott Key
1779
American lawyer and poet (1779–1843)
Lorenz Oken
1779
German naturalist (1779–1851)
William Clark
1770
American explorer and territorial governor (1770–1838)
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
1744
French naturalist (1744–1829)
Jacques François Dugommier
1738
French general
Richard Wilson (painter)
1714
Welsh painter
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1713
Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Sebastiano Ricci
1659
Italian painter (1659–1734)
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
1630
English statesman
Sabbatai Zevi
1626
Jewish mystic and self-proclaimed Messiah (1626–1676)
Luis Vélez de Guevara
1579
Spanish dramatist and novelist (1579–1644)
Edward Kelley
1555
English alchemist, occultist (1555–1597/8)
Andrew Melville
1545
Scottish scholar, theologian, poet and religious reformer (1545 – 1622)
Sigismund II Augustus
1520
Ruler of Poland and Lithuania from 1529 to 1572
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
1492
German prince
John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1410
German count (1410–1475)
John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel
1385
English nobleman
Emperor Go-Komatsu
1377
Emperor of Japan from 1392 to 1412
Emperor Kōgon
1313
Japanese Northern Emperor from 1331 to 1333
Emperor Taizu of Jin
1068
Emperor of Jin from 1115 to 1123
Hyeonjong of Goryeo
992
King of Goryeo from 1009 to 1031
Sugawara no Michizane
845
Japanese scholar, poet, and politician (845–903)
AD 126
126
Calendar year
Claudius
-10
Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54