Births on 21 August
2000s
Corbin Carroll
2000
American baseball player (born 2000)
1900s
Maxim Knight
1999
American actor (born 1999)
KarolÃna Muchová
1996
Czech tennis player (born 1996)
Dominik KubalÃk
1995
Czech ice hockey player (born 1995)
Alex Cooper (podcaster)
1994
American social media influencer (born 1994)
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
1994
English actress and reality television personality (born 1994)
Millie Bright
1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Mike Evans (wide receiver)
1993
American football player (born 1993)
Brandon Drury
1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
RJ Mitte
1992
American actor and producer (born 1992)
Felipe Nasr
1992
Brazilian racing driver (born 1992)
Leandro Bacuna
1991
Curaçaoan footballer (born 1991)
Jesse Rutherford
1991
American singer (born 1991)
Bo Burnham
1990
American comedian and musician (born 1990)
Christian Vázquez
1990
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1990)
Charlison Benschop
1989
Professional footballer (born 1989)
James Davey (rugby league)
1989
English rugby league footballer
Matteo Gentili
1989
Italian footballer (born 1989)
Hayden Panettiere
1989
American actress (born 1989)
Aleix Vidal
1989
Spanish footballer
Robert Lewandowski
1988
Polish footballer (born 1988)
Joanna Mitrosz
1988
Polish rhythmic gymnast (born 1988)
Kacey Musgraves
1988
American singer (born 1988)
DeWanna Bonner
1987
American-Macedonian basketball player (born 1987)
Cody Kasch
1987
American actor (born 1987)
J. D. Martinez
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Jodie Meeks
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Usain Bolt
1986
Jamaican sprinter (born 1986)
Wout Brama
1986
Dutch footballer (born 1986)
Koki Sakamoto
1986
Japanese artistic gymnast
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
1986
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2024 to 2025
Brooks Wheelan
1986
American comedian, actor and writer
Nicolás Almagro
1985
Spanish tennis player (born 1985)
Aleksandra Kiryashova
1985
Russian pole vaulter
Neil Dexter
1984
South African-born English cricketer
B. J. Upton
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Alizée
1984
French singer (born 1984)
Brody Jenner
1983
American reality television personality and model
Scott McDonald
1983
Australian soccer player (born 1983)
Jason Eaton
1982
New Zealand rugby union player
Omar Sachedina
1982
Canadian television reporter
Jarrod Lyle
1981
Australian professional golfer (1981–2018)
Cameron Winklevoss
1981
American businessman and rower
Tyler Winklevoss
1981
American businessman and rower (born 1981)
Ross Thomas (actor)
1981
American actor (born 1981)
Bryan Allen (ice hockey)
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Burney Lamar
1980
American racing driver (born 1980)
Paul Menard
1980
American racing driver (born 1980)
Jasmin Wöhr
1980
German tennis player
Kelis
1979
American singer (born 1979)
Diego Klattenhoff
1979
Canadian actor (born 1979)
Peter Buxton
1978
England international rugby union player
Reuben Droughns
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Lee Gronkiewicz
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Alan Lee (footballer)
1978
Irish footballer (born 1978)
Jason Marquis
1978
American baseball pitcher (born 1978)
Alex Brooks
1976
American ice hockey player
Jeff Cunningham
1976
American soccer player (born 1976)
Robert Miles (rugby league)
1976
Australian rugby league footballer
Ramón Vázquez
1976
Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (born 1976)
Simon Katich
1975
Australian cricketer
Alicia Witt
1975
American actress (born 1975)
Martin Andanar
1974
Filipino television personality and broadcaster (born 1974)
Paul Mellor
1974
Australian rugby league footballer & referee
Sergey Brin
1973
American computer scientist (born 1973)
Steve McKenna
1973
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
Mamadou Diallo (footballer, born 1971)
1971
Senegalese footballer
Robert Harvey (footballer)
1971
Australian rules footballer, born 1971
Liam Howlett
1971
English record producer and musician (born 1971)
Craig Counsell
1970
American baseball player and manager (born 1970)
Erik Dekker
1970
Dutch cyclist (born 1970)
Cathy Weseluck
1970
Canadian actress
Bruce Anstey
1969
New Zealand motorcycle racer (born 1969)
Josée Chouinard
1969
Canadian figure skater (born 1969)
Dina Carroll
1968
English singer
Goran Ćurko
1968
Serbian footballer (born 1968)
Laura Trevelyan
1968
British-American journalist (born 1968)
Darren Bewick
1967
Australian rules footballer
Charb
1967
French satirist and journalist (1967–2015)
Carrie-Anne Moss
1967
American-Canadian actress (born 1967)
Serj Tankian
1967
Armenian-American singer (born 1967)
John Wetteland
1966
American baseball player (born 1966)
Jim Bullinger
1965
American baseball player (born 1965)
Gary Elkerton
1964
Australian surfer
Mohammed VI of Morocco
1963
King of Morocco since 1999
Nigel Pearson
1963
English football manager (born 1963)
Cleo King
1962
American character actress (born 1962)
Jon Korfas
1962
Gilberto Santa Rosa
1962
Puerto Rican musician
Pete Weber (bowler)
1962
American professional bowler
Gerardo Barbero
1961
Argentine chess grandmaster (1961–2001)
V. B. Chandrasekhar
1961
Indian cricketer (1961–2019)
Stephen Hillenburg
1961
American animator and educator (1961–2018)
Anne Hobbs
1959
British tennis player
Jim McMahon
1959
American football player (born 1959)
Steve Case
1958
Businessman and former CEO of AOL
Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)
1958
Australian rules footballer, born 1958
Frank Pastore
1957
American baseball player (1957–2012)
Kim Cattrall
1956
British and Canadian actress (born 1956)
Jon Tester
1956
American politician and farmer (born 1956)
Archie Griffin
1954
American football player (born 1954)
Steve Smith (drummer)
1954
American drummer (born 1954)
Mark Williams (singer)
1954
New Zealand-born singer
Ivan Stang
1953
American writer (born 1953)
Keith Hart (wrestler)
1952
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1951)
Jiřà Paroubek
1952
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2005–2006)
Joe Strummer
1952
British musician (1952–2002)
Eric Goles
1951
Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
Glenn Hughes (musician)
1951
English bassist and singer (born 1951)
Yana Mintoff
1951
Chesley V. Morton
1951
American politician
Patrick Juvet
1950
Swiss singer-songwriter (1950–2021)
Arthur Bremer
1950
Attempted assassin of George Wallace (born 1950)
Loretta Devine
1949
American actress (born 1949)
Daniel Sivan
1949
Israeli professor
The Buckinghams
1947
American pop band formed in 1966
Basil Poledouris
1945
American composer (1945–2006)
Celia Brayfield
1945
English author, journalist and cultural commentator
Jerry DaVanon
1945
American baseball player (born 1945)
Willie Lanier
1945
American football player (born 1945)
Patty McCormack
1945
American actress (born 1945)
Perry Christie
1944
Bahamian politician (born 1943)
Peter Weir
1944
Australian film director (born 1944)
Patrick Demarchelier
1943
French photographer (1943–2022)
Jonathan Schell
1943
American author and advocate against nuclear weapons (1943–2014)
Lucius Shepard
1943
American novelist (1943–2014)
Hugh Wilson (director)
1943
American director, writer and actor (1943–2018)
Jackie DeShannon
1941
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Dominick Harrod
1940
British journalist and broadcaster
Endre Szemerédi
1940
Hungarian-American mathematician
James Burton
1939
American guitarist (born 1939)
Festus Mogae
1939
President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008
Clarence Williams III
1939
American actor (1939–2021)
Steve Cowper
1938
Governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990
Kenny Rogers
1938
American country singer (1938–2020)
Mike Weston
1938
England international rugby union player and cricketer (1938–2023)
Donald Dewar
1937
First Minister of Scotland from 1999 to 2000
Gustavo Noboa
1937
President of Ecuador from 2000 to 2003
Robert Stone (novelist)
1937
American writer (1937 – 2015)
Wilt Chamberlain
1936
American basketball player (1936–1999)
Radish Tordia
1936
Georgian painter
Sudhakarrao Naik
1934
Indian politician (1934–2001)
Paul Panhuysen
1934
Dutch composer, visual and sound artist
Janet Baker
1933
English mezzo-soprano (born 1933)
Michael Dacher
1933
Barry Norman
1933
British film critic
Erik Paaske
1933
Danish actor (1933–1992)
Menashe Kadishman
1932
Israeli sculptor and painter (1932–2015)
Melvin Van Peebles
1932
American actor and filmmaker (1932–2021)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
1930
British princess (1930–2002)
Frank Perry
1930
American film director (1930–1995)
Herman Badillo
1929
Puerto Rican politician
X. J. Kennedy
1929
American poet (1929–2026)
Ahmed Kathrada
1929
South African politician (1929–2017)
Addison Farmer
1928
American jazz musician
Art Farmer
1928
American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999)
Bud McFadin
1928
American football player (1928–2006)
Thomas S. Monson
1927
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927–2018)
Can Yücel
1926
Turkish poet (1926–1999)
Jack Buck
1924
American sportscaster (1924–2002)
Jack Weston
1924
American actor (1924–1996)
Keith Allen (ice hockey)
1923
Canadian ice hockey player
Albert Irvin
1922
English painter (1922–2015)
Reuven Feuerstein
1921
Israeli clinical, developmental and cognitive psychologist
Billy Reay
1918
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Leonid Hurwicz
1917
Polish–American economist and mathematician (1917–2008)
Bill Lee (singer)
1916
American playback singer (1916–1980)
Consuelo Velázquez
1916
Mexican concert pianist and composer
Doug Wright (cricketer)
1914
English cricketer (1914–1998)
Toe Blake
1912
Canadian ice hockey player
Ethel Caterham
1909
English supercentenarian (born 1909)
Nikolay Bogolyubov
1909
Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist (1909–1992)
P. Jeevanandham
1907
Indian politician
Friz Freleng
1906
American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1905–1995)
Bipin Gupta
1905
Indian actor
Count Basie
1904
American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)
Kostas Giannidis
1903
Greek composer, pianist, and conductor
Angel Karaliychev
1902
1800s
Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott
1897
British Army general (1897–1966)
Blossom Rock
1895
American actress (1895–1978)
Christian Schad
1894
German painter
Charles Vanel
1892
French actor and director (1892–1989)
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
1891
Puerto Rican supercentenarian (1891–2007)
James Paul Moody
1887
Sixth officer of RMS Titanic (1887–1912)
Ruth Manning-Sanders
1886
Welsh-born English poet and author (1886–1988)
Édouard Fabre
1885
Canadian marathon runner
Chandler Egan
1884
American amateur golfer
Claude Grahame-White
1879
19/20th-century English aviator
Richard Girulatis
1878
German football manager (1878–1963)
Aubrey Beardsley
1872
English illustrator and author (1872–1898)
William Henry Ogilvie
1869
Scottish-Australian poet (1869–1963)
Emilio Salgari
1862
Italian writer (1862–1911)
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
1858
Heir to the Austrian throne (1858–1889)
Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès
1856
American heiress who married Marquis de Morès
Frank Munsey
1854
American publisher and politician (1854–1925)
Charles Barrois
1851
French geologist and palaeontologist (1851–1939)
Ferdinand Hamer
1840
Otto Goldschmidt
1829
German pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1907)
Carl Gegenbaur
1826
German anatomist (1826–1903)
Nathaniel Everett Green
1823
English painter
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
1816
French chemist
Jean Stas
1813
Belgian chemist, co-discoverer of the atomic weight of carbon
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
1801
Dutch politician and historian (1801–1876)
Hiram Walden
1800
American politician
Before 1800
Jules Michelet
1798
French writer and historian (1798–1874)
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789
French mathematician (1789–1857)
John Owen (North Carolina politician)
1787
American politician (1787–1841)
William IV
1765
King of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1837
William Murdoch
1754
Scottish engineer and inventor (1754–1839)
Banastre Tarleton
1754
British general, British hero of the American War of Independence (1754–1833)
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
1725
French painter (1725–1805)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
1670
French-English army officer (1670–1734)
Giacomo F. Maraldi
1665
French-Italian astronomer and mathematician
Hubert Gautier
1660
French engineer (1660–1737)
Afonso VI of Portugal
1643
King of Portugal from 1656 to 1683
John Claypole
1625
English politician
Roger Twysden
1597
English historian and politician
Henri, Duke of Rohan
1579
Breton-French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots
Francis de Sales
1567
Bishop of Geneva and Catholic saint (1567–1622)
Naushah Ganj Bakhsh
1552
Sufi scholar and saint (1552–1654)
Shimazu Yoshihiro
1535
Samurai of the Sengoku period
Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra
1481
Duke of Coimbra
Philip II of France
1165
King of France from 1180 to 1223