Births on 7 August
2000s
Lauren Hemp
2000
English footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
1999
American hurdler and sprinter (born 1999)
Vladimir Barbu
1998
Italian diver (born 1998)
María Belén Bazo
1998
Peruvian windsurfer (born 1998)
Jalen Hurts
1998
American football player (born 1998)
Matty Cash
1997
Footballer (born 1997)
Kyler Murray
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Dani Ceballos
1996
Spanish footballer (born 1996)
Francesca Eastwood
1993
American television personality
Martti Nõmme
1993
Estonian ski jumper
Karol Zalewski
1993
Polish sprinter (born 1993)
Adam Yates
1992
English racing cyclist
Simon Yates (cyclist)
1992
British road and track racing cyclist
Wout Weghorst
1992
Dutch footballer (born 1992)
Luis Salom
1991
Spanish motorcycle racer
Mike Trout
1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Mitchell te Vrede
1991
Surinamese footballer
Jake Allen (ice hockey)
1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Josh Franceschi
1990
English singer-songwriter
DeMar DeRozan
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Jonathan Bernier
1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Mohamed Coulibaly (footballer, born 1988)
1988
Senegalese footballer (born 1988)
Melody Oliveria
1988
American blogger (born 1988)
Erik Pieters
1988
Dutch footballer (born 1988)
Beanie Wells
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Sidney Crosby
1987
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Mustapha Dumbuya
1987
Sierra Leonean professional footballer
Ryan Lavarnway
1987
American-Israeli baseball player (born 1987)
Rouven Sattelmaier
1987
German footballer
Paul Biedermann
1986
German swimmer (born 1986)
Valter Birsa
1986
Slovenian footballer
Altaír Jarabo
1986
Mexican actress
Juan de la Rosa
1986
Mexican boxer
Stratos Perperoglou
1984
Greek basketball player
Tooba Siddiqui
1984
Pakistani model and actress
Yun Hyon-seok
1984
South Korean writer and activist (1984–2003)
Christian Chávez
1983
Mexican singer and actor
Murat Dalkılıç
1983
Turkish pop singer (born 1983)
Danny (footballer)
1983
Portuguese footballer (born 1983)
Andriy Hrivko
1983
Road bicycle racer
Mark Pettini
1983
English cricketer
Ángeles Balbiani
1982
Argentine actress, model, television presenter and journalist
Abbie Cornish
1982
Australian actress (born 1982)
Juan Martín Hernández
1982
Argentine rugby union player (born 1982)
Marquise Hill
1982
American football player (1982–2007)
Vassilis Spanoulis
1982
Greek basketball player and coach (born 1982)
Martin Vučić
1982
Macedonian pop musician (born 1982)
David Testo
1981
American soccer player
Randy Wayne
1981
American actor (born 1981)
Carsten Busch
1980
German footballer
Aurélie Claudel
1980
French model, actress (born 1980)
Tácio
1980
Brazilian footballer
Seiichiro Maki
1980
Japanese footballer (born 1980)
Eric Johnson (actor)
1979
Canadian actor (born 1979)
Miguel Llera
1979
Spanish footballer and manager
Birgit Zotz
1979
Austrian writer and anthropologist
Alexandre Aja
1978
French filmmaker (born 1978)
Jamey Jasta
1978
American metal vocalist (born 1977)
Mark McCammon
1978
Barbadian footballer
Cirroc Lofton
1978
American actor
Charlotte Ronson
1977
English fashion designer
Samantha Ronson
1977
British DJ, singer-songwriter (born 1977)
Justin Brooker
1977
Australian rugby league footballer
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
1976
Greek footballer and manager
Shane Lechler
1976
American football player (born 1976)
Koray Candemir
1975
Turkish musician
Gerard Denton
1975
Australian first-class cricketer
Megan Gale
1975
Australian model and actress
Ray Hill (American football)
1975
American football player (1975–2015)
Rebecca Kleefisch
1975
44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Édgar Rentería
1975
Colombian baseball player (born 1975)
Charlize Theron
1975
South African and American actress (born 1975)
Chico Benymon
1974
American actor
Michael Shannon
1974
American actor (born 1974)
Mikhail Gorsheniov
1973
Russian singer (1973–2013)
Danny Graves
1973
American baseball player (born 1973)
Kevin Muscat
1973
English-born Australian association footballer and Manager (born 1973)
Gerry Peñalosa
1972
Filipino boxer
Dominic Cork
1971
English cricketer
Rachel York
1971
American actress, singer (born 1968)
Eric Namesnik
1970
American swimmer (1970–2006)
Markus Bundi
1969
Swiss linguist and author (born 1969)
Paul Lambert
1969
Scottish footballer and manager (born 1969)
Dana G. Peleg
1969
Israeli writer, translator, journalist and LGBTQI activist
Francesca Gregorini
1968
Italian-American screenwriter and film director
Trevor Hendy
1968
Australian surf lifesaver
Sophie Lee
1968
Australian actress (born 1968)
Jason Grimsley
1967
American baseball player (born 1967)
David Cairns (politician born 1966)
1966
Scottish politician
Shobna Gulati
1966
English actor (born 1966)
Kristin Hersh
1966
American musician (born 1966)
Jimmy Wales
1966
Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
Raul Malo
1965
American singer-songwriter (1965–2025)
Elizabeth Manley
1965
Canadian figure skater
John Birmingham
1964
British-born Australian author (born 1964)
Ian Dench
1964
British musician
Peter Niven
1964
Scottish jockey (born 1964)
Paul Dunn (rugby league)
1963
Australia international rugby league footballer
Nick Gillespie
1963
American libertarian journalist (born 1963)
Marcus Roberts
1963
American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader
Alison Brown
1962
American musician (born 1962)
Brian Conley
1961
English actor, comedian (b. 1961)
Yelena Davydova
1961
Russian-Canadian gymnast and gymnastics coach
Walter Swinburn
1961
British jockey
Carlos Vives
1961
Colombian singer (born 1961)
David Duchovny
1960
American actor (born 1960)
Koenraad Elst
1959
Right wing Hindutva activist
Ali Shah (cricketer)
1959
Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1959)
Russell Baze
1958
American jockey
Bruce Dickinson
1958
English heavy metal singer (born 1958)
Alberto Salazar
1958
Cuban-born American long-distance runner, and later, track coach
Daire Brehan
1957
Irish actress, broadcaster and barrister
Alexander Dityatin
1957
Russian gymnast (1957–2025)
Wayne Knight
1955
American actor (born 1955)
Greg Nickels
1955
American politician
Vladimir Sorokin
1955
Russian writer (born 1955)
Valery Gazzaev
1954
Russian footballer and manager
Jonathan Pollard
1954
Israeli intelligence analyst and convicted spy (born 1954)
Alan Reid (politician)
1954
British politician (born 1954)
Anne Fadiman
1953
American essayist, journalist and magazine editor
Caroline Aaron
1952
American actress (born 1952)
Eamonn Darcy
1952
Irish professional golfer
Kees Kist
1952
Dutch footballer and manager (born 1952)
Alexei Sayle
1952
English stand-up comedian (born 1952)
Rodney Crowell
1950
American country music singer and songwriter (born 1950)
Alan Keyes
1950
American politician (born 1950)
S. Thandayuthapani
1950
Sri Lankan politician
Walid Jumblatt
1949
Lebanese politician (born 1949)
Matthew Parris
1949
British journalist, broadcaster and former politician (born 1949)
Marty Appel
1948
American executive and author
Greg Chappell
1948
Australian cricketer (born 1948)
Franciscus Henri
1947
Musical artist
Sofia Rotaru
1947
Ukrainian singer (born 1947)
Kenny Ireland
1945
Scottish actor and director
Alan Page
1945
American football player and judge (born 1945)
John Glover (actor)
1944
American actor (born 1944)
Robert Mueller
1944
American civil servant and attorney (1944–2026)
Mohammed Badie
1943
Egyptian politician (born 1943)
Lana Cantrell
1943
American lawyer
Alain Corneau
1943
French film director and writer (1943–2010)
Garrison Keillor
1942
American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality (born 1942)
Carlos Monzón
1942
Argentine boxer (1942–1995)
Caetano Veloso
1942
Brazilian composer and singer (born 1942)
Richard Sykes (microbiologist)
1942
British microbiologist (born 1942)
B. J. Thomas
1942
American singer (1942–2021)
Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting
1941
British Labour Party politician
Jean-Luc Dehaene
1940
Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999
Uwe Nettelbeck
1940
German record producer, journalist and film critic (1940–2007)
Giorgetto Giugiaro
1938
Italian automobile designer (born 1938)
Zoltán Berczik
1937
Hungarian table tennis player
Don Wilson (cricketer)
1937
English cricketer and coach
Lee Corso
1935
American college football coach and analyst (born 1935)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
1935
American jazz multi-instrumentalist (1935–1977)
Sándor Simó
1934
Hungarian film producer
Eddie Firmani
1933
Footballer (born 1933)
Elinor Ostrom
1933
American political economist (1933–2012)
Jerry Pournelle
1933
American writer and scientist (1933–2017)
Alberto Romulo
1933
Philippine politician and diplomat
Abebe Bikila
1932
Ethiopian marathon runner (1932–1973)
Edward Hardwicke
1932
English actor (1932–2011)
Rien Poortvliet
1932
Dutch painter
Maurice Rabb Jr.
1932
Togrul Narimanbekov
1930
Azerbaijani artist
Veljo Tormis
1930
Estonian composer (1930–2017)
Don Larsen
1929
American baseball player (1929–2020)
Betsy Byars
1928
American children's books author (1928–2020)
Owen Luder
1928
British architect (1928–2021)
James Randi
1928
Canadian-American magician and skeptic (1928–2020)
Edwin Edwards
1927
American politician (1927–2021)
Stan Freberg
1926
American actor and entertainer (1926–2015)
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
1925
American husband-and-wife music duo
Manitas de Plata
1921
Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)
Karel Husa
1921
Czech conductor and composer (1921–2016)
C. Buddingh'
1918
Dutch poet and translator
Gordon Zahn
1918
Peace activist
Kermit Love
1916
American puppet designer (1916–2008)
István Bibó
1911
Hungarian politician (1911–1979)
Nicholas Ray
1911
American film director (1911–1979)
Albert Kotin
1907
American painter (1907–1980)
Ralph Bunche
1904
American diplomat and political scientist
Louis Leakey
1903
British archaeologist and naturalist (1903–1972)
Ann Harding
1901
American actress (1902–1981)
1800s
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
1890
American labor leader and feminist (1890–1964)
Anna Elisabet Weirauch
1887
German author and lesbian activist; known for, The Scorpion'
Billie Burke
1884
American stage and film actress (1884–1970)
Nikolai Triik
1884
Estonian artist
Johannes Kotze
1879
South African cricketer (1879–1931)
Mata Hari
1876
Dutch exotic dancer (1876–1917)
Mary Frances Winston Newson
1869
American mathematician (1869-1959)
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz
1868
Russian economist and statistician
Huntley Wright
1868
English actor
Emil Nolde
1867
German painter
Henri Le Sidaner
1862
French painter (1862–1939)
Victoria of Baden
1862
Queen of Sweden from 1907 to 1930
Auguste Michel-Lévy
1844
French geologist
August Ahlqvist
1826
Finnish professor, author and literary critic
Before 1800
Carl Ritter
1779
German geographer (1779–1859)
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
1751
Princess of Orange from 1767 to 1806
Nathanael Greene
1742
American military officer and planter (1742–1786)
James Bowdoin
1726
American politician (1726–1790)
Muhammad Shah
1702
Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748
William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
1613
Prince of Nassau-Dietz
Georg Stiernhielm
1598
Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet
Robert Dudley (explorer)
1574
English engineer, explorer and cartographer (1574–1649)
Thomas Lupo the elder
1571
English composer and viol player
Elizabeth Báthory
1560
Hungarian countess and alleged serial killer (1560–1614)
Alonso de Ercilla
1533
Spanish soldier and poet (1533–1594)
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan
1282
English princess and noblewoman (1282–1316)
Constantius II
317
Roman emperor from 337 to 361