August Birthdays

AUGUST 31

• 1939 - Jerry Allison (Crickets)
• 1944 - Roger Dean
• 1945 - Van Morrison
• 1955 - Anthony Thistlethwaite
• 1957 - Glenn Tillbrook
• 1957 - Gina Schock

 

AUGUST 30

• 1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• 1898 – Shirley Booth
• 1918 – Ted Williams
• 1919 – Kitty Wells
• 1935 – John Phillips
• 1939 – John Peel
• 1943 – Robert Crumb
• 1946 – Peggy Lipton
• 1948 – Lewis Black
• 1953 – Horace Panter (The Specials and General Public)
• 1963 – Paul Oakenfold
• 1982 - Dom Flemons

 

AUGUST 29

• 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
• 1898 – Preston Sturges
• 1915 – Ingrid Bergman
• 1917 – Isabel Sanford
• 1920 – Charlie Parker
• 1924 – Dinah Washington
• 1943 – Dick Halligan (BS&T)
• 1945 - Chris Copping (Procol Harum)
• 1952 – Dave Malone (Radiators)
• 1953 - Rick Downey (Blue Öyster Cult)
• 1955 – Diamanda Galás
• 1956 – GG Allin
• 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser
• 1967 – Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
• 1968 – Meshell Ndegeocello
• 1971 – Alex Griffin (Ned's Atomic Dustbin)

 

AUGUST 28

• 1899 – Charles Boyer
• 1921 – Nancy Kulp
• 1925 – Donald O'Connor
• 1930 – Ben Gazzara
• 1942 – Sterling Morrison
• 1948 – Danny Seraphine (Chicago)
• 1949 – Hugh Cornwell
• 1951 – Wayne Osmond
• 1969 – Jack Black
• 1969 – Mary McCartney
• 1986 – Florence Welch

 

AUGUST 27

• 1909 – Lester Young
• 1927 – Jimmy C. Newman
• 1931 – Sri Chinmoy
• 1935 - Carter Stanley
• 1937 – Alice Coltrane
• 1937 – Tommy Sands
• 1940 – Sonny Sharrock
• 1941 – Cesária Évora
• 1942 – Daryl Dragon
• 1943 – Tuesday Weld
• 1944 - Tim Bogart
• 1947 – Barbara Bach
• 1952 – Paul Reubens
• 1953 – Alex Lifeson
• 1956 - Glen Matlock
• 1979 – Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire)

 

AUGUST 26

• 1901 – Jimmy Rushing
• 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro
• 1938 – Jet Black (The Stranglers)
• 1940 – Nik Turner (Hawkwind)
• 1944 – Maureen Tucker
• 1946 – Valerie Simpson
• 1949 - Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills)
• 1949 – Leon Redbone
• 1960 – Branford Marsalis
• 1966 – Shirley Manson
• 1979 – Allison Robertson (The Donnas)

 

AUGUST 25

• 1910 – Ruby Keeler
• 1913 – Walt Kelly (Pogo)
• 1918 – Leonard Bernstein
• 1921 – Monty Hall
• 1930 – Sean Connery
• 1933 – Wayne Shorter
• 1949 – Gene Simmons
• 1951 – Rob Halford
• 1952 – Geoff Downes
• 1954 – Elvis Costello
• 1955 – John McGeoch
• 1958 – Tim Burton
• 1967 – Jeff Tweedy
• 1970 – Jo Dee Messina

 

AUGUST 24

• 1897 – Fred Rose
• 1899 – Jorge Luis Borges
• 1905 – Arthur Crudup
• 1922 – Howard Zinn
• 1938 – David Freiberg
• 1938 – Mason Williams
• 1943 – John Cipollina
• 1945 – Ronee Blakley
• 1945 – Malcolm Duncan (Average White Band)
• 1945 – Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
• 1948 – Jean Michel Jarre
• 1952 – John Cowan
• 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson
• 1957 – Stephen Fry
• 1958 – Steve Guttenberg
• 1973 – Dave Chappelle

AUGUST 23

• 1912 – Gene Kelly
• 1917 – Tex Williams
• 1946 – Keith Moon
• 1949 – Rick Springfield
• 1953 – Bobby G (Bucks Fizz)
• 1960 – Gary Hoey
• 1961 – Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
• 1962 – Shaun Ryder
• 1970 – Brad Mehldau
• 1970 – River Phoenix
• 1975 – Eliza Carthy
• 1978 – Julian Casablancas
• 1986 – SkyBlu (LMFAO)

AUGUST 22

• 1862 – Claude Debussy
• 1880 - George Herriman (American cartoonist: Krazy Kat)
• 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson
• 1909 – Julius J. Epstein
• 1917 – John Lee Hooker
• 1920 – Ray Bradbury
• 1926 - Bob Flanigan (The Four Freshmen)
• 1936 – Chuck Brown
• 1936 – Dale Hawkins
• 1939 – Valerie Harper
• 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski
• 1945 – Ron Dante (The Archies, The Cuff Links)
• 1947 – Donna Jean Godchaux
• 1947 – Cindy Williams
• 1948 – David Marks (The Beach Boys)
• 1952 – Peter Laughner
• 1958 – Vernon Reid
• 1961 – Roland Orzabal
• 1961 – Debbi Peterson
• 1961 - Jay Aston (Gene Loves Jezabel)
• 1961 - Michael Aston (Gene Loves Jezabel)
• 1962 - Gary Lee Connor (Screaming Trees)
• 1963 – Tori Amos
• 1966 – GZA
• 1972 – Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty)
• 1973 – Kristen Wiig
• 1978 – Robert Levon Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)

 

AUGUST 21

• 1904 – Count Basie
• 1905 – Friz Freleng
• 1932 – Melvin Van Peebles
• 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain
• 1938 – Kenny Rogers
• 1939 – James Burton
• 1939 – Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers)
• 1939 – Clarence Williams III
• 1944 – Jackie DeShannon
• 1947 - Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams)
• 1951 – Glenn Hughes
• 1952 – Joe Strummer
• 1954 - Nick Kane (The Mavericks)
• 1957 – Steve Smith (Journey and Montrose)
• 1957 - Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge)
• 1957 - Budgie (Siouxie and the Banshees)
• 1971 - Liam Howlett (Prodigy)

 

AUGUST 20

• 1890 – Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• 1905 – Jack Teagarden
• 1923 – Jim Reeves
• 1933 - "Uncle John" Turner (Johnny Winter)
• 1934 -  Sneaky Pete Kleinow
• 1942 – Isaac Hayes
• 1944 - John Povey (Pretty Things)
• 1946 – Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk)
• 1947 – James Pankow
• 1948 – Robert Plant
• 1949 – Phil Lynott
• 1952 – Doug Fieger
• 1952 – John Hiatt
• 1952 - Rudy Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers)
• 1965 – KRS-One
• 1966 – Dimebag Darrell Abbott
• 1970 – Fred Durst
• 1980 – Langhorne Slim

 

 

AUGUST 19

• 1871 – Orville Wright
• 1883 – Coco Chanel
• 1902 – Ogden Nash
• 1921 – Gene Roddenberry
• 1931 - Willie Shoemaker
• 1939 – Ginger Baker
• 1940 – Johnny Nash
• 1940 – Jill St. John
• 1943 – Billy J. Kramer
• 1944 – Eddy Raven
• 1945 – Ian Gillan
• 1946 – William Jefferson Clinton
• 1951 - John Deacon (Queen)
• 1956 – Adam Arkin

 

AUGUST 18

• 1904 – Max Factor, Jr.
• 1918 – Cisco Houston
• 1929 – Hugues Aufray
• 1934 – Vincent Bugliosi
• 1934 – Roberto Clemente
• 1936 – Robert Redford
• 1943 – Sarah Dash
• 1943 – Martin Mull
• 1943 – Carl Wayne (The Move and The Hollies)
• 1949 – Nigel Griggs (Split Enz)
• 1978 – Andy Samberg

 

AUGUST 17

• 1786 – Davy Crockett
• 1882 - Samuel Goldwyn
• 1887 – Marcus Garvey
• 1893 – Mae West
• 1909 – Larry Clinton
• 1914 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
• 1926 – Valerie Eliot
• 1928 – T. J. Anderson
• 1930 – Ted Hughes
• 1932 - Duke Pearson
• 1936 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman
• 1939 – Luther Allison
• 1939 - Ed Sanders 
• 1943 – Robert De Niro
• 1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray
• 1953 – Kevin Rowland
• 1954 – Eric Johnson
• 1955 - Colin Moulding (XTC)
• 1958 – Belinda Carlisle
• 1962 – Gilby Clarke
• 1964 – Maria McKee
• 1965 - Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) 
• 1966 - Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson)
• 1969 – Donnie Wahlberg

AUGUST 16

• 1888 – T. E. Lawrence
• 1920 - Charles Bukowski
• 1924 – Fess Parker
• 1928 – Eydie Gormé
• 1928 – Eddie Kirkland
• 1929 – Bill Evans
• 1930 – Robert Culp
• 1933 – Julie Newmar
• 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver
• 1942 - Robert Lester (The Chi-Lites)
• 1944 – Kevin Ayers
• 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren
• 1948 – Barry Hay (Golden Earring)
• 1949 – Scott Asheton
• 1949 – Bill Spooner (The Tubes)
• 1950 - Joey Spampinato (NRBQ)
• 1953 - James J.T. Taylor (Kool and The Gang)
• 1953 - Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
• 1957 – Tim Farriss (INXS)
• 1958 – Madonna Louise Ciccone
• 1958 - Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's)
• 1962 – Steve Carell
• 1964 - Maria McKee (Lone Justice)
• 1968 - Donovan Leitch, Jr.
• 1972 - Emily Robinson (The Dixie Chicks)

 

AUGUST 15

• 1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte
• 1912 – Julia Child
• 1919 – Huntz Hall
• 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis
• 1923 – Rose Marie
• 1925 – Mike Connors
• 1952 - Rose Maddox
• 1925 – Oscar Peterson
• 1928 – Nicolas Roeg
• 1933 – Bobby Helms
• 1933 – Jim Lange
• 1934 – Bobby Byrd (The Famous Flames)
• 1936 - Pat Priest
• 1942 - Pete York (Spencer Davis Group)
• 1944 – Linda Ellerbee
• 1945 – Duffy Dyer
• 1946 – Jimmy Webb
• 1948 - Tom Johnston
• 1950 – Tommy Aldridge
• 1951 – Bobby Caldwell
• 1961 - Matt Johnson (The The)
• 1963 – Lady Miss Kier
• 1964 – Melinda Gates

(Missing: technical difficulties)

AUGUST 7:

• 1926 - Stan Freberg
• 1936 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• 1937 - Magic Slim
• 1942 – Garrison Keillor
• 1942 – B. J. Thomas
• 1950 - Rodney Crowell
• 1952 - Andy Fraser (Free)
• 1958 – Bruce Dickinson
• 1960 – David Duchovny
• 1960 - Jacqui O'Sullivan (Bananarama)
• 1965 - Raul Malo (The Mavericks)
• 1966 – Kristin Hersh

AUGUST 6:

• 1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• 1917 – Robert Mitchum
• 1918 – Norman Granz
• 1928 – Andy Warhol
• 1930 – Abbey Lincoln
• 1938 – Peter Bonerz
• 1946 – Allan Holdsworth
• 1952 – Pat MacDonald (Timbuk3)
• 1952 – Vinnie Vincent
• 1958 – Randy DeBarge
• 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan

AUGUST 5:

• 1942 - Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five)
• 1947 – Rick Derringer
• 1947 - Greg Leskiw (Guess Who)
• 1956 – Maureen McCormick
• 1959 – Pete Burns
• 1959 – Pat Smear
• 1964 – Adam Yauch
• 1965 – Jeff Coffin (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)
• 1966 – Jennifer Finch (L7)
• 1967 – Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)

AUGUST 4:

• 1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley
• 1901 – Louis Armstrong
• 1921 – Herb Ellis
• 1936 - Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters)
• 1940 – Larry Knechtel
• 1940 – Timi Yuro
• 1942 – Cleon Jones
• 1944 – Richard Belzer
• 1946 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett
• 1947 – Klaus Schulze
• 1952 – Maire Ni Bhraaonion
• 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton
• 1961 – Barack Obama
• 1962 - Paul Reynolds (A Flock of Seagulls)
• 1965 – Terri Lyne Carrington

AUGUST 3:

• 1910 - Joseph Spence
• 1924 - Gordon Stoker (The Jordanaires)
• 1926 – Tony Bennett
• 1930 – James Komack
• 1939 – Jimmie Nicol (The Beatles)
• 1941 – Beverly Lee (The Shirelles)
• 1941 – Martha Stewart
• 1946 – Syreeta Wright
• 1946 – John York (The Byrds)
• 1949 – B. B. Dickerson (War)
• 1951 – Jay North
• 1956 – Kirk Brandon
• 1959 – Martin Atkins
• 1961 – Lee Rocker
• 1963 – Debby Hax Walker
• 1963 – James Hetfield
• 1963 – Ed Roland (Collective Soul)
• 1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox 
  
• 1970 – Stephen Carpenter (Deftones)
• 1971 – DJ Spinderella
• 1977 – Tom Brady

AUGUST 2:

• 1924 – Carroll O'Connor
• 1932 – Peter O'Toole
• 1935 – Hank Cochran
• 1937 – Garth Hudson
• 1939 - Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
• 1941 - Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles)
• 1944 – Jim Capaldi
• 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low
• 1951 - Andrew Gold
• 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner
• 1953 – Butch Patrick
• 1957 – Mojo Nixon
• 1957 – Butch Vig
• 1960 – David Yow
• 1961 – Pete de Freitas (Echo & the Bunnymen)
• 1962 – Lee Mavers (The La's)
• 1970 – Kevin Smith

AUGUST 1:

• 1779 – Francis Scott Key
• 1819 – Herman Melville
• 1930 – Lionel Bart
• 1931 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott
• 1931 - Tom Wilson
• 1933 – Dom DeLuise
• 1942 – Jerry Garcia
• 1946 – Boz Burrell
• 1946 – Rick Coonce (The Grass Roots)
• 1950 – Jim Carroll
• 1951 – Tommy Bolin
• 1951 – Tim Bachman
• 1953 – Robert Cray
• 1958 – Rob Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
• 1959 - Joe Elliot (Def Leppard)
• 1960 – Chuck D
• 1960 - Suzi Gardner (L7)
• 1963 – Coolio
• 1963 – Dean Wareham
• 1964 – Adam Duritz

 

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