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🎵Ernest Wright -- Birthdate Conflict -- b.8/24/1938 or 8/24/1939 or 8/24/1941
Hall of Famer, Singer, Rhythm and Blues Musician
Misc: no source agrees on a single year of birth
Group Names: Little Anthony & the Imperials

🎵Ernest Wright -- Birthdate Conflict -- b.8/24/1938 or 8/24/1939 or 8/24/1941
Hall of Famer, Singer, Rhythm and Blues Musician
Misc: no source agrees on a single year of birth
Group Names: Little Anthony & the Imperials

🎵Ernest Wright -- Birthdate Conflict -- b.8/24/1938 or 8/24/1939 or 8/24/1941
Hall of Famer, Singer, Rhythm and Blues Musician
Misc: no source agrees on a single year of birth
Group Names: Little Anthony & the Imperials

🎭🏆Connie Mason -- is 88 in the year 2025 and 89 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1937 N.S.
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: June 1963

🎨🎭🏆Marlene Callahan -- is 88 in the year 2025 and 89 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1937 N.S.
Photographer, Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: November 1957

🎨✍🎵Mason Williams -- is 87 in the year 2025 and 88 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1938
Photographer, Author, Comedy Writer, Composer, Songwriter, Folk Guitarist
Names/Places: b. in Abilene, Texas
Misc: some say b. 1936
Song Titles: Classical Gas
TV Shows: Andy Williams Show (writer), Glen Campbell Show (writer), Smothers Brothers (regular and writer), Pat Paulsen Show (writer), Saturday Night Live (writer)

🎵🎸David Freiberg -- is 87 in the year 2025 and 88 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1938
Hall of Famer, Guitarist, Keyboardist, Rock and Roll Singer, Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship

🎵Marshall (Singer) Thompson -- is 83 in the year 2025 and 84 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1942
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: Chi-Lites

🏆Lori Winston -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1944 N.S.
Model, Playmate
Misc: June 1964

🎵Jim Brady -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1944
Singer
Misc: some say b. 1937
Group Names: The Sandpipers
Song Titles: Guantanamera

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🎭🏆🥊Vince McMahon -- is 80 in the year 2025 and 81 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1945
Hall of Famer, Actor, Movie Producer, Announcer, Sports Commentator, Wrestler
Names/Places: RFMN:Vincent Kennedy

🎭🎵Ronee Blakeley -- is 80 in the year 2025 and 81 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1945 N.S.
Actress, Producer/Director, Composer/Songwriter, Songwriter, Singer
Misc: retired from acting in 1990
Movie Titles: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nashville, The Driver, The Baltimore Bullet

🏆🏈Dean Halverson -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1946
NFL Player

🎭Stephen Keep -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1947
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Flo (as Les Kincaid)

🎭Anne Archer -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1947
TV/Movie Actress, Producer
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles
Misc: some say b. 1949
TV Shows: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (as Carol); Falcon Crest (as Cassandra Wilder)
Movie Titles: Clear and Present Danger, The Art of War, Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games

✍Paulo Coelho -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1947 N.S.
Author, Brazilian

🎭🏆Azizi Johari -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1948
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: June 1975

✍Alexander McCall Smith -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1948 N.S.
Author

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⚖Sauli Niinistö -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1948 N.S.
President, Finnish
Misc: Finland's 12th President

🎵Jean-Michael Jarre -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1948 N.S.
Music Producer, Composer, Songwriter, Musician, Electronica Performer, New Age Singer, French

🎭Carole Ita White -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1949
Actress
Names/Places: Jesse's daughter
TV Shows: Helter Skelter (as Big Sal), Laverne & Shirley (as Rosie Greenbaum)
Movie Titles: Falling Down, The Witches of Eastwick, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Grand Canyon

🎭Joe Regalbuto -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1949
Actor, Director
TV Shows: The Associates, Knots Landing (as Harry Fisher), Street Hawk, Murphy Brown (as Frank Fontana), George Lopez (director)
Movie Titles: Missing, Raw Deal

💰Richard Bangs -- is 75 in the year 2025 and 76 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1950
Businessperson
Misc: started the world's largest adventure travel company

🎵🎸Michael "Mike" DeRosier -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1951 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Drummer, Canadian
Group Names: Heart

🏆🏈Mike Shanahan -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1952 N.S.
NFL Coach

✍🎵🎸Linton Kwesi Johnson -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1952 N.S.
Poet, Scholar, Reggae Musician, Jamaican

🎭Steve Hanks -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1953
Actor
TV Shows: BAD Cats

🏆🏈Dan Kepley -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1953
Hall of Famer, CFL Figure, Football Coach, Football Linebacker, American
Misc: in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Edmonton Eskimos

🏆⚾Chris Batton -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1954
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏌Buddy Gardner -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1955
Golfer

⚖Mike Huckabee -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1955
Governor

🎭🎵Jeffrey Daniel -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1955
Choreographer, Dancer, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Disco Musician
Group Names: Shalamar

🏆🥊Gerry Cooney -- is 69 in the year 2025 and 70 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1956
Boxer, Olympic Athlete
Misc: Olympics-1980

🎭Kevin Dunn -- is 69 in the year 2025 and 70 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1956
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Producer
TV Shows: JAG (as Admiral A.Z. Brovo), Samantha Who?, Code Black (as Dr. Taylor), Veep (as Ben Cafferty)
Movie Titles: Warrior, Transformers (series), Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Small Soldiers (voice), Godzilla

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🏆⚾Tony Bernazard -- is 69 in the year 2025 and 70 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1956
MLB Second Baseman, Puerto Rican

🎵Steven Scott Smalley -- is 69 in the year 2025 and 70 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1956
Composer

🎭Victor Hammer -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1957
Cinematographer

✍🎭Stephen Fry -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1957
Writer, Actor, Comedian, Producer, English
TV Shows: QI (host)
Movie Titles: V for Vendetta, Sherlock Homles: A Game of Shadows, Alice in Wonderland (2010)

🎵🎷Steve Berry -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1957
Jazz Bassist, English

🎭Steve Guttenberg -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1958 N.S.
Actor, Producer
Names/Places: b. in New York City
TV Shows: Billy (as Billy Fisher), No Soap-Radio
Movie Titles: Police Academy (series), Short Circuit, Three Men & a Baby, Cocoon, It Takes Two (movie), Home For The Holidays

🏆⚾Cal Ripken Jr. -- is 65 in the year 2025 and 66 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1960
Hall of Famer, MLB Shortstop
Misc: 19x All Star, 2x Gold Glove, 8x Silver Slugger; over 2300 hits; AL Rookie of Year (1982); consecutive game playing streak reached 2,009 when '94 players' strike interrupted season on Aug. 12; the streak, which began on May 30, 1982, is longer than Lou Gehrig's 2,130; holder of the record for playing every inning (8243) in 910 games between 1982-87; AL MVP 1983 and 1991, All Star MVP 1991 and 2001; Orioles #8 retired
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles (1981-2001)

🎭Jared Harris -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1961
Actor, Producer, English
TV Shows: Mad Men (as Lane Pryce), The Crown (as King George)
Movie Titles: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Resident Evil: Acocalpyse, Lincoln, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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🎵🎸Mark "Bedders" Bedford -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1961 N.S.
Composer/Songwriter, Alternative Rock Bassist, Ska Musician, English
Group Names: Madness

🎵🎸Colin Angus -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1961 N.S.
Modern Rock Performer, Scottish
Group Names: The Shamen

✍🎵🎸Kurt Brecht -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1961
Author, Rock and Roll Singer
Book Titles: Notes From The Nest, The 30-Day Diarrhea Diet Plan, See The Loud Feeling, Whore Stories
Group Names: Dirty Rotten Imbeciles

🎭David Koechner -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1962 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Superior Donuts (as Carl "Tush" Tushinski)

✍🎭Craig Kilborn -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1962
Writer, Actor, Comedian, TV Talk Show Host, Producer
TV Shows: The Daily Show, The Late Late Show

📰Major Garrett -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1962
Correspondent, Commentator

🎵🎸John Bush -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1962 N.S.
Lyricist, Heavy Metal Singer
Group Names: Anthrax

🎮Hideo Kojima -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1963 N.S.
Video Game Designer, Japanese
Misc: founder of Kojima Productions
Video Games: Metal Gear (series), Zone of the Enders, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

🎭Marlee Matlin -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1965
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Producer
Names/Places: b. in Chicago
Misc: she gave birth to a girl in real life while her PF character had a boy on the same day (Jan 19, 1996), coincidentally matching the day Lucille Ball delivered on TV and real life in 1953
TV Shows: Reasonable Doubts (as DA Tess Kaufman), Picket Fences (as Mayor Laurie Bey), The West Wing (as Josephine "Joey" Lucas), Switched at Birth (as Melody Bledsoe)
Movie Titles: Children of a Lesser God, The One I Love

🏆🏀Reggie Miller -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1965
Hall of Famer, NBA Guard, Olympic Athlete
Names/Places: RFN:Reginald Wayne
Misc: Dream Team II in the 1994 World Basketball Championships; Indiana Pacers. Retired with the most three-point field goals in NBA history (2,560); 5x NBA All-Star; 3x All-NBA Third Team; J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2004); FIBA World Championship gold medalist (1994); Olympic gold medal (1996); USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2002).
Sports Teams: Indiana Pacers (1987-2005)

🎭Ashley Nicole -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1966
XXX-rated Actress

🎭Eric Edwards -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1966
Actor

🎭🏆🥊James Toney -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1968
Hall of Famer, Actor, Boxer
Movie Titles: Ali

🏆⚾Tim Salmon -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1968
MLB Right Fielder

🏆🏒Benoît Brunet -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1968
NHL Player, Canadian

🎵🎸Jason Nesmith -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1968
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: The Beauties

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🎵🎸Andreas Kisser -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1968
Rock and Roll Guitarist, Brazilian
Group Names: Sepultura

🎭🎵Jeffrey Allen Knight -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1969
Actor, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: b. in Nashville, Tennessee
TV Shows: Hunt For The Unicorn Killer (TV 1999)

🎵Darrin Kirkindoll -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1969
Country Music Performer

📰David Gregory -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1970
Journalist
TV Shows: Meet the Press

🎵Kristyn Osborn -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1970
Country Music Singer
Group Names: Shedaisy

🎭Ava DuVernay -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1972 N.S.
Producer/Director
TV Shows: Queen Sugar
Movie Titles: Spider-Man 2 (2004), Selma, I Robot, Collateral Selma

🏆🏈Lee DeRamus -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1972
NFL Wide Receiver

🏆⚾Kurt Miller -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1972
MLB Pitcher

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🏆🏒Ian Moran -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1972
NHL Defensive, American

🎭Carmine Giovinazzo -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1973
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Shasta McNasty, CSI:NY (as Danny Messner)
Movie Titles: Black Hawk Down, For Love of the Game, Fallen Arches

🎭Barret Oliver -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1973
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 1989
Movie Titles: Cocoon, Frankenweenie, Cocoon: The Return, The Never Ending Story

🎭Dave Chappelle -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1973 N.S.
Actor, Comedian, Producer
TV Shows: Chappelle's Show
Movie Titles: Half Baked, You've Got Mail

🎭🎮🎵Grey DeLisle -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1973 N.S.
Actress, Comedienne, Cartoon Voice Actress, Video Game Voice Actress, Singer
Names/Places: aka: Grey Griffin
Misc: prolific voice actress since the 1990s; far too many notable works to list!
TV Shows: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, The Replacements, Scooby-Doo, The Fairly Odd Parents, Phineas and Ferb, Winx Club, Gravity Falls, The Loud House, Mighty Magiswords, WordGirl, Turbo FAST
Movie Titles: Avatar
Video Games: Batman: Arkham City

🏆🏁Inge de Bruijn -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1973 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Dutch Republican

🏆🏒Andrew Brunette -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1973
NHL Left Wing, Canadian

🎭Jennifer Lien -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1974
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Men in Black: The Series, Phenom (as Roanne), Star Trek: Voyager (as Kes, an Ocampa)
Movie Titles: American History X, SLC Punk!

🎭James D'Arcy -- is 50 in the year 2025 and 51 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1975 N.S.
Actor, English
TV Shows: Agent Carter (as Edwin Jarvis)
Movie Titles: Dunkirk, Master and Commander, Cloud Atlas, Let's Be Cops, After the Dark

🎭Alex O'Loughlin -- is 49 in the year 2025 and 50 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1976
Actor, Producer, Australian
TV Shows: Hawaii Five-O (as Steve McGarrett)
Movie Titles: The Back-Up Plan, The Holiday, August Rush

✍John (Author) Green -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1977 N.S.
Author

🎭Beth Riesgraf -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1978
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Director
TV Shows: Leverage
Movie Titles: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Complications

🏆🏀Michael Redd -- is 46 in the year 2025 and 47 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1979
NBA Player, Olympic Athlete

🏆⚾Rafael Furcal -- is 45 in the year 2025 and 46 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1980
MLB Shortstop, Dominican Republican

🎭Chad Michael Murray -- is 44 in the year 2025 and 45 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1981
Actor, Director
TV Shows: Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, Texas Rising, One Tree Hill (as Lucas Scott), Agent Carter (as Jack Thompson)
Movie Titles: Freaky Friday (2003), A Cinderella Story, House of Wax

🏆⚾Brett Gardner -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1983 N.S.
MLB Left Fielder, American
Misc: 1x Gold Glove

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🎵Jeffrey Gilbert -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1983 N.S.
Drummer, Christian/Rock Performer
Group Names: Kutless

🎭Blake Berris -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1984
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Pretty Little Liars (as Damian Hayes), Breaking Bad (as Tucker), The Big Bang Theory (as Kevin)
Movie Titles: Meth Head

🏆Destiny Davis -- is 40 in the year 2025 and 41 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1985
Model, Playmate
Misc: January 2005

🏆🏈Arian Foster -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1986 N.S.
NFL Runningback

🎭Adam Blampied -- is 38 in the year 2025 and 39 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1987 N.S.
Comedian, English

🏆🏒Anže Kopitar -- is 38 in the year 2025 and 39 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1987 N.S.
NHL Center, Slovenian

🎭Rupert Grint -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1988
Actor, English
Movie Titles: Harry Potter (movies as Ron Weasley)

🎭Elizabeth Debicki -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1990 N.S.
Actress

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🏆⚾Kiké Hernández -- is 34 in the year 2025 and 35 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1991 N.S.
MLB Center Fielder, Puerto Rican
Names/Places: RN: Enrique Javier; his nickname is pronounced KEE-kay during English language broadcasts to prevent it from being confused with a derogatory slur that has a different pronounciation.

Richard William Webber -- is 32 in the year 2025 and 33 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1993
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Madeleine Gurdon & Andrew Lloyd's son

🏆🏀Kelsey Plum -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1994 N.S.
Basketball Player, Olympic Athlete

🎵Justine Skye -- is 30 in the year 2025 and 31 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1995 N.S.
Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer

🏆Sofia Richie -- is 27 in the year 2025 and 28 in the year 2026; b.8/24/1998 N.S.
Model
Names/Places: Diane and Lionel's daughter

🎭Griffin Glick -- is 25 in the year 2025 and 26 in the year 2026; b.8/24/2000 N.S.
Actor

Jordan Ashley Aikman -- is 24 in the year 2025 and 25 in the year 2026; b.8/24/2001
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Rhonda and Troy's daughter

Francesca Lilliana Puleo -- is 22 in the year 2025 and 23 in the year 2026; b.8/24/2003
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Nancy St. Alban and Chris's daughter

Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg -- is 20 in the year 2025 and 21 in the year 2026; b.8/24/2005
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Soleil Moon Frye and Jason's daughter

Betsy Rose Hefner -- is 5 in the year 2025 and 6 in the year 2026; b.8/24/2020 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Hugh Hefner's granddaughter, Scarlett and Cooper's daughter

🎭Nahanni Johnstone -- b.8/24/????
Actress, Canadian
TV Shows: Third Watch (as Nicole)

👑King Alexander II Of Scotland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1198 J-LD d.7/6/1249 J-LD (50)
King
Misc: ruled 1214-49

✍📰John Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1580 d.12/??/1653 (73)
Poet, Journalist, English
Names/Places: NN:The Water Poet

✍Robert Herrick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1591 J-LD d.10/15/1674 J-LD (83)
Author, Poet, English
Book Titles: Hesperides (a book of poems)

⚖💰William Wilberforce -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1759 d.7/29/1833 (73)
Politician, Philanthropist, Social Reformer, British
Misc: House of Commons; campaigned successfully for the abolition of slavery (1807) in the British Empire.

⚛Georg von Reichenbach -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1771 N.S. d.5/21/1826 N.S. (54)
Astronomer, German

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🎖Samuel Chester Reid -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1783 d.1/28/1861 (77)
Naval Officer

✍Joseph Emerson Worcester -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1784 d.10/27/1865 (81)
Lexicographer
Misc: introduced synonyms to definitions

⚛James Weddell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1787 d.9/9/1834 (47)
Explorer, Navigator, English
Misc: Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea

🎭James Wallack -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1795 d.12/25/1864 (69)
Stage Actor, British
Misc: theater owner

⛪Theodore Parker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1810 d.5/10/1860 (49)
Clergyman, Religious Leader, American

⚛Sir Daniel Gooch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1816 d.10/15/1889 (73)
Chef, English
Misc: laid the first successful transatlantic cables

🎵Eduard Napravnik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1839 d.11/10/1916 O.S. (77) or 11/23/1916 N.S. (77)
Composer, Conductor, Russian

💰Henry Towne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1844 d.10/15/1924 (80)
Manufacturer
Misc: with Linus Yale, founded company based upon Yale's lock invention

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⚛Henry Gannett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1846 d.11/5/1914 (68)
Geographer
Misc: father of mapmaking

🎨Charles Follen McKim -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1847 d.9/14/1909 (62)
Architect

🎵Felix Mottl -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1856 d.7/2/1911 (54)
Conductor, Austrian
Misc: known for his performances of the operas of Richard Wagner.

👑King Ferdinand I -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1865 d.7/20/1927 (61)
King, Romanian
Misc: of Romania 1914-27

🎨✍Sir Max Beerbohm -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1872 d.5/20/1956 (83)
Caricaturist, Author, Essayist, Critic, English
Misc: of Saturday Review

✍🎭Frank Craven -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1875 N.S. d.9/1/1945 N.S. (70)
Screenwriter, Movie/Stage Actor

🏆🏁🏊Arthur Rowland Channel Tums Cavill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1877 N.S. d.3/1/1914 N.S. (36)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Australian

🏆🏒Russell Bowie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1880 d.4/8/1959 (78)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: NHL Rover
Sports Teams: Montreal Victorias (possibly 1896-1908)

✍Earl Derr Biggers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1884 d.4/5/1933 (48)
Author
Misc: created Chinese detective Charlie Chan

🎨⚛William Francis Gibbs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1886 d.9/6/1967 (81)
Architect, Engineer
Misc: WWII Naval ships and destroyers

🏆⚾Harry B. Hooper -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1887 d.12/18/1974 (87)
Hall of Famer, MLB Right Fielder
Sports Teams: Boston Red Sox (1909-1920), Chicago White Sox (1921-1925)

🏆⚾Hank Gowdy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1889 d.8/1/1966 (76)
MLB Player

🎵Moses Simons -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1889 d.6/28/1945 (55)
Composer, Pianist, Bandleader, Cuban

🏆🏁🏊🏄Duke Paoa Kahanamoku -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1890 N.S. d.1/22/1968 N.S. (77)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Surfer, Hawaiian
Names/Places: RN: Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku
Misc: 100-m swimmer, won Olympic gold 1912 & 1920; His many swimming records have since been broken, and Duke is now remembered primarily for popularizing surfing, but in his day he was the best swimmer the world had ever seen.

⚛Pearl Kendrick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1890 d.10/8/1980 (90)
Scientist, Microbiologist
Misc: known for co-developing the first vaccine for whooping cough

⛪Cardinal Richard Cushing -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1895 d.11/2/1970 (75)
Religious Leader

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🎭Boris Kaufman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1897 d.6/24/1980 (82)
Movie Producer/Director, Polish

🎵Fred Rose -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1897 d.12/1/1954 (57)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Music Publisher, Pianist, Country Music Singer
Misc: some say b. 1898

🎖Clinton Duffy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1898 d.10/11/1982 (84)
Hero
Misc: San Quenton prison warden

📰Jimmy Fidler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1898 d.8/9/1988 (89)
Columnist
Misc: Gossip

✍📰Malcolm Cowley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1898 d.3/27/1989 (90)
Novelist, Essayist, Poet, Literary Critic, Journalist, Editor

✍⛪Jorge Luis Borges -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1899 d.6/14/1986 (86)
Essayist, Short Story Writer, Poet, Quaker, Argentine

⚛Albert Claude -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1899 d.5/22/1983 (83)
Scientist, Microbiologist, Belgiumese, Canadian
Misc: founder of modern cell biology; isolated a cancer virus, Nobel 1974

🎭Preston Foster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1900 d.7/14/1970 (69)
TV/Movie Actor
Misc: appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s and onward
TV Shows: Waterfront (as Captain John Herrick), Gunslinger

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📰Fernand Braudel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1902 d.11/28/1985 (83)
Historian, Educator, French
Misc: one of the most important historiographers of the 20th century.

🎵Claude Hopkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1903 d.2/19/1984 (80)
Arranger, Pianist, Bandleader

🎭Rod Redwing -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1904 d.5/30/1971 (66)
Actor

⚛Ramon Castroviejo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1904 d.1/1/1987 (82)
Surgeon, Spanish

🎭Donald Douglas II -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1905 d.12/31/1945 (40)
Actor, Scottish

🎵Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1905 N.S. d.3/28/1974 N.S. (68)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Blues Singer
Names/Places: aka Percy Lee and Elmer James

🎵Billy Bishop -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1906 d.7/7/1995 (88)
Bandleader
Misc: Big Bands

🎵🎷Paul Webster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1909 d.5/6/1966 (56)
Jazz Trumpeter
Group Names: Jimmy Lunceford (1935-43), Cab Calloway (1944-52)

📰John William Theis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1911 d.7/23/1994 (82)
Journalist
Misc: might have been born in 1912

🎭Durward Kirby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1912 d.3/15/2000 (87)
Radio Actor, TV Host, Variety Show Host, Announcer
Names/Places: b. in Covington, Kentucky
TV Shows: Garry Moore Show (as the lanky sidekick on Garry's TV & Radio shows), Candid Camera (cohost)

🎭Dorothy Comingore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1913 d.12/30/1971 (58)
Movie Actress
Movie Titles: Citizen Kane

🎵Wynonie Harris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1915 N.S. d.6/14/1969 N.S. (53)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Drummer, Blues Singer
Names/Places: NN:Mr. Blues

🏆⚾Alfred Dean -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1915 d.12/21/1970 (55)
MLB Player

🎭Hugh Franklin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1916 d.9/26/1986 (70)
Soap Actor
TV Shows: All My Children (as Dr. Charles Tyler)

🎭🎵Hal Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1916 d.1/28/1994 (77)
TV/Movie/Radio Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Singer
TV Shows: Disney (as Goofy, Jiminy Cricket, Winnie the Pooh, etc.), The Andy Griffith Show (as Otis Campbell the town drunk)

🎭🏆Dennis James -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1917 d.6/3/1997 (79)
Actor, TV Host, Game Show Host, Announcer, Sportscaster
TV Shows: Okay Mother, Cash & Carry, Prime Time Boxing, Orig Amateur Hour, Chance of a Lifetime, The Price is Right, Name That Tune

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🎵Fred Rose -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1917 d.4/26/1990 (72)
Songwriter, Pop Singer

🎵Beny More -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1919 d.2/19/1963 (43)
Arranger, Composer, Singer, Bandleader

🏆🏀Victor A. "Vic" Siegel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1920 N.S. d.7/7/2017 N.S. (96)
Basketball Player

🎨Alex Colville -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1920 d.7/16/2013 (92)
Painter, Canadian

📰Howard Zinn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1922 d.1/27/2010 (87)
Historian

⚖René Lévesque -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1922 N.S. d.11/1/1987 N.S. (65)
Head of State, Canadian
Misc: Quebec Premier 1976-85

🎭🏆Helena Carter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1923 d.1/11/2000 (76)
Actress, Model

🎵Louis Teicher -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1924 N.S. d.8/3/2008 N.S. (83)
Composer, Pianist
Names/Places: b. in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Misc: of Ferrante & Teicher

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⚖Shirley Hufstedler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1925 N.S. d.3/30/2016 N.S. (90)
Judge, Government Official, Attorney
Misc: Secretrary of Education

🎭Jerry Damon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1927 d.1/24/1979 (51)
Actor, Announcer
TV Shows: That Was the Week That Was

🎭Penny Edwards -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1928 d.8/26/1998 (70)
Actress
Misc: (Millicent)

⚖Angie Brooks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1928 d.9/9/2007 (79)
Diplomat

🎵William Winfield -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1929 N.S. d.7/27/2021 N.S. (91)
Singer, Doo Wop Performer
Group Names: The Harptones

🏆🏁Roger McCluskey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1930 d.8/29/1933 (3)
Auto Racer

🎭Bobby Ellis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1933 N.S. d.11/23/1973 N.S. (40)
Actor
TV Shows: Meet Corliss Archer, The Aldrich Family (as Henry Aldrich)

🎭Kenny (Star Wars) Baker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1934 d.8/13/2016 N.S. (81)
Actor, English
Movie Titles: Flash Gordon, The Elephant Man, Star Wars (series as R2-D2), Time Bandits

✍A. S. Byatt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1936 N.S. d.11/16/2023 N.S. (87)
Novelist, English
Names/Places: RN: Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
Misc: one of the greatest British writers since 1945

🏆🏒Murray Balfour -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1936 d.5/30/1965 (28)
NHL Right Wing

🎭🎵Reathal Bean -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1942 N.S. d.10/4/2023 N.S. (81)
Actor, Novelty Singer
Group Names: The Doonesbury Break Crew (lead rapper)
Movie Titles: Dancer in the Dark, Almost Famous, Cocktail, The Nanny Diaries

🎵Jimmy Soul -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1942 d.6/25/1988 (45)
Gospel Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Song Titles: If You Wanna Be Happy

⚖J. Maxwell Cleland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1942 N.S. d.11/9/2021 N.S. (79)
Politician

🎵🎸John Cipollina -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1943 d.5/29/1989 (45)
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Guitarist
Names/Places: Mario's brother
Group Names: Quicksilver Messenger Service

🏆🥊Rocky Johnson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1944 N.S. d.1/15/2020 N.S. (75)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Canadian
Names/Places: father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

🎵🎸Jim Capaldi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1944 d.1/28/2005 (60)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Singer, Percussionist, Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Group Names: Traffic, soloist

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⚛Gregory B. Jarvis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1944 d.1/28/1986 (41)
Astronaut, Engineer

🏆🏒Bill Goldsworthy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1944 d.3/29/1996 (51)
NHL Player

🎵Malcolm "Molly" Duncan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1945 N.S. d.10/8/2019 N.S. (74)
Tenor, Soprano-sax, Rhythm and Blues Musician, Scottish
Group Names: Average White Band, sessionist

🎵Ken Hensley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1945 N.S. d.11/4/2020 N.S. (75)
Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Keyboardist, Pianist, English
Group Names: Uriah Heep

🎭Charles Rocket -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1949 d.10/7/2005 (56)
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Moonlighting (semi-regular), Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update (anchor & regular 1980-81, the 1st SNL member fired from NY for saying the 'f' word live just happened to be a Rocket!)

✍Oscar Hijuelos -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1951 d.10/12/2013 (62)
Novelist

🎵🎸Danny Joe Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/24/1951 d.3/10/2005 (53)
Rock and Roll Singer
Group Names: Molly Hatchett

Pliny -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/23AD d.8/24/79AD
Scholar
Names/Places: Roman; aka Pliny The Elder

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🎨Parmigiano -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/11/1503 d.8/24/1540 (37)
Painter, Italian
Misc: Italian Mannerist painter (Madonna with the Long Neck)

⛪Saint Rose Of Lima -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/20/1586 d.8/24/1617 (31)
Religionist
Misc: a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru.

✍Thomas Chatterton -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/20/1752 d.8/24/1770 (17)
Poet, English

🎖Egbert Benson -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/21/1746 d.8/24/1833 (87)
Revolutionary, Scholar

✍Theodore Edward Hook -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/22/1788 N.S. d.8/24/1841 N.S. (52)
Novelist, Playwright, English

⚛Benjamin Wright -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/10/1770 d.8/24/1842 (71)
Engineer
Misc: directed the construction of the Erie Canal. Because he trained so many engineers on that project, Wright has been called the "father of American engineering."

⚛Adam Johann Von Krusenstern -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/19/1770 d.8/24/1846 (75)
Navigator, Russian

🎭William Henry Betty -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/13/1791 d.8/24/1874 (82)
Stage Actor, British

✍⛪Stephen Riggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1812 d.8/24/1883 (71)
Author, Linguist, Missionary

⚛Rudolf Clausius -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/2/1822 d.8/24/1888 (66)
Scientist, German
Misc: thermodynamics pioneer

⚛Jan Matzeliger -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/15/1852 d.8/24/1889 (36)
Inventor
Misc: best known for his shoe-lasting machine that mechanically shaped the upper portions of shoes.

🎖⚛Clara Louise Maass -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/28/1876 d.8/24/1901 (25)
Heroine, Nurse

🎭Margaret I Leighton -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1852 d.8/24/1908 (56)
Actress
Misc: sources don't know the date of birth

✍Kate Douglas Smith-Wiggin -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/28/1856 N.S. d.8/24/1923 N.S. (66)
Children's Author, Educator, English
Names/Places: RLN:Smith
Misc: free kindergarten founder

⚛Paul Gottlieb Nipkow -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/22/1860 d.8/24/1940 (80)
Inventor
Misc: discovered television's scanning principle, in which the light intensities of small portions of an image are successively analyzed and transmitted.

✍Simone Weil -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/3/1909 d.8/24/1943 (34)
Philosopher, French

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⚖James C. McReynolds -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/3/1862 d.8/24/1946 (84)
Supreme Court Justice
Misc: Supreme Court Justice 1914-41 who wasa leading force in striking down the early New Deal program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

🎭Lewis D. Collins -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/12/1899 d.8/24/1954 (55)
Movie Director

🎭Barry Norton -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/16/1905 d.8/24/1956 (51)
Actor, Argentine

🎭Kenji Mizoguchi -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1898 d.8/24/1956 (58)
Movie Actor, Director, Japanese

🎭James Kirkwood -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/22/1875 d.8/24/1963 (88)
Actor

🏆🏒"Hooley" Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/7/1903 d.8/24/1963 (60)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, NHL Defensive, NHL Right Wing, Canadian
Misc: played 1924-1941
Sports Teams: Toronto Granites, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins, New York Americans

🎭Amanda Randolph -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/2/1896 d.8/24/1967 (70)
Radio Actress, TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: Lillian's sister
TV Shows: Amos 'n Andy (as Sapphire's mama Ramona Smith), Danny Thomas Show (as Louise)

💰Henry J. Kaiser -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/9/1882 d.8/24/1967 (85)
Industrialist
Misc: steel & aluminum empire founder; builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)

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🎭Billy Greene -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/6/1897 d.8/24/1973 (76)
Actor
TV Shows: One Man's Family

⚛Alexander P. De Seversky -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/7/1894 d.8/24/1974 (80)
Aviator, Engineer, Russian

💰Charles Revson -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/11/1906 d.8/24/1975 (68)
Cosmetic Executive
Misc: Revlon founder

🏆🏒Herbert William "Buddy" O'Connor -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/21/1916 N.S. d.8/24/1977 N.S. (61)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: playing career 1941-1951
Sports Teams: Montreal Royals, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers

🎵🎷Louis Prima -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/7/1910 d.8/24/1978 (67)
Composer/Songwriter, Lyricist, Bandleader, Jazz Singer, Jazz Trumpeter
Song Titles: That Old Black Magic
Movie Titles: The Jungle Book

🎵🎷Bill Coleman -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/4/1904 d.8/24/1981 (77)
Jazz Trumpeter

🎖William Friske Dean -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/1/1899 d.8/24/1981 (82)
General
Misc: World War II and the Korean War

💰Kazuo Iwama -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/7/1919 d.8/24/1982 (63)
Executive, Japanese
Misc: prez and chairman Sony Corp

✍Félix-Antoine Savard -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/31/1896 d.8/24/1982 (85)
Novelist, Poet, Canadian, French
Misc: folklorist, priest

🎭Jack Somack -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1918 d.8/24/1983 (64)
Actor
TV Shows: Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show

✍⚛Scott Nearing -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/6/1883 d.8/24/1983 (100)
Author, Sociologist

Bayard Rustin -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/17/1910 d.8/24/1987 (77)
Civil Rights Leader, Political Activist

🎭Leonard Frey -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/4/1938 d.8/24/1988 (49)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Best of the West (as Parker Tillman)
Movie Titles: Fiddler On The Roof

🎵Nat Stuckey -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/17/1933 d.8/24/1988 (54)
Songwriter, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: b. in Cass Country, Texas
Misc: not b. 1937 and not d. 1989

🏆🥊Vivian Vachon -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/23/1951 N.S. d.8/24/1991 N.S. (40)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Canadian
Names/Places: RN:Diane Vachon

🎭🎵Mark Lawrence -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/14/1921 d.8/24/1991 N.S. (70)
Actor, Producer, Composer, Pianist

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🏆Richard Degener -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/14/1912 N.S. d.8/24/1995 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American

✍🎭🎵Gary Crosby -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/27/1933 d.8/24/1995 (62)
Author, Actor, Singer
Names/Places: Bing's son
TV Shows: Bill Dana Show (as Eddie), Adam 12 (as Officer Ed Wells), Chase

🎭Stanley Grover -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/28/1926 d.8/24/1997 (71)
Actor
TV Shows: L.A. Law (occasional)

🎵🎷Tete Montoliu -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/28/1933 d.8/24/1997 (64)
Pianist, Jazz Performer, Spanish

🎭E. G. Marshall -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/18/1914 N.S. d.8/24/1998 N.S. (84)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: b. in Owatonna, MN; FMN:Everybody's Guess???, maybe Everett G.? Try Edda Gunnar
Misc: appearred on Kraft, Philco, Goodyear, Playhouse 90, etc 100s times; most say 1910, but E.G. corrected his birth year in an October 1997 Parade Magazine interview
TV Shows: The Defenders (as Lawrence Preston), The New Doctors (as Dr. David Craig), The Gangster Chronicles (narrator); Chicago Hope (as Dr. Arthur Thurmond)

🎭Jerry Clower -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/28/1926 d.8/24/1998 (71)
Comedian
Misc: Country Comedian; b. Aug 28?
TV Shows: Nashville on the Road

🎵Gene Page -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/13/1940 d.8/24/1998 (57)
Arranger

🎭Lani Kai -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1936 d.8/24/1999 (63)
Actor

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🎭Mary Jane Croft -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/15/1916 d.8/24/1999 (83)
TV/Radio Actress
Names/Places: Elliot Lewis' wife
TV Shows: Our Miss Brooks (as Miss Daisy Enright), People's Choice (as voice of Cleo the dog), Ozzie & Harriet (as Clara Randolph), I Love Lucy (as Betty Ramsey 1957), Lucy Show (as Mary Jane Lewis), Here's Lucy (as Mary Jane Lewis)

🎵Warren Covington -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/7/1921 d.8/24/1999 (78)
Trombonist, Bandleader
Group Names: Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights

🏆⚽Robert Lowe "Bob" McPhail -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/25/1905 N.S. d.8/24/2000 N.S. (94)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish

🎭Jane Greer -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/9/1924 d.8/24/2001 (76)
Movie Actress

🏆⚾Hank Sauer -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/17/1917 d.8/24/2001 (84)
MLB Left Fielder
Misc: ML MVP 1952; hit 37 homers and drove in 121 runs in 1952
Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs

🏆🏁🏊Takashi "Halo" Hirose -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/23/1922 N.S. d.8/24/2002 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Hawaiian
Misc: Pioneer swimmer

🎭Zena Walker -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/7/1934 d.8/24/2003 (69)
Actress, English

⚖John Rhodes -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/18/1916 d.8/24/2003 (86)
Congressperson

✍🎭Ann Richards -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/20/1917 d.8/24/2006 (88)
Author, Actress
Misc: not the Texas governor

🎵Leopold Simoneau -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/3/1916 d.8/24/2006 (90)
Opera Singer, Canadian

✍Tad Mosel -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/1/1922 N.S. d.8/24/2008 N.S. (86)
Dramatist, Playwright

🏆🏁🎿Toni Sailer -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/17/1935 d.8/24/2009 (73)
Skier, Olympic Athlete, Austrian
Names/Places: aka:Anton
Misc: was the first to win three alpine gold medals in the Winter Olympics--taking downhill, slalom and giant slalom events in 1956.

🏆🏌Paul Harney -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1929 d.8/24/2011 (82)
Golfer

🏆⚾Mike Flanagan -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/16/1951 d.8/24/2011 (59)
MLB Pitcher
Misc: AL Cy Young Award winner in 1979
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles

🎭Claire Malis Callaway -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/17/1943 d.8/24/2012 (69)
Actress

🎭Steve Franken -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/27/1932 d.8/24/2012 (80)
Actor
TV Shows: Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (as Chatsworth Osborne Jr.)
Movie Titles: Mr. Novak, The Lieutenant

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🎭Julie Harris -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/2/1925 d.8/24/2013 (87)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: b. in Grosse Pointe, MI
TV Shows: Backstairs at the White House, The Family Holvak, Knots Landing (as Lilimae Clements), East of Eden
Movie Titles: Gorillas in the Mist, The Haunting

🎭Lord Richard Attenborough -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/29/1923 d.8/24/2014 (90)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer/Director, English
Names/Places: b. in Cambridge
Movie Titles: Miracle On 34th Street (as Santa Claus), Shadowlands, Gandhi (director)

🏆🏁Justin Wilson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/31/1978 N.S. d.8/24/2015 N.S. (37)
Auto Racer

🏆🏒Ron "Chico" Maki -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/17/1939 N.S. d.8/24/2015 N.S. (76)
NHL Player, Canadian
Sports Teams: Chicago Blackhawks

✍Michael Butor -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1926 d.8/24/2016 N.S. (89)
Novelist, Essayist, French

🎭🎵Jay Thomas -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/12/1948 N.S. d.8/24/2017 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Producer, Radio Disc Jock
Names/Places: RFN:John
Misc: Power 106 D.J. 1980s-90s
TV Shows: Mork & Mindy (as Remo DaVinci), Cheers (as Eddie LeBec), Murphy Brown (as Jerry Gold), Married People (as Russell Meyers), Love & War (as Jack Styne)
Movie Titles: Mr. Holland's Opus, Dragonfly, The Santa Clause 2

⚖Cecil D. Andrus -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/25/1931 d.8/24/2017 N.S. (85)
Governor

📰🎭Robin Leach -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/29/1941 N.S. d.8/24/2018 N.S. (76)
Journalist, TV Host, Producer, English
Names/Places: b. in London, England
TV Shows: Fame Fortune & Romance, Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous, Runaway with the Rich & Famous
Movie Titles: She-Devil, Maxed Out, Troop Beverly Hills

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🏆🏈Carl Garrett -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/31/1947 N.S. d.8/24/2020 N.S. (72)
NFL Runningback
Misc: Super Bowl XI
Sports Teams: Oakland Raiders

✍📰Gail Kenion Sheehy -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/27/1936 N.S. d.8/24/2020 N.S. (83)
Author, Lecturer, Journalist

🎵🎸Charlie Watts -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1941 N.S. d.8/24/2021 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, Percussionist, Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Names/Places: MN:Robert
Group Names: The Rolling Stones

🎵Fritz McIntyre -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/2/1958 N.S. d.8/24/2021 N.S. (62)
Adult-Pop Keyboardist, English
Group Names: Simply Red

🏆🏈Charlie Ford -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1948 N.S. d.8/24/2022 N.S. (73)
NFL Cornerback

🎭William Reynolds -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/9/1931 N.S. d.8/24/2022 N.S. (90)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: The F.B.I. (as special agent Tom Colby)
Movie Titles: The Thing That Couldn't Die

🎭Joe E. Tata -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/13/1936 N.S. d.8/24/2022 N.S. (85)
Actor
TV Shows: Lost in Space (guest in four episodes), Batman (as Goon, Suleiman and Tallow in five episodes), The Rockford Files (guest in eight episodes), "Beverly Hills, 90210" (as Nat Busicio)

🏆🏈Leonard Ray "Len" Dawson -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/20/1935 N.S. d.8/24/2022 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, Football Announcer, NFL Quarterback
Names/Places: b. in Alliance, OH
Misc: he once fumbled the ball 7 times in a game in 1964; 6x AFL All-Star; Super Bowl IV MVP; Chiefs #16 retired
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers (1957-1959), Cleveland Browns (1960-1961), Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs (1962-1975)

🏆🥊Bray Wyatt -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/23/1987 N.S. d.8/24/2023 N.S. (36)
Wrestler

✍🎭Arleen Sorkin -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1955 N.S. d.8/24/2023 N.S. (67)
Writer, Screenwriter, Actress, Comedienne, Variety Show Hostess, Producer
TV Shows: Days of Our Lives (as Calliope Bradford Jones), Duet (as Geneva), Open House (as Geneva), America's Funniest People

🏆🏁George (Drag Racer) Montgomery -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/27/1933 N.S. d.8/24/2023 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, Drag Racer
Names/Places: NN: Ohio George

🎵🎸Bernie Marsden -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/7/1951 N.S. d.8/24/2023 N.S. (72)
Blues Guitarist, Rock and Roll Guitarist, English
Group Names: Whitesnake

📰Phil Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1937 N.S. d.8/24/2024 N.S. (87)
Correspondent, Journalist
Misc: CBS News

🏆🏁Alex Xydias -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/22/1922 N.S. d.8/24/2024 N.S. (102)
Auto Racer
Misc: Hot Rodder, Racing Driver, Land Speed Racer, all in the early days of auto racing.

🎭🎵Phil Baker -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.8/24/1896 or 8/26/1896 N.S. d.11/30/1963 (67)
Movie Actor, Radio Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan, Songwriter
Misc: host of "Take It or Leave It" on NBC Radio (1941-1947); popular old time radio personality who partnered with Ben Bernie; some say b. 1898; sources can't agree on date of birth

Calculated Chosen Day to Celebrate a Famous Person whose Date of Birth is Unknown.

Silius -- Calculated Annual Tribute Days (Calantrib) -- b.??/??/25AD d.??/??/101
Poet
Misc: Latin

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