Famous August birthdays: August marks the birthdays for a famous astronaut, a celebrity chef, and a former first lady. Celebrities and others who will be serenaded with “Happy Birthday to You” this month.

Birthdays in August 1
Herman Melville(1819)
Jerry Garcia (1942)
Dom DeLuise (1933)
Yves Saint Laurent (1936)
Coolio (1963)

Birthdays in August 2
James Baldwin (1924)
Lance Ito (1950)
Myrna Loy (1905)
Carroll O’Connor (1922)
Peter O’Toole (1932)


Birthdays in August 3
Martha Stewart (1941)
Jay North (1952)
Martin Sheen (1940)
Ernie Pyle (1900)
Tony Bennett (1926)
Leon Uris (1924)

Birthdays in August 4
Jeff Gordon (1971)
Billy Bob Thornton (1955)
Louis Armstrong (1901)
Queen Elizabeth (1926)

Birthdays in August 5
Jonathan Silverman (1966)
Loni Anderson (1946)
Neil Armstrong (1930)
Robert Taylor (1911)
Patrick Ewing (1962)

August 6
Andy Warhol (1928)
Stephanie Kramer (1956)
Lucille Ball (1911)
Robert Mitchum

Birthdays in August 7
David Duchovny (1960)
Garrison Keillor (1942)
Mata Hari (1876)
Alfalfa (1927)

Birthdays in August 8
Dustin Hoffman (1937)
Keith Carradine (1949)
Robert Carradine (1949)
Kate O’Mara (1939)
Larry Wilcox (1947)

Birthdays in August 9
Deion Sanders (1967)
Melanie Griffith (1957)
Charles Farrell (1901)
Whitney Houston (1963)
Sam Elliott (1944)

Birthdays in August 10
Antonio Banderas (1960)
Eddie Fisher (1928)
Jimmy Dean (1928)
Angie Harmon (1972)

Birthdays in August 11
Hulk Hogan (1953)
Lloyd Nolan (1902)
Arlene Dahl (1928)

Birthdays in August 12
George Hamilton (1939)
Dan Hanson (1957)
Jane Wyatt (1912)
Porter Wagoner (1932)
Ben Affleck (1972)
Cecil B. DeMille (1881)
John Derek (1926)
Buck Owens (1929)
Pete Sampros (1971)

Birthdays in August 13
Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
Jeff Altman (1951)
Neville Brand (1921)
Dan Fogelberg (1951)
Danny Bonaduce (1959)

Birthdays in August 14
Magic Johnson (1959)
Danielle Steele (1947)
Halle Berry (1968)
Steve Martin (1945)
Julia Child (1925)

Birthdays in August 15
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
Ethel Barrymore (1879)
Debra Messing (1968)

Birthdays in August 16
Kathie Lee Gifford (1953)
Madonna (1958)
Timothy Hutton (1960)

Birthdays in August 17
Robert DeNiro (1943)
Sean Penn (1960)
Mae West (1892)

Birthdays in August 18
Christian Slater (1969)
Patrick Swayze (1952)
Robert Redford (1937)

Birthdays in August 19
Bill Clinton (1946)
Matthew Perry (1969)
John Stamos (1963)

Birthdays in August 20
Emily Bronte (1818)
Jim Reeves (1924)
Connie Chung (1946)
Robert Plant (1948)
Isaac Hayes ( 1942)

Birthdays in August 21
Kenny Rogers (1938)
Princess Margaret (1946)
Wilt Chamberlain (1936)
William “Count” Basie (1904)

Birthdays in August 22
Tori Amos (1963)
Valerie Harper (1940)
H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1934)
Cindy Williams (1947)

Birthdays in August 23
Gene Kelly (1912)
River Phoenix (1970)
Shelly Long (1949)
Barbara Eden (1930)

Birthdays in August 24
Claudia Schiffer (1970)
Yasser Arafat (1929)
Dennis James (1917)
Steve Gutenberg (1958)
Marlee Matlin ( 1965)
Cal Ripken Jr. (1960)

Birthdays in August 25
Monty Hall (1923)
Shania Twain (1965)
Gene Simmons (1949)
Sean Connery (1930)
Elvis Costello (1955)
Billy Ray Cyrus ( 1961)

Birthdays in August 26
Branford Marsalis (1960)
Geraldine Ferraro (1935)
Macauley Caulkin (1980)

Birthdays in August 27
Pee Wee Herman (1952)
Julie Brown (1961)
Mother Teresa (1910)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908)

Birthdays in August 28
Lee Ann Rimes (1982)
Ben Gazzara (1930)
Charles Boyer (1897)
Shania Twain (1965)
Emma Samms (1960)

Birthdays in August 29
Ingrid Bergman (1915)
Michael Jackson (1958)
John McCain (1936)
Robin Leach (1941)

Birthdays in August 30
Cameron Diaz (1972)
Elizabeth Ashley (1939)
Joan Blondell (1906)
Bill Daily (1928)
Peggy Lipton (1947)
Jean-Claude Killy (1943)

Birthdays in August 31
Buddy Hackett (1924)
Richard Gere (1949)
Van Morrison (1945)
Arthur Godfrey (1903)
James Coburn (1928)