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August 7 birthdays

284 notable historical figures were born on August 7, and 169 died on this day. Everyone born on August 7 is a Leo.

18% of August 7 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on August 7

• Charlize Theron (born 1975. South African and American actress (born 1975))
• Jimmy Wales (born 1966. Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966))
• Robert Mueller (1944 to 2026. American civil servant and attorney (1944–2026))
• Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963 to 1963. Son of U.S. president John F. Kennedy)
• Constantius II (317 to 361. Roman emperor from 337 to 361)
• M. S. Swaminathan (1925 to 2023. Indian agronomist (1925–2023))
• José M. Hernández (born 1962. American engineer and former NASA astronaut)
• Louis Leakey (1903 to 1972. British archaeologist and naturalist (1903–1972))
• Elinor Ostrom (1933 to 2012. American political economist (1933–2012))
• Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783 to 1810. British princess (1783–1810))
• Ralph Bunche (1904 to 1971. American diplomat and political scientist)
• François Darlan (1881 to 1942. French admiral (1881–1942))
• Victoria of Baden (1862 to 1930. Queen of Sweden from 1907 to 1930)
• Mohammed Badie (born 1943. Egyptian politician (born 1943))
• Emil Nolde (1867 to 1956. German painter)
• James P. Allison (born 1948. American immunologist and Nobel laureate (born 1948))
• Kay Williams (1916 to 1983. American actress (1916-1983))
• Jerry Pournelle (1933 to 2017. American writer and scientist (1933–2017))
• Alberto Salazar (born 1958. Cuban-born American long-distance runner, and later, track coach)
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890 to 1964. American labor leader and feminist (1890–1964))
• Bruce Dickinson (born 1958. English heavy metal singer (born 1958))
• Joseph Trapanese (born 1984. American composer (born 1984))
• Ajahn Brahm (born 1951. British-Australian Theravada Buddhist monk (born 1951))
• Mata Hari (1876 to 1917. Dutch exotic dancer (1876–1917))
• John C. Mather (born 1946. American astrophysicist and cosmologist (born 1946))
• Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282 to 1316. English princess and noblewoman (1282–1316))
• Carl Ritter (1779 to 1859. German geographer (1779–1859))
• Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751 to 1820. Princess of Orange from 1767 to 1806)
• Nelson Goodman (1906 to 1998. American philosopher (1906–1998))
• Hermann Rauschning (1887 to 1982. German politician (1887–1982))
• Hans Enoksen (1956 to 2025. Prime Minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009)
• Dan Halutz (born 1948. Israeli Air Force general)
• Jotham Napat (born 1972. Ni-Vanuatu politician (born 1972))
• James Bowdoin (1726 to 1790. American politician (1726–1790))
• Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940 to 2014. Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999)
• Võ Chí Công (1912 to 2011. Vietnamese politician)
• Larry Sabato (born 1952. American political scientist and analyst (born 1952))
• Granville Bantock (1868 to 1946. British composer and conductor (1868–1946))
• Charles Joseph of Austria (1649 to 1664. Prince-Bishop of Olomouc)
• Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889 to 1964. French Navy admiral (1889-1964))
• Tony Berlant (born 1941. American artist (born 1941))
• David Duchovny (born 1960. American actor (born 1960))
• Ian Cardozo (born 1937. Former Indian Army officer)
• Jon Hall (programmer) (born 1950. Programmer and major contributor to the Linux project)
• Elizabeth Báthory (1560 to 1614. Hungarian countess and suspected serial killer (1560–1614))
• Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619 to 1651. Hereditary Countess Palatine of Neuburg)
• Konrad Heiden (1901 to 1966. German American journalist and historian)
• Ivan Melnikov (politician) (born 1950. Russian politician)
• Ildar Akhmerov (born 1965. Russian naval officer (born 1965))
• Ed Seykota (born 1946. American commodities trader (born 1946))
• Yun Hyon-seok (1984 to 2003. South Korean writer and activist (1984–2003))
• Giuliano Gozi (1894 to 1955. Sammarinese politician)
• Carl Anton Larsen (1860 to 1924. Whaler and Antarctic explorer)
• Maria Martins (artist) (1894 to 1973. Brazilian sculptor, designer, writer, painter, writer and musician)
• Alonso de Ercilla (1533 to 1594. Spanish soldier and poet (1533–1594))
• Howard Johnson (1941 to 2021. American musician (1941–2021))
• Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (born 1943. Egyptian architect (born 1943))
• Murat Dalkılıç (born 1983. Turkish pop singer (born 1983))
• Powell Clayton (1833 to 1914. American politician (1833–1914))
• Veljo Tormis (1930 to 2017. Estonian composer (1930–2017))

Died on August 7

• Rabindranath Tagore (1861 to 1941. Indian polymath (1861–1941))
• Trajan (53 to 117. Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117)
• Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050 to 1106. Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105)
• Caroline of Brunswick (1768 to 1821. Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1821)
• Kary Mullis (1944 to 2019. American biochemist (1944–2019))
• David McCullough (1933 to 2022. American historian and author (1933–2022))
• Majorian (420 to 461. Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461)
• Anastasia Zakharyina-Yuryeva (1530 to 1560. Tsaritsa of Russia from 1547 to 1560)
• Joan of Kent (1328 to 1385. English noblewoman (c. 1328–1385))
• Myint Swe (1951 to 2025. Acting President of Myanmar (2018; 2021–2025))
• Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571 to 1622. Japanese samurai and diplomat (1571–1622))
• Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779 to 1848. Swedish chemist (1779–1848))
• Alexander Blok (1880 to 1921. Russian poet (1880–1921))
• Camille Chamoun (1900 to 1987. President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958)
• Aspasia Manos (1896 to 1972. Morganatic spouse of King Alexander of Greece (1896–1972))
• Agustín Barrios (1885 to 1944. Paraguayan guitarist and composer (1885–1944))
• Don Baylor (1949 to 2017. American baseball player and manager (1949–2017))
• Şahin Giray (1745 to 1787. Khan of Crimea from 1777 to 1783)
• Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632 to 1649. Holy Roman Empress from 1648 to 1649)
• Jim Lovell (1928 to 2025. American astronaut (1928–2025))
• Henry Everard (1897 to 1980. Acting President of Rhodesia)
• Mariano Arista (1802 to 1855. President of Mexico from 1851 to 1853)
• Alfonso V of León (994 to 1028. King of León from 999 to 1028)
• Joseph Kosma (1905 to 1969. Hungarian-French composer (1905–1969))
• Alexander Melville Bell (1819 to 1905. British linguist (1819–1905))
• Brigid Brophy (1929 to 1995. English author, literary critic and polemicist (1929–1995))
• Giorgi Kvinitadze (1874 to 1970. Georgian military commander)
• Jonathan P. Jackson (1953 to 1970. Black Panther Party member who attacked a California courtroom (1953–1970))
• Oreste Baratieri (1841 to 1901. Italian military officer and colonial administrator (1841–1902))
• David Popper (1843 to 1913. Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913))

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