August's Celebrity Birthdays

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August's Celebrity Birthdays

Photos of famous people born this month

AUGUST 1: Rapper-actor Coolio was born in 1973. He shares his birth date with Jerry Garcia, Tempestt Bledsoe and Francis Scott Key.

According to his National Public Radio biography, Bennett's first big career break came in 1949, when legendary entertainer Pearl Bailey asked him to perform as her opening act at a cabaret in New York's Greenwich Village.

AUGUST 4: Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United State, was born in 1961. He shares his birth date with Billy Bob Thornton, Roger Clemens and Jeff Gordon.

AUGUST 6: Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell was born in 1972. She shares her birth date with Lucille Ball, Andy Warhol and Jon Benet Ramsey.

AUGUST 7: Actress Charlize Theron was born in 1975. She shares her birth date with David Duchovny.

AUGUST 8: U2 guitarist David "The Edge" Evans was born in 1961. He shares his birth date with Mel Tillis, Dustin Hoffman and Kool Moe Dee.

AUGUST 9: Singer-actress Whitney Houston was born in 1963. She shares her birth date with Kurtis Blow, Deion Sanders, and Melanie Griffith.

AUGUST 12: Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny was born in 1955. He shares his birth date with Mark Knopfler, Pete Samprass and Suzanne Vega.

AUGUST 11: Wrestling star "Hulk Hogan" was born Terry Gene Bollea in 1953. He shares his birth date with Alex Haley and the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

AUGUST 13: Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born in 1926. He shares his birth date with Don Ho, Alfred Hitchcock and Dan Fogelberg.

AUGUST 14: Actress Halle Berry was born in 1968. She shares her birth date with Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Julia Child and David Crosby.

AUGUST 15: Actress Debra Messing was born in 1968. She shares her birth date with Linda Ellerbee and Ben Affleck.

AUGUST 16: Pop priestess Madonna was born in 1958. She shares her birth date with Timothy Hutton, Steve Carell, Angela Bassett and Frank Gifford.

AUGUST 17: Actor-director Robert DeNiro was born in 1943. He shares his birth date with Mae West, Sean Penn, Belinda Carlisle and Donnie Wahlberg.

AUGUST 18: Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was born in 1927. She shares her birth date with Nona Hendrix, Robert Redford, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Martin Mull.

AUGUST 19: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was born in 1946. He shares his birth date with Malcom Forbes, LeAnn Womack and Matthew Perry.

AUGUST 20: Soul music legend Isaac Hayes was born in 1942. He shares his birth date with Connie Chung, Robert Plant and Al Roker.

AUGUST 21: Country singer Kenny Rogers was born in 1938. He shares his birth date with Wilt Chamberlain, Count Basie and Joe Strummer.

AUGUST 24: Actress-activist Marlee Matlin was born in 1965. She shares her birth date with Cal Ripken, Jr., Yasser Arafat and Steve Guttenberg.

AUGUST 23: Basketball star Kobe Bryant was born in 1978. He shares his birth date with Gene Kelly, Rick Springfield and Jay Mohr.

AUGUST 25: Talk show host Regis Philbin was born in 1933. He shares his birth date with Rollie Fingers, Gene Simmons, Billy Ray Cyrus and Claudia Schiffer.

AUGUST 27: Actor Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens was born in 1952. He shares his birth date with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, Barbara Bach and Tuesday Weld.

AUGUST 28: Country singer LeAnn Rimes was born in 1982. She shares her birth date with Shania Twain, Wayne Osmond and David Soul.

AUGUST 29: King of Pop Michael Jackson was born in 1958. He shares his birth date with Me'shell NdegeOcello and Ingrid Bergman.

AUGUST 31: Blues vocalist Van Morrison was born in 1945. He shares his birth date with Eldridge Cleaver, Debbie Gibson and Buddy Hackett.

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AUGUST 1: Rapper-actor Coolio was born in 1973. He shares his birth date with Jerry Garcia, Tempestt Bledsoe and Francis Scott Key.

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