August 7

2024 Calendar

August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

461 – Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)
479 - Emperor Yuryaku of Japan
1106 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
1385 - Joan of Kent (b. 1328)
1485 - Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (b. 1454)
1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (b. 1548)
1635 – Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
1661 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
1809 - Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Governor of Connecticut (b. 1740)
1817 – Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)
1821 - Caroline of Brunswick, Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1768)
1834 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
1848 – Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)
1855 – Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)
1864 - Li Xiucheng, Chinese general (b. 1823)
1893 - Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (b. 1854)
1900 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German political activist (b. 1826)

1901 – 2000

1908 - Antonio Starabba, Italian politician (b. 1839)
1912 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (born 1841)
1917 - Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English pilot and commander (b. 1891)
1937 - Takeo Wakabayashi, Japanese footballer (b. 1907)
1938 - Constantin Stanislavski, Russian theatre practitioner (b. 1863)
1941 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer and poet (b. 1861)
1945 - Yi Wu, Korean prince (b. 1912)
1948 - Charles Bryant, American actor and movie director (b. 1879)
1957 – Oliver Hardy, American radio and movie comedian, and actor (born 1892)
1969 - Joseph Kosma, French composer (b. 1905)
1972 – Asposia Manos, wife of King Alexander of Greece (b. 1896)
1972 - Joi Lansing, American model, actress and singer (b. 1929)
1974 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925)
1981 - Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1987 – Camille Chamoun, Lebanese President (b. 1900)
1989 - Mickey Leland, American politician (b. 1944)
1994 - Larry Martin, English actor (b. 1934)
1995 – Brigid Brophy, British writer (b. 1929)
1999 – Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)

From 2001

2004 – Red Adair, American oil well firefighter (b. 1915)
2005 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American news anchor (b. 1938)
2007 - Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1929)
2008 - Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer (b. 1957)
2010 – Bruno Cremer, French actor (b. 1929)
2011 – Hugh Carey, former Governor of New York (b. 1919)
2011 - Mark Hatfield, former Governor of Oregon (b. 1922)
2011 – Harri Holkeri, 57th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1937)
2011 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born spy (b. 1912)
2014 - Denys Williams, British-Barbadian judge, acting Governor-General of Barbados (b. 1929)
2014 - Cristina Deutekom, Dutch opera singer (b. 1931)
2014 - Perry Moss, American football coach (b. 1926)
2014 - Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon (b. 1917)
2015 - Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian physician (b. 1914)
2015 - Manuel Contreras, Chilean general, convicted of crimes against humanity (b. 1929)
2015 - Terrence Evans, American actor (b. 1934)
2016 - Gustavo Bueno, Spanish philosopher (b. 1924)
2016 - Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (b. 1989)
2017 - Don Baylor, American baseball player (b. 1949)
2017 - Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
2017 - Sigmund Sobolewski, Polish activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)
2017 - Patsy Ticer, American politician (b. 1935)
2018 - John Ciaccia, Italian-born Canadian politician (b. 1933)
2018 - Arvonne Fraser, American women's rights activist (b. 1925)
2018 - Gustavo Giagnoni, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
2018 - M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician and writer (b. 1924)
2018 - Anton Lehmden, Austrian painter (b. 1929)
2018 - Stan Mikita, Slovakian-born Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1940)
2018 - Carlos Almenar Otero, Venezuelan tenor (b. 1926)

Births

Up to 1800

317 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor (d. 361)
594 - Empress Kogyoku of Japan (d. 661)
1282 - Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of Edward I of England (d. 1316)
1400 – Guillaume Dufay, French composer (d. 1474) (some sources give August 5, 1397 birthdate)
1533 – Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)
1560 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)
1574 - Robert Dudley, English writer (d. 1649)
1598 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
1649 - Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (d. 1664)
1726 - James Bowdoin, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1790)
1734 - Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria (d. 1776)
1742 - Nathanael Greene, American revolutionary general (d. 1786)
1751 – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (d. 1820)
1779 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
1779 – Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
1783 – Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
1783 - John Heathcoat, English inventor (d. 1861)

1801 – 1900

1804 - Johan Nicolai Madvig, Danish classical philologist and politician (d. 1886)
1811 - Elias Loomis, American mathematician, astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1889)
1819 - Ion Emanuel Florescu, Romanian general and politician (d. 1893)
1832 - Max Lange, German chess player (d. 1899)
1862 – Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931)
1863 - Scipione Riva-Ricci, Italian physician (d. 1937)
1867 – Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
1868 - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
1870 - Gustav Krupp, German industrialist and war criminal (d. 1950)
1872 - Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, Dutch politician (d. 1957)
1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (d. 1917)
1876 - John August Anderson, American astronomer (d. 1959)
1877 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
1878 - Maria Caspar-Filser, German artist (d. 1968)
1883 - Joachim Ringelnatz, German writer and painter (d. 1934)
1884 - Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970)
1890 - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American activist (d. 1964)
1896 - Alberto Demicheli, Uruguayan politician (d. 1980)
1900 - Alan Helffrich, American athlete (d. 1994)

1901 – 1950

1901 - Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
1903 – Louis Leakey, British-Kenyan archaeologist (d. 1972)
1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat (d. 1971)
1906 – Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (d. 1998)
1907 - Albert Kotin, American abstract painter (d. 1980)
1910 - Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1965)
1911 - Nicholas Ray, American movie director and writer (d. 1979)
1912 – Vo Chi Cong, President of Vietnam (d. 2011)
1913 - Alicia Penalba, Argentine sculptor, tapestry designer and weaver (d. 1982)
1916 – Kermit Love, American puppeteer (d. 2008)
1918 - Poni Adams, American actress (d. 2014)
1921 - Manitas de Plata, French flamenco guitarist (d. 2014)
1924 - Kenneth Kendall, English journalist (d. 2012)
1925 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
1925 – Armand Razafindratandra, Malagasy cardinal (d. 2010)
1926 - Stan Freberg, American actor, comedian and author (d. 2015)
1927 - Edwin Edwards, 50th Governor of Louisiana (d. 2021)
1927 - George Busbee, American politician, Governor of the State of Georgia (d. 2004)
1927 - Rocky Bridges, American baseball player (d. 2015)
1928 - Betsy Byars, American author
1928 - James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and scientific sceptic
1929 - Jo Baer, American painter
1929 - Don Larsen, American baseball player
1930 - Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer (d. 2017)
1932 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (d. 1973)
1932 – Edward Hardwicke, British actor (d. 2011)
1932 - Rien Poortvliet, Dutch painter (d. 1995)
1933 - Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and coach
1933 - Elinor Ostrom, American economist (d. 2012)
1933 - Jerry Pournelle, American science fiction author (d. 2017)
1937 - Magic Slim, American blues musician (d. 2013)
1940 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
1941 - Franco Columbu, Italian actor and bodybuilder
1942 – Sigfried Held, German footballer
1942 – B.J. Thomas, American singer
1942 - Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
1943 – Alain Corneau, French movie director (d. 2010)
1944 - Robert Mueller, American FBI director
1945 - Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor (d. 2014)
1945 - Alan Page, American football player and judge
1946 - John C. Mather, American physicist
1947 - Sofia Rotaru, Soviet-Ukrainian singer
1948 - Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1948 - Antonis Vardis, Greek composer and singer (d. 2014)
1949 - Tim Renwick, British musician
1949 - Walid Junblatt, Lebanese political leader
1950 - Alan Keyes, American conservative political activist, pundit, author and diplomat
1950 - Kessai Note, former President of the Marshall Islands
1950 - Dave Wottle, American athlete

1951 – 1975

1952 - Gary Schwartz, American actor, voice actor, author and teacher
1952 - Caroline Aaron, American actress
1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
1955 - Greg Nickels, American politician, 51st Mayor of Seattle
1955 - Diana Downs, American murderess
1956 - Kent Rominger, American astronaut
1957 - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
1958 – Bruce Dickinson, British singer (Iron Maiden)
1958 – Alberto Salazar, American runner
1960 – Jacquie O'Sullivan, British singer (Bananarama)
1960 – David Duchovny, American actor
1961 - Yelena Davydova, Soviet-Russian gymnast
1961 - Brian Conley, English actor and singer
1962 - Alain Robert, French daredevil
1962 - Alison Brown, American musician, songwriter and producer
1962 - Bruno Pelletier, Canadian singer
1962 - Doon Mackichan, British comedienne and actress
1963 - Harold Perrineau, American actor
1966 – Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia
1966 - Shobna Gulati, English actress
1966 - Kristin Hersh, American singer-songwriter, musician and author
1966 - David Cairns, Scottish politician (d. 2011)
1967 - Evgeny Platov, Russian ice dancer
1968 - Martin Max, German footballer
1969 - Domino Harvey, English bounty hunter (d. 2005)
1969 – Paul Lambert, Scottish footballer and coach
1971 – Rachel York, American actress and singer
1972 - Karen Disher, American film director
1973 - Kevin Muscat, Australian footballer
1973 – Zane Lowe, New Zealand disc jockey and television presenter
1974 - Michael Shannon, American actor
1975 – Charlize Theron, South African actress
1975 - Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player
1975 - Gaahl, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1975 - Koray Candemir, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
1975 - David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist

From 1976

1976 - Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer
1977 - Charlotte Ronson, English fashion designer
1977 - Samantha Ronson, English DJ and songwriter
1978 - Mark McCammon, Barbadian footballer
1979 - Eric Johnson, American actor
1979 - Nenad Djordjevic, Serbian footballer
1980 - Seiichiro Maki, Japanese footballer
1980 - Shane Orio, Belizean footballer
1982 - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
1982 – Marco Melandri, Italian cyclist
1982 - Abbie Cornish, American actress
1983 - Brit Marling, American writer, producer, director and actress
1984 - Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean activist (d. 2003)
1985 - Rick Genest, Canadian fashion model and artist (d. 2018)
1986 – Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
1986 – Valter Birsa, Slovenian footballer
1986 – Nancy Sumari, Tanzanian beauty queen
1987 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 - Melody Oliveria, American blogger
1990 - Helen Flanagan, English actress
1991 - Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
1993 - Francesca Eastwood, American actress, model, television presenter and socialite
1996 - Liam James, Canadian actor

Deaths

Observances

Republic Day (Ivory Coast)
Youth Day (Kiribati)
Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)