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August celebrity birthdays!
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 39, former actress, born Meghan Markle, Los Angeles, CA, 1981. Northern Ireland Office / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Do you share an August birthday with a celebrity?
1 – Demian Bechir, 57, actor, Mexico City, Mexico, 1963.
2 – Mary-Louise Parker, 56, actress (Weeds), Fort Jackson, SC, 1964.
3 – Hannah Simone, 40, model, actress (The New Girl), London, England, 1980.
4 – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 39, former actress, born Meghan Markle, Los Angeles, CA, 1981.
5 – Loni Anderson, 74, actress (WKRP in Cincinnati,) St. Paul, MN, 1946.
6 – Romola Garai, 38, actress (Atonement), Hong Kong, 1982.
7 – Charlize Theron , 45, actress, Benoni, South Africa, 1975.
8 – Drew Lachey, 44, singer (98 Degrees), Cincinnati, OH, 1976.
9 – Anna Kendrick, 35, actress (Into the Woods), Portland, ME, 1985.
10 – Ian Anderson, 73, musician, lead singer (Jethro Tull), Blackpool, England, 1947.
11 – Chris Hemsworth, 37, actor (Thor), Melbourne, Australia, 1983.
12 – Cara Delevingne, 28, model, actress, London, England, 1992.
13 – Kathleen Battle, 72, opera singer, Portsmouth, OH, 1948.
14 – Tim Tebow , 33, sportscaster, football player, 2007 Heisman Trophy, Manila, Philippines, 1987.
15 – Linda Ellerbee, 76, journalist, Bryan, TX, 1944.
16 – Taika Waititi, 45, actor, (Thor: Ragnarok) comedian Wellington, New Zealand, 1975.
17 – Mark Salling, 38, actor (Glee), Dallas, TX, 1982.
18 – Luc Montagnier, 88, virologist, discovered the AIDS virus in 1983, Chabris, France, 1932.
19 – Jim Carter, 72, actor (Downtown Abbey), Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, 1948.
20 – Robert Plant, 72, singer, Bromwich, England, 1948.
21 – Usain Bolt, 34, Olympic track athlete, Trelawny, Jamaica, 1986.
22 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, 53, actor (Lost, Oz), London, England, 1967.
23 – Scott Caan, 44, actor (Hawaii Five-0, Entourage), Los Angeles, CA, 1976.
24 – Rupert Grint, 32, actor (Harry Potter films), Hertfordshire, England, 1988.
25 – Bobby Berk, 39, television personality (Queer Eye), interior designer, Houston, TX, 1981.
26 – Chris Pine, 40, actor (Star Trek films), Los Angeles, CA, 1980.
27 – Aaron Paul, 41, actor (Breaking Bad) born Aaron Paul Sturtevant at Emmett, ID, 1979.
28 – Shania Twain, 55, country singer, born Eileen Twain, Windsor, ON, Canada, 1965.
29 – Elliott Gould, 82, actor (The Long Goodbye), born Elliott Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY, 1938.
30 – Timothy Bottoms, 69, actor (The Paper Chase), Santa Barbara, CA, 1951.
31 – Debbie Gibson, 50, singer, Brooklyn, NY, 1970.
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