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August Celebrity Birthdays!
Tony Bennett, 95, singer, born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, New York, NY, 1926.
Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?
1 – Tempestt Bledsoe, 48, talk show host, actress (The Cosby Show), Chicago, IL, 1973
2 – Sam Worthington, 45, actor (Avatar), Godalming, Surrey, England, 1976.
3 – Tony Bennett, 95, singer, born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, New York, NY, 1926.
4 – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 40, former actress (Suits), born Rachel Meghan Markle, Los Angeles, CA, 1981.
5 – Jonathan Silverman, 55, actor (The Single Guy), Los Angeles, CA, 1966.
6 – Peter Bonerz, 83, actor (The Bob Newhart Show), Portsmouth, NH, 1938.
7 – Charlize Theron, 46, actress (Mad Max: Fury Road), Benoni, South Africa, 1975.
8 – Roger Federer, 40, tennis player, Basel, Switzerland,
9 – Robert Joseph (Bob) Cousy, 93, Hall of Fame basketball player, former coach, New York, NY, 1928.
10 – Angie Harmon, 49, actress (Law & Order), Dallas, TX, 1972.
11 – Marilyn vos Savant, 75, columnist, claims world’s highest IQ, born St. Louis, MO, 1946.
12 – Cara Delevingne, 29, model, actress (Suicide Squad), London, England, 1992.
13 – Danny Bonaduce, 62, radio personality, actor (The Partridge Family), Broomall, PA, 1959.
14 – Mila Kunis, 38, actress (That 70s Show), Kiev, Ukraine, 1983.
15 – Vernon Jordan, Jr, 86, civil rights leader, Atlanta, GA, 1935.
16 – Taika Waititi, 46, actor (What We Do in the Shadows), comedian, Wellington, New Zealand, 1975.
17 – Julian Fellowes, 72, producer (Downton Abbey), Cairo, Egypt, 1949.
18 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 51, actor (The Cosby Show), Jersey City, NJ, 1970.
19 – Erika Christensen, 39, actress (Parenthood), Seattle, WA, 1982.
20 – Donald (Don) King, 90, boxing promoter, Cleveland, OH, 1931.
21 – Kacey Musgraves, 33, singer, songwriter, Golden, TX, 1988.
22 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, 54, actor (Lost), London, England, 1967.
23 – Jay Mohr, 51, actor (Jerry Maguire), comedian,Verona, NJ 1970.
24 – Alexander McCall Smith, 73, author, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), 1948.
25 – Blake Lively, 34, actress (Savages), Tarzana, CA, 1987.
26 – John Mulaney, 39, comedian, writer (Saturday Night Live), Chicago, IL, 1982.
27 – Sarah Chalke, 45, actress (Roseanne), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1976.
28 – Quvenzhane Wallis, 18, actress (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Houma, LA, 2003.
29 – Lea Michele, 35, actress (Glee), Bronx, NY, Aug 29, 1986.
30 – Michael Chiklis, 58, actor (The Shield), Lowell, MA, 1963.
31 – Marcia Clark, 68, former prosecutor, crime reporter, born Marcia Kleks, Alameda, CA, 1953.
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