Famous People Born on August 7
Famous people born on August 7 include Jimmy Wales (1966), Charlize Theron (1975) and Elinor Ostrom (1933).
BORN ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Charlize Theron
South African-American actress (born 1975)
Elinor Ostrom
American political economist (1933–2012)
Mata Hari
Dutch exotic dancer (1876–1917)
Yun Hyon-seok
South Korean writer and activist (1984–2003)
David Duchovny
American actor (born 1960)
Sofia Rotaru
Ukrainian singer (born 1947)
Constantius II
Roman emperor from 337 to 361
Bruce Dickinson
English heavy metal singer (born 1958)
Ralph Bunche
American political scientist (1904–1971)
Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian marathon runner (1932–1973)
Elizabeth Báthory
Hungarian countess and suspected serial killer (1560–1614)
James Randi
Canadian-American magician and skeptic (1928–2020)
Emil Nolde
German painter (1867–1956)
Carl Ritter
German geographer (1779–1859)
Robert Mueller
American civil servant and attorney (1944–2026)
DIED ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
Konstantin Stanislavski
Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938)
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105
Majorian
Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461
Oliver Hardy
American actor (1892–1957)
Wilhelm Liebknecht
German social democratic politician (1826–1900)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
French weaver, merchant, and inventor (1752–1834)
William Friedkin
American director and producer (1935–2023)
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican poet and author (1925–1974)
Nancy Wake
Australian courier and SOE operative (1912–2011)
Sources
- August 7 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths