Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 1 August

16 of the people we track were born on 1 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Georges Charpak were born on the very same day, 1 August 1924.

  1. Herman Melville 1819American writerdied aged 72
  2. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 1744French naturalistdied aged 85
  3. Claudius 10 BCRoman emperordied aged 63
  4. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia 1924King of Saudi Arabiadied aged 90
  5. Pierre Bourdieu 1930French sociologist and philosopherdied aged 71
  6. Georges Charpak 1924French physicistdied aged 86
  7. Pertinax AD 126Roman emperordied aged 66
  8. Yves Saint Laurent 1936French fashion designerdied aged 71
  9. Jason Momoa 1979American actorliving, 47
  10. Bastian Schweinsteiger 1984German footballerliving, 42
  11. George de Hevesy 1885Hungarian chemistdied aged 80
  12. Douglas Osheroff 1945American physicistliving, 81
  13. Coolio 1963American rapperdied aged 59
  14. Sam Mendes 1965British film directorliving, 61
  15. Kurmanbek Bakiyev 1949Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstanliving, 77
  16. Zoran Đinđić 1952Serbo-Montenegrin politician who served as Prime Minister of Serbiadied aged 50