Famous people born on 21 August

• William IVKing of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837 · 1765–1837
  71 yrs
• Stephen HillenburgAmerican marine science educator and artist · 1961–2018
  57 yrs
• Augustin-Louis CauchyFrench mathematician · 1789–1857
  67 yrs
• Kenny RogersAmerican country singer · 1938–2020
  81 yrs
• Wilt ChamberlainAmerican basketball player · 1936–1999
  63 yrs
• Leonid AndreyevRussian playwright, author and poet · 1871–1919
  48 yrs
• Leonid Hurwicz ↗Polish-American economist and mathematician · 1917–2008
  90 yrs
• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon ↗British princess · 1930–2002
  71 yrs
• Guillaume Dufay ↗Composer of the Renaissance · 1397–1474
  77 yrs
• Malik-Shah I ↗During his rule as the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1072 to 1092, Sultan Malik-Shah I played a crucial role in the history of medieval Islam. · 1055–1092
  37 yrs
• Count Basie ↗American jazz musician and composer · 1904–1984
  79 yrs
• Emilio Salgari ↗Italian writer · 1862–1911
  48 yrs
• Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ↗Austrian archduke · 1858–1889
  30 yrs
• Charb ↗French caricaturist and journalist · 1967–2015
  47 yrs
• Afonso VI of Portugal ↗King of Portugal and the Algarves · 1643–1683
  40 yrs
• Maria Kaczyńska ↗First Lady of Poland · 1942–2010
  67 yrs
• Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon ↗King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1312 to 1350 · 1311–1350
  38 yrs
• Aubrey Beardsley ↗British illustrator and author · 1872–1898
  25 yrs
• Joe Strummer ↗British singer, musician and songwriter · 1952–2002
  50 yrs
• Lili Boulanger ↗French composer · 1893–1918
  24 yrs
• Nikolai Bogolyubov ↗Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist · 1909–1992
  82 yrs
• Sergey Biryuzov ↗Soviet military commander · 1904–1964
  60 yrs
• Tignous ↗French cartoonist · 1957–2015
  57 yrs
• Jean-Baptiste Greuze ↗French painter · 1725–1805
  79 yrs

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