Barack Obama04 August 1961, American
44th U.S. President
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Basketball Player
Magic Johnson14 August 1959, American
Basketball player
Emmett Till25 July 1941, American
African-American teenager
James Baldwin02 August 1924, American
Novelist
Whitney Houston09 August 1963, American
Singer
Terry Crews30 July 1968, American
Actor, American Football Player
Wilt Chamberlain21 August 1936, American
Basketball Player
Usain Bolt21 August 1986, Jamaican
Olympic athlete
Viola Davis11 August 1965, American
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Halle Berry14 August 1966, American
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John David Washington28 July 1984, American
Actor
Nipsey Hussle15 August 1985, American
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Wesley Snipes31 July 1962, American
Lil Uzi Vert31 July 1994, American
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Laurence Fishburne30 July 1961, American
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Angela Bassett16 August 1958, American
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Louis Armstrong04 August 1901, American
Trumpeter
Mario Balotelli12 August 1990, Italian
Footballer
Tory Lanez27 July 1992, Canadian, American
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Lamorne Morris14 August 1983, American
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Justice Smith09 August 1995, American
Actor
Marcus Garvey17 August 1887, Jamaican
Political leader
Henrietta Lacks01 August 1920, American
Source of HeLa Cell Line
Stormzy26 July 1993, British
Rapper
Meagan Good08 August 1981, American
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Cress Williams26 July 1970, German, American
Actor
Seth Curry23 August 1990, American
Basketball Player
Marsai Martin14 August 2004, American
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Maxine Waters15 August 1938, American
U.S. Representative
Abiy Ahmed15 August 1976, Ethiopian
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
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Wrestler
Spice06 August 1982, Jamaican
Singer
Harold Perrineau07 August 1979, American
Actor
Wanya Morris29 July 1973, American
Singer
Ken Norton09 August 1943, American
Boxer
Loretta Devine21 August 1949, American
Actress
Chuck D01 August 1960, American
Rapper
Yoweri Museveni15 August 1944, Ugandan
President of Uganda
Alex Haley11 August 1921, American
Writer
Clarence Williams III21 August 1939, American
Actor
DeMar DeRozan07 August 1989, American
Basketball Player
JaMarcus Russell09 August 1985, American
American Football Player
Keith Powers22 August 1992, American
Model and Actor
Quinton Aaron15 August 1984, American
Actor
Ryan Michelle Bathe27 July 1976, American
Actress
Lucky Dube03 August 1964, South African
Musician
Ime Udoka09 August 1977, Nigerian, American
American-Nigerian Basketball Player
Plaxico Burress12 August 1977, American
American Football Player
Destiny Etiko12 August 1994, Nigerian
Actress
Christian Keyes24 July 1975, American
Actor, Model
Alan Keyes07 August 1950, American
Activist
Dawnn Lewis13 August 1961, American
Actress
Michael Bivins10 August 1968, American
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Rudy Gay17 August 1986, American
Basketball Player
Matthew Henson08 August 1866, American
First African-American to explore the North Pole
Khamani Griffin01 August 1998, American
Actor
Abebe Bikila07 August 1932, Ethiopian
Olympic marathon champion
Eric Bieniemy15 August 1969, American
Coach
Danger Mouse29 July 1977, American
Musician
Oluchi Onweagba01 August 1982, Nigerien
Fashion Model
JessikathePrankster04 August 2003, American
YouTuber
Keith Stanfield12 August 1991, American
Actor, Rapper
Turner Gill13 August 1962, American
American Football Coach
Robert Hayden04 August 1913, American
Poet, Essayist, Educator
Don King20 August 1931, American
Anna Julia Cooper10 August 1858, American
Author, Educator
Iman25 July 1955, Somalian
Fashion Model
Dae Dae29 July 1992, American
Rapper
Brandi Harvey20 August 1982, American
Steve Harvey's Daughter
Calvin Murray30 July 1971, American
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Talent Manager
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Singer
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Bad Kid Mykel26 July 2005, American
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YouTuber
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Ilani Pierre30 July 2007, American
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Instagram Star, Viner
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Actor
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Footballer
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Army Leader
Anita Hill30 July 1956, American
Attorney
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Boxer, Kickboxer