Akira Nakao (81)
August 11th, 1942

Japanese actor – Akira Nakao was born in Kisarazu (City in Chiba Prefecture, Japan) on August 11th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 11

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David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

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Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

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Patricio Guzmán

Chilean film director

*August 11th, 1941, Santiago

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Eric Carmen

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024)

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland †March 10th, 2024, Lyndhurst

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Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

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Steve Wozniak

American–Serbian computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

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Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

*August 11th, 1923, Berlin †June 26th, 2020, Berlin

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Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

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Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

43

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

80

Dieter Schubert

East German rower

*August 11th, 1943, Copitz

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Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

*August 11th, 1992, Villeneuve-la-Garenne

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Dominique Perben

French politician

*August 11th, 1945, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

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David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

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Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

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Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

81

Dieter Kemper

German cyclist (1937-2018)

*August 11th, 1937, Dortmund †October 11th, 2018, Pankow

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Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

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Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

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Anna Massey

British actress (1937-2011)

*August 11th, 1937, Thakeham †July 3rd, 2011, London

25

Abigail Folger

Heiress, Volunteer

*August 11th, 1943, San Francisco †August 9th, 1969, Benedict Canyon

36

Paul Boche

German actor and model

*August 11th, 1987, Eisenach

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Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler, actor and television personality

*August 11th, 1953, Augusta

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Éric de Montgolfier

French lawyer

*August 11th, 1946, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

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Lara Grice

American actress

*August 11th, 1971, New Orleans

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Aaron Klug

British chemist and biophysicist

*August 11th, 1926, Želva †November 20th, 2018, Cambridge

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

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Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

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Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

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Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

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John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

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Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

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Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

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Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Akira Nakao