Lorna Goodison (76)
August 1st, 1947

Jamaican poet and visual artist – Lorna Goodison was born in Kingston (Capital of Jamaica) on August 1st, 1947 and is 76 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 1

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Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

69

Benno Möhlmann

German association football player and manager

*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

58

Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

*August 1st, 1965, Reading

84

Terry Kiser

American actor

*August 1st, 1939, Omaha

60

John Carroll Lynch

American character actor and film director

*August 1st, 1963, Boulder

73

Ronnie Cocks

Maltese footballer and coach (1943-2017)

*August 1st, 1943, Gżira †May 16th, 2017, Gżira

50

Zoran Đinđić

Serbian politician (1952−2003)

*August 1st, 1952, Šamac †March 12th, 2003, Belgrade

62

Danny Blind

Dutch association football player and manager (* 1961)

*August 1st, 1961, Oost-Souburg

77

Madeleine Amgwerd

Swiss politician

*August 1st, 1946, Bienne

78

Douglas Osheroff

American physicist

*August 1st, 1945, Aberdeen

39

Bastian Schweinsteiger

German association football player

*August 1st, 1984, Kolbermoor

90

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Former King of Saudi Arabia (1924-2015)

*August 1st, 1924, Riyadh †January 23rd, 2015, Riyadh

93

Shimon Peres

Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister and then President of Israel (1923-2016)

*August 1st, 1923, Višnieva †September 28th, 2016, Sheba Medical Center

69

Keith Taylor

British politician (1953-2022)

*August 1st, 1953, Rochford †October 31st, 2022

61

Julie Bovasso

American actress (1930-1991)

*August 1st, 1930, Brooklyn †September 14th, 1991, New York City

73

Loles León

Spain actress

*August 1st, 1950, Barcelona

84

Arthur Hill

Canadian actor (1922–2006)

*August 1st, 1922, Melfort †October 22nd, 2006, Los Angeles

71

Pierre Bourdieu

French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)

*August 1st, 1930, Denguin †January 23rd, 2002, 12th arrondissement of Paris

74

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyzstani politician

*August 1st, 1949, Masadan

59

Coolio

American rapper and actor (1963–2022)

*August 1st, 1963, Monessen †September 28th, 2022, Los Angeles

44

Liz White

English actress

*August 1st, 1979, Rotherham

77

David Calder

British actor

*August 1st, 1946, Portsmouth

72

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

*August 1st, 1819, Manhattan †September 28th, 1891, New York City

74

Santiago Ramos

Spanish actor

*August 1st, 1949, Boadilla

66

Beate Merk

German politician

*August 1st, 1957, Nordhorn

86

Georges Charpak

French physicist (1924-2010)

*August 1st, 1924, Dubrovytsia †September 29th, 2010, Paris

69

Milan Radulović

Serbian politician

*August 1st, 1948, Malo Polje, Han Pijesak †October 29th, 2017, Belgrade

63

Michael Stewart

American playwright (1924-1987)

*August 1st, 1924, New York City †September 20th, 1987, New York City

74

Ditmar Staffelt

German politician

*August 1st, 1949, Berlin

62

Allen Berg

Canadian racing driver

*August 1st, 1961, Vancouver

Also born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

69

Bern Nix

American musician (1947-2017)

*September 21st, 1947, Toledo †May 31st, 2017, New York City

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

76

Sam Neill

New Zealand actor

*September 14th, 1947, Omagh

77

Elton John

English singer and pianist

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

76

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

Lorna Goodison