Birthdays: August 24

1. Rocky Johnson

Rocky Johnson was born on August 24, 1944 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Spectrum Wrestling (1977) and Wrestling at the Chase (1959). He was married to Ata Johnson, Una Sparks and Sheila. He died on January 15, 2020 in Lutz, Florida, ...

2. Alberto Olmedo

Actor | Mi mujer no es mi señora

Alberto Olmedo was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on August 24, 1933. He began to work from 6 years old (at a greengrocer's shop); he had a very hard childhood. Olmedo or "El negro" - this way his family and friends were saying to him, not have time to dream of being an actor. He had to ...

3. Alberto Segado

Actor | Perdido por perdido

Alberto Segado was born on August 24, 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Perdido por perdido (1993), I Don't Want to Talk About It (1993) and Plata dulce (1982). He died on December 14, 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

4. Alex O'Loughlin

Actor | Hawaii Five-0

The Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin was born in August 1976.

Alex started out his film career in 2004, when he starred in Oyster Farmer (2004) as Jack Flange. The following year, he returned to the big screen as Michael Carter in Feed (2005), a movie that he also co-produced and helped write. Also ...

5. Alita Román

Actress | Trampa para un soñador

Alita Román was born on August 24, 1912 in Argentina. She was an actress, known for Trampa para un soñador (1980), Casa de muñecas (1943) and Cinco gallinas y el cielo (1957). She died on April 15, 1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

6. Aloysius Pang

Actor | C.L.I.F.

Aloysius Pang was born on August 24, 1990 in Singapore. He was an actor, known for C.L.I.F. (2011), Beijing to Moscow (2019) and C.L.I.F. 2 (2013). He died on January 23, 2019 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

7. Amparo Arozamena

Actress | Pobre niña rica

Amparo Arozamena was born on August 24, 1916 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Pobre niña rica (1995), Los Beverly de Peralvillo (1968) and María Elena (1936). She died on April 30, 2009 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

8. Ángel Magaña

Assistant_director | Donde mueren las palabras

Ángel Magaña was born on August 24, 1915 in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Where Words Fail (1946), Never Open That Door (1952) and Un ángel sin pudor (1953). He was married to Nuri Montsé. He died on November ...

9. Anne Archer

Actress | Fatal Attraction

Anne Archer was nominated for an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and the British (BAFTA) Academy Award for her role as Michael Douglas' sympathetic, tortured wife, "Beth Gallagher", in Adrian Lyne's 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction (1987). Archer is also well-known for her poignant Golden ...

10. Antonio Campos

Producer | The Staircase

Antonio Campos is an American filmmaker

Campos made his feature-length debut on Afterschool, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was later acquired by IFC Films. It was released in a limited release on October 2, 2009. Campos then went on to direct Simon Killer. The ...

11. Aqib Khan

Actor | West Is West

Aqib Khan was born on August 24, 1994 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for West Is West (2010), Remember Me (2014) and Lies We Tell (2017).

12. Arian Foster

Actor | Draft Day

Foster played 8 seasons of professional football for the NFL's Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins. A standout running back at the University of Tennessee, his professional career was marred by numerous injuries, causing him to miss significant parts of four seasons, and forcing his retirement ...

13. Astrid North

Music_department | Gate to Heaven

Astrid North was born on August 24, 1973 in West Berlin, West Germany. She is known for Gate to Heaven (2003), Morgenmagazin (1992) and Inas Nacht (2007). She died on June 25, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

14. Augusto Schuster

Actor | Mandrill

Augusto Schuster was born on August 24, 1992 in Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile. He is an actor, known for Mandrill (2008), Juegos de Poder (2019) and Somos familia (2014).

15. Ava DuVernay

Writer | Queen Sugar

A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This is the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's. This was followed by series of television music documentaries which ...

16. Barret Oliver

Actor | The Neverending Story

Barret Spencer Oliver is an American photographer and former child actor. He is best known for his role as Bastian Balthazar Bux in the film adaptation of Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story, followed by roles in D.A.R.Y.L., Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return. Oliver had minor roles in ...

17. Beth Riesgraf

Actress | Leverage: Redemption

Beth Jean Riesgraf is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Parker on the TNT television series Leverage (2008-2012) and the revival Leverage: Redemption which streams on IMDb TV. Originally from Belle Plaine, Minnesota, Riesgraf graduated from Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las ...

18. Blake Berris

Actor | Days of Our Lives

Blake Berris was born on August 24, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Before You Know It (2019) and She's Missing (2019). He has been married to Alexandra McGuinness since August 26, 2017.

19. Bonnie Root

Actress | Coming Soon

Bonnie Root was born on August 24, 1975 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Coming Soon (1999), The Mentalist (2008) and Sissy (2011). She has been married to Johnny K. since July 2, 2005.

20. Brunilda Ruiz

Actress | Lincoln Center/Stage 5

Brunilda Ruiz was born on August 24, 1937 in Rincon, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Lincoln Center/Stage 5 (1967), The Bell Telephone Hour (1959) and An American Ballet Story (2022). She was married to Paul Sutherland and Wilson, John. She died on August 13, 2019 in Waldwick, New Jersey...

21. Cameron Goodman

Actress | The Informers

She was born in Texas but grew up in Washington D.C. Goodman has been in multiple movies; first starting out in 2002 as a freshman doing her comedic acting at Syracuse University on a show called SU Live. In 2003, she left Syracuse and transferred to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Goodman...

22. Carmine Giovinazzo

Actor | 892

Carmine Giovinazzo was born on August 24, 1973 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Breaking (2022), CSI: NY (2004) and Black Hawk Down (2001). He was previously married to Vanessa Marcil.

23. Carole White

Actress | Laverne & Shirley

Carole White was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Laverne & Shirley (1976), Peridot (2022) and Royal Pains (2009).

24. Castulo Guerra

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

An actor with an international flair and a distinguished voice, Cástulo Guerra was born in Córdoba, Argentina, August 24, 1945, to Cástulo Guerra and María Sola, and was nicknamed Pericles by medical students at the pension where they lived. He grew up in pre-Andean Salta in northern Argentina. In ...

25. Chad Michael Murray

Actor | One Tree Hill

Chad Michael Murray has showcased his brooding good looks and acting talent on television sets and silver screens for two decades. The 6-foot tall star, who resides in Wilmington, North Carolina, is known to audiences of One Tree Hill (2003), where he played the character of Lucas Scott. The ...

26. Christine Chubbuck

Self | Suncoast Digest

Christine Chubbuck was born on August 24, 1944 in Hudson, Ohio, USA. She died on July 15, 1974 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

27. Claudio García

Actor | Quilmes: García González

Claudio García is known for Quilmes: García González (2003), Lo del Turco (2023) and Partido final (1994). He is married to Mariela Prieto. They have one child.

28. Connie Mason

Actress | Blood Feast

Connie was born in 1937 in Washington, D.C. She attended a private school for girls in Danville, Virginia. At the age of 21, Connie was married to actor Tony Young but she divorced him a few years later and moved to Florida to be near her family. She was managing the cosmetics department for a large...

29. Craig Kilborn

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Craig Kilborn had an amazing 14 year run in television where he went from local TV in Monterey, CA to ESPN's SportsCenter to the original host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central and finally as the host of The Late, Late Show on CBS where he was known as "The Natural Host." While at ESPN, he hosted...

30. Damian Perkins

Producer | Gameface

Damian Jean Neptune was born in Paterson, New Jersey, August 24th, to father, Jean Neptune, (born in Haiti) and mother, Patricia Anne Murdoch, (born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and of Scottish/Irish descent). The family moved to Los Angeles while he was still a toddler. At a very young age, Damian ...

31. Dana Gould

Actor | The Simpsons

Dana Gould is an American writer, producer, stand-up comedian and actor from Hopedale, Massachusetts known for voicing Gex of the video game franchise of the same name. He also worked on The Simpsons, Murry Wilson: Rock N Roll Dad, Father of the Pride, Seinfeld and Mystery Men. He had three ...

32. Dave Chappelle

Writer | Chappelle's Show

Dave Chappelle's career started while he was in high school at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC where he studied theatre arts. At the age of 14, he began performing stand-up comedy in nightclubs. Shortly after graduation, he moved to New York City where he quickly established ...

33. David Koechner

Actor | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Actor, writer and producer David Michael Koechner was born in Tipton, Missouri, to Margaret Ann (Downey) and Cecil Stephen Koechner, who ran a turkey coop manufacturing business. He is of German, Irish, and English ancestry. An alumnus of Chicago's Second City Theater, Koechner got his first break ...

34. Dawna Lee Heising

Actress | Bad President

Dawna Lee Heising has acted in over 225 feature films, including Param Gill's "Bad President", starring Eddie Griffin, and "Alien Storm", starring Tom Arnold. She has won over 700 film festival awards, including over 400 Best Actress awards. Dawna is trained in Tang Soo Do martial arts, ballet, and...

35. Demetri Goritsas

Actor | Ear for Eye

From Greek and Norwegian heritage, Demetri Goritsas is originally from Eugene, Oregon, USA, and also grew up in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. He has lived most of his life in London, England.

He has acted in over eighty films and television episodes including the Emmy and Golden Globe ...

36. Dennis James

Actor | Rocky III

Dennis James was born on August 24, 1917 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rocky III (1982), 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on June 3, 1997 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

37. Diogo Sales

Actor | Game of Thrones

Hailing from an Afro-Indigenous background within a working-class family, Diogo was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. His upbringing steeped him in percussion and Capoeira, igniting his passion for acting. At the age of 18 years old, Diogo became a member of the Nós do Morro Theatre Company, a ...

38. Dorothy Comingore

Actress | Citizen Kane

Dorothy Comingore earned a place in motion picture history for her role as the second Mrs. Kane (the Marion Davies to Orson Welles's William Randolph Hearst) in Citizen Kane (1941). It was an extraordinary performance, justifiably praised by critics and public alike. She was apparently slated to be...

39. Drew Pearce

Producer | Hotel Artemis

Drew Pearce is an English filmmaker, producer and screenwriter known for directing Hotel Artemis starring Jodie Foster and Sofia Boutella. He wrote Hobbs & Shaw, a Fast & Furious spin-off and Iron Man 3, with the controversial Mandarin reveal clarified in All Hail the King and Shang-Chi and the ...

40. Dustin Ardine

Actor | A Walking Miracle

Winner of Multiple Best Acting Awards, Dustin Ardine started acting at the young age of 6. Classically trained, he has played a vast array of character and leading roles from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, in repertory theaters across the USA. He has also appeared in dozens of TV shows, ...

41. Ele Keats

Actress | Alive

Recognized as "the essence of health, talent and sincerity", Ele Keats has worked with some of the most acclaimed artists in Hollywood since her acting debut at fifteen, in the famous Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial.

Born in Paris to copywriter Sacha Georgescu and Ford model Jan McGuire, Keats was ...

42. Elizabeth Debicki

Actress | The Great Gatsby

Debicki was born in Paris to a Polish father and an Australian mother of Irish descent who were both dancers. When she was five, the family moved to Melbourne, where she grew up with two younger siblings. She became interested in ballet at an early age and trained as a dancer until deciding to ...

43. Eric Edwards

Actor | Blade

Eric Edwards has gained recognition on the big screen and on television, in live theater, and on the stand-up comedy circuit, working non-stop in all four mediums. In fact, in one year, Eric co-starred in two feature films, one television movie, and an original one-man show, all while ...

44. Federico Cyrulnik

Actor | 100 días para enamorarse

Federico Cyrulnik is known for 100 Days to Fall in Love (2018), Pasado de Copas: Drunk History (2018) and Laten corazones (2015).

45. Florencio Parravicini

Writer | Luisito

Florencio Parravicini was born on August 24, 1876 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for Luisito (1943), Hasta después de muerta (1916) and Tres anclados en París (1938). He died on March 25, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

46. Gerry Cooney

Actor | Minges Alley

Gerry Cooney was born on August 24, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Minges Alley (1994), Spenser: For Hire (1985) and A Place to Grow (1995). He has been married to Jennifer since 1994. They have two children.

47. Gil Perkins

Actor | Batman: The Movie

A champion athlete and trackman in his native northern Australia, Gil Perkins always wanted to get into films; as a teenager he virtually ran away from home, taking a job as a deck hand on a Norwegian freighter. He eventually landed in Hollywood in the late '20s, during the era of part-silent, ...

48. Gordon Warnecke

Actor | My Beautiful Laundrette

Gordon was born in Highgate, London to Edward and Iris Warnecke. His father came from Germany and his mother from Guyana, South America. Both of them settled in England when they were quite young before they met each other. Gordon attended a comprehensive school in North London and after went on to...

49. Grey Griffin

Actress | Batman: Arkham City

Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her grandmother was a singer and performed often with Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in goth ...

Grey DeLisle

50. Griffin Gluck

Actor | Locke & Key

Griffin Gluck is among Hollywood's young actors to watch, who at the age of 17 already has over ten years of acting experience under his belt. His big break came in 2011 when he was chosen for the role of Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler's son 'Michael' in Just Go With It, for which he received a ...

51. Guillermo Bredeston

Producer | De gira

Guillermo Bredeston was born on August 24, 1933 in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina. He was an actor and producer, known for De gira (2005), Con pecado concebidas (1993) and Adorable profesor Aldao (1968). He was married to Nora Cárpena. He died on July 28, 2018 in Buenos Aires, ...

52. Hal Smith

Actor | The Great Race

Hal Smith was born on August 24, 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Great Race (1965), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and The Andy Griffith Show (1960). He was married to Vivian M. Angstadt. He died on January 28, 1994 in Woodland Hills, Los ...

53. Helena Carter

Actress | The Fighting O'Flynn

Of Irish descent, Helena Carter pursued a master's degree in English Literature at Columbia University with which she hoped to teach, but due to her striking beauty was sidetracked into modeling, signing with the Conover agency. Renowned photographer Dick Isaacs shot some magazine covers of her ...

54. Hideo Kojima

Writer | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Hideo Kojima was born August 24th, 1963 in Setagaya, Tokyo, later moving to Kobe and growing up there. His love of Americana gave him his major two interests of writing and creating film, which are the causes of why he is so well known today. During the mid 1980's, his interests pushed him to ...

55. Holly Hallstrom

Actress | The Tomorrow Man

Holly Hallstrom was born on August 24, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Tomorrow Man (1996), Galaxy Beat (1994) and The Nutt House (1989).

56. Hugh Wilson

Writer | Blast from the Past

Hugh Wilson was born on August 24, 1943 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Blast from the Past (1999), Frank's Place (1987) and WKRP in Cincinnati (1978). He was married to Charters Smith. He died on January 14, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

57. Irma Lozano

Actress | Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra

Irma Lozano was born on August 24, 1944 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She was an actress and writer, known for Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra (1970), Maria Isabel (1968) and Yesenia (1971). She was married to José Alonso and Omar González. She died on October 21, 2013 in Mexico, Distrito ...

58. J.D. Daniels

Actor | The Mighty Ducks

As a child, J.D. lived on Long Island New York before moving to Greenwich Village. At an early age his acting, singing and dancing talents surfaced and was quickly recognized by talent and casting agents. He was cast in his first role at age 7. Besides his film and television credits, JD appeared ...

59. James D'Arcy

Actor | Cloud Atlas

James D'Arcy was born Simon Richard D'Arcy in London, England, to Caroline (O'Connor) and Richard D'Arcy. He was raised by his mother, a nurse. He trained at LAMDA and graduated in July 1995. During his three-year course, he gained acting experience by appearing in the plays "Heracles", "As You ...

60. Jared Harris

Actor | Chernobyl

Jared Francis Harris was born in London, England. He is the son of Irish actor Richard Harris and Welsh actress Elizabeth Harris (Elizabeth Rees), and brother of Damian Harris and Jamie Harris. Despite his lineage, Jared showed little interest in becoming an actor, until he was cast in a college ...

61. Jean-Michel Jarre

Soundtrack | Nine 1/2 Weeks

Jean-Michel Jarre is a French composer, performer, music producer and designer. With Vangelis and Mike Oldfield in the 1970s, he is regarded as a pioneer in the electronic, synth-pop, ambient and New Age genres, as well as an organizer of spectacular outdoor events and concerts, which feature the ...

62. Jennifer Lien

Actress | Star Trek: Voyager

Jennifer Anne Lien was born on August 24, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She has an older sister and an older brother. Jennifer knew that she wanted to act from a young age. Encouraged by her English and drama teachers, she began performing in a summer theater and festivals at the age of 13. She ...

63. Jennifer Widerstrom

Producer | Pirouette

Jennifer Widerstrom was born on August 24, 1982 in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. She is a producer, known for Pirouette (2023), American Gladiators (2008) and Why Am I So Fat? (2015).

64. Jilon VanOver

Actor | Better Call Saul

Jilon VanOver was born on August 24, 1978 in California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Better Call Saul (2015), Hatfields & McCoys (2012) and Murder Company (2024).

65. Jimmy Gardner

Actor | Frenzy

Jimmy Gardner was born on August 24, 1924 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Frenzy (1972), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He died on May 3, 2010 in London, England, UK.

66. Jiro Wang

Actor | Zi Zhai

Jiro popularly known as 'Da Dong' is a famous actor and singer as a member of Fahrenheit and vocal and guitarist of a rock band D.C.W..

After he worked his way through arts high school in Taipei, he went on with his several jobs in showbiz, for example, modeling on catwalk and for commercials, ...

67. Joan Chandler

Actress | Rope

Brunette, delicately featured leading lady who briefly made an impact through memorable back-to-back appearances in the films Humoresque (1946) and Rope (1948). Joan grew up in Butler, Pennsylvania, where her family had a car dealership. Her mother was a musician. Joan studied dancing at the ...

68. Joe Regalbuto

Actor | Raw Deal

Joe Regalbuto was born on August 24, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Raw Deal (1986), Murphy Brown (1988) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). He has been married to Rosemary Regalbuto since August 19, 1972. They have three children.

69. John Green

Producer | Paper Towns

John Michael Green was born on August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a YouTube video-blogger, or "vlogger", with his brother, Hank Green. Their YouTube channel, Vlogbrothers, has over 2,500,000 subscribers as of May 2015. Perhaps more notably, John is also an author. His most recent book,...

70. Jorge Luis Borges

Writer | Invasión

Borges was born into an upper class family, and received his education in Buenos Aires, Cambridge, and Geneva. He began writing as a student, and when in 1918 he settled in Spain, it was as a member of an experimental literary group. He returned to Argentina in 1921, and had his first poems ...

71. Julie Cypher

Director | Teresa's Tattoo

Julie attended Bates Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1974-1976 (4th -6th grade). She took dance lessons and initiated violin lessons during these years. She also participated in Girl Scouts where she attended Camp Scott and Tiawah Hills Ranch.

72. June Dayton

Actress | Tora! Tora! Tora!

June Dayton was born on August 24, 1923 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), The Streets of San Francisco (1972) and Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). She was married to Dean Harens. She died on June 13, 1994 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

73. Kate Jenkinson

Actress | Wentworth

Kate is an Australian actress who graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2004, and has gone on to appear in film and television in both Australia and the United States. She is best known for her work on hit prison drama Wentworth. (Foxtel/Netflix)

In 2013-14 she ...

74. Kathe Mazur

Actress | American Sniper

Kathe Mazur was born on August 24, 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Sniper (2014), Major Crimes (2012) and A Marine Story (2010). She has been married to Jeff Sugarman since August 29, 2004. They have one child.

75. Keith Andreen

Director | Mayfly

Keith Andreen was born on August 24, 1974 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Mayfly (2023), Reaper Tales (2015) and Death Valley (2015). He has been married to Katrina Law since January 5, 2013. They have one child.

76. Kenny Baker

Actor | Time Bandits

Kenny Baker was born on August 24, 1934 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Elephant Man (1980). He was married to Eileen Baker. He died on August 13, 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.

77. Kevin Dunn

Actor | Warrior

Kevin Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1956. He is an American actor who has made over 100 appearances in both TV and film.

One of his earliest roles was in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning (1988) with Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. He followed this up with Kathryn Bigelow's Blue Steel...

78. Kirk Wise

Director | Beauty and the Beast

Kirk Wise was born on August 24, 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Spirited Away (2001) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

79. Kolya Vasin

Self | Nõukogude hipid

Kolya Vasin died on August 29, 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

80. Kwesi Ameyaw

Actor | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Kwesi Ameyaw was born on August 24, 1975 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Capote (2005) and Man of Steel (2013).

81. Lando Buzzanca

Actor | La parmigiana

Gerlando Buzzanca, best known as Lando Buzzanca, is an Italian theatrical, film and television actor, whose career spanned over 55 years. Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buzzanca left the high school and moved to Rome to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. In ...

82. Linda Henry

Actress | Beautiful Thing

Linda Henry was born on August 24, 1963 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Beautiful Thing (1996), EastEnders (1985) and Bad Girls (1999). She has been married to Stavros Valiris since July 1992. They have one child.

83. Linda Hogan

Actress | WCW Monday Nitro

Linda Hogan was born on August 24, 1959 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is an actress and executive, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), Little Hercules in 3-D (2009) and Ricky Romance: M.I.L.F (2013). She was previously married to Hulk Hogan.

84. Mark Protosevich

Writer | The Cell

Mark Protosevich was born on August 24, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Cell (2000), Oldboy (2013) and I Am Legend (2007).

85. Marlee Matlin

Actress | CODA

Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.

Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...

86. Marsha P. Johnson

Soundtrack | The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Stonewall Uprising warrior, Andy Warhol model, and the Mayor of Christopher Street - pioneering gay rights activist, AIDS activist and drag mother Marsha P. Johnson was both enigmatic and unforgettable.

Multiple documentaries have been made about Johnson, featuring interviews with family and friends...

87. Marta Fort

Self | Intrusos en el espectáculo

Marta Fort was born on August 24, 1934 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on July 5, 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

88. Martha Higareda

Actress | Altered Carbon

Higareda was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, the daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and therapist and artist Jose Luis Higareda, and sister of actress Miriam Higareda. She began acting on stage at a very early age, along with dancing jazz, flamenco, tap and folklore. At 14, she moved to ...

89. Mary Howard

Actress | Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Mary Howard was born on August 24, 1914 in Independence, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Billy the Kid (1941) and Thru Different Eyes (1942). She was married to Alfred De Liagre Jr.. She died on June 6, 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

90. Mary Padian

Self | Storage Wars: Texas

Mary Padian was born on August 24, 1980 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

91. Meg Gibson

Actress | Invasion

Meg Gibson was born on August 24, 1955 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Invasion (2021), NCIS: New Orleans (2014) and Chemical Hearts (2020). She has been married to Keith Reddin since December 8, 2007.

92. Meital Dohan

Actress | Girafot

Meital is an award-winning actress in theater, film, and television; including two Israeli Oscar nominations and an Israeli Tony award. In Israel she was part of major productions such as Ugly Betty, Romeo and Juliet, Dancing with the Stars and many more. US audiences were first introduced to ...

93. Nicholas Rose

Actor | The Incredible Hulk

Nicholas Rose was born on August 24, 1981 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Incredible Hulk (2008), Easy A (2010) and Upside Down (2012).

94. Norman Myers

Threads

Norman Myers is known for Threads (1984), Call of Life (2010) and World in Action (1963).

95. Orson Scott Card

Writer | Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card was born in Richland in the state of Washington. He has also lived in California, Arizona, and Utah. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two year mission for The Church in Brazil. He received a degree from Brigham Young University in 1975 ...

96. Paulo Coelho

Writer | The Experimental Witch

Paulo Coelho was born on August 24, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a writer and actor, known for The Experimental Witch (2009), Amante Latino (1979) and Veronika Decides to Die (2009). He is married to Christina Oiticica.

97. Penny Edwards

Actress | The Dalton Girls

Vivacious blue-eyed blonde Penny Edwards was born in New York City in 1928 and displayed signs of musical talent as a youth. She began studying dance by age six and, as a teen, appeared on Broadway in "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1943". After a couple of other musicals and a stint with the St. Louis ...

98. Peter Lanzani

Actor | El Clan

Peter Lanzani was born on August 24, 1990 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He is an actor and director, known for The Clan (2015), 4x4 (2019) and Argentina, 1985 (2022).

99. Pia Degermark

Actress | Elvira Madigan

Director Bo Widerberg first spotted the teenage Pia Degermark in a newspaper photo, dancing at a party with the Swedish Crown Prince Carl Gustaf (later King Carl XVI Gustaf. Her career seemed assured after Widerberg cast her in the lead of Elvira Madigan (1967), which debuted at Cannes and garnered...

100. Pierfrancesco Favino

Actor | World War Z

Pierfrancesco Favino was born on August 24, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for World War Z (2013), Rush (2013) and Angels & Demons (2009).