August 1: Today's Notable Birthdays

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August 1st was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

August 1st Birthdays: Famous Artists

American painter Arthur Garfield Dove (Me and the Moon, Nature Symbolized: Reefs, Pozzuoli Red, Rise of the Full Moon and Tanks) was born on August 1, 1880

Sakai Hoitsu, Japanese artist (Autumn Flowers and Moon and Flowers and Grasses of Summer and Autumn), was born on August 1, 1761.

Francis Scott Key, American composer ("The Star-Spangled Banner"), was born on August 1, 1779.

Jan Van Scorel, Dutch Renaissance painter (Baptism of Christ, Bathsheba, The Death of St. Hilaty, Madonna col Bambino, Mary Magdalene and La Saint Famille au Perroquet) and architect, was born on August 1, 1495.

Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter (Acqua Acetosa on the Tiber, Ceyx and Alcyone, Cilgerran Castle, Coast Scene near Naples, Conway Castle, Dolgellau Bridge, Dover Castle, Lydford Waterfall Tavistock, Pembroke Town and Castle, River at Penegoes, View at Tivoli and View in Windsor Great Park), was born on August 1, 1714.

Sir Jeffry Wyatville, British architect and landscape designer (Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Chillingham Castle, Claverton Manor, Gloucestershire Badminton House and London Royal Botanic Gardens), was born on August 1, 1766.

August 1st Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on August 1, 1973.

Bart Conner, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on August 1, 1961.

Sammy Lee, American platform diver, Olympic gold medalist (1948), was born on August 1, 1920.

August 1st Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American attorney and novelist (Two Years before the Mast), was born on August 1, 1815.

Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, British novelist (Abbots Verney, And No Man's Wit, Dangerous Ages, The Lee Shore, Potterism, The Towers of Trebizond, The World My Wilderness and Told by an Idiot), was born on August 1, 1881.

Herman Melville, American author (Billy Budd, The Confidence Man, Moby Dick, Omoo and Typee), was born on August 1, 1819.

British novelist Stanley Middleton (Brief Garlands, Holiday, A Short Answer and Sterner Stuff) was born on August 1, 1923.

American cartoonist Tom Wilson (Ziggy) was born on August 1, 1932.

August 1st Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Yves Saint-Laurent, French-Algerian fashion designer, was born on August 1, 1936.

Charles Spaulding, American financier and business executive, was born on August 1, 1874.

August 1st Birthdays: Famous Performers

Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress (The Cosby Show), was born on August 1, 1973.

Robert Cray, American blues singer and songwriter ("Smokin' Gun"), was born on August 1, 1953.

Canadian-American actress Yvonne DeCarlo (Band of Angels, The Munsters, Salome - Where She Danced, Slave Girl and The Ten Commandments) was born on August 1, 1924.

Dominick (Dom) DeLuise, American comedian and actor (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Blazing Saddles, Candid Camera, Cannonball Run, The Entertainers, Fail-Safe, Fatso, Johnny Dangerously, The Muppet Movie, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Silent Movie, Smokey and the Bandit and Spaceballs), was born on August 1, 1933.

American rock musician Adam Fredric Duritz (Counting Crows) was born on August 1, 1965.

Joe Elliot, British heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard), was born on August 1, 1959.

Jerry Garcia, American rocker (The Grateful Dead), was born on August 1, 1942.

Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini (Anzio, Casino Royale, Darkness, Dune, Hannibal, Man on Fire, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Seduction of Mimi, Seven Beauties, Swept Away and A Walk in the Clouds) was born on August 1, 1943.

Steve Green, American contemporary Christian recording artist ("Children Are a Treasure from the Lord," "Find Us Faithful," "God and God Alone," "Household of Faith," "The Letter," "The Mission" and "People Need the Lord"), was born on August 1, 1956.

Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian dancer and actor (Alice in Wonderland, Annie, Bear in the Big Blue House, Boomerang, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Doctor Doolittle and Live and Let Die), was born on August 1, 1930.

American rapper Artis Leon (Coolio) Ivey, Jr., was born on August 1, 1963.

Brad Taylor Negron, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Anything But Love, Clueless, Easy Money, Every Dog Has Its Day, Freaky Friday, The Last Boy Scout, Nash Bridges, Nothing But Trouble, Punchline and Wizards of Waverly Place), was born on August 1, 1957.

Carlton Douglas (Chuck D) Ridenhour, American rapper, was born on August 1, 1961.

August 1st Birthdays: Famous Scientists

William Clark, American explorer (with Meriwether Lewis), was born on August 1, 1770.

Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg-Priestly, American astronomer, was born on August 1, 1905.

French zoologist Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck was born on August 1, 1744.

American astronomer Maria Mitchell ("Miss Mitchell's Comet"), the first female elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was born on August 1, 1818.

August 1st Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Claudius I, Roman emperor, was born on August 1, 10 B.C.

Happy Birthday, August 1st.

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