Famous Birthdays Aug 18 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet, born in Split, Croatia (d. 1524) Famous Deaths Aug 27 Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) 1449 History by Year 1451 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z