Famous Birthdays Aug 19 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1674) Famous Deaths Aug 3 Guillaume du Vair, French writer and thinker, dies at 65 Aug 15 John Barclay, Scottish satirist writer and poet (Euphormio's Satyricon), dies at 39 1620 History by Year 1622 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z