About August 1952
How Old? 66 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Birthdays in History
- Aug 1 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), born in Bosanski Šamac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003)
- Aug 2 Paul David Crews, SC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
- Aug 3 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
- Aug 3 Frank Schaeffer, American author (Crazy for God), born in Champéry, Switzerland
- Aug 4 Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
- Aug 5 Hun Sen, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia 1985-), born in Kampong Cham, Cambodia
- Aug 8 Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
- Aug 9 Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Aug 9 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
- Aug 10 Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
- Aug 10 Pepsi Nunes, marine biologist
- Aug 13 Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
- Aug 13 Tom Marino, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania 2011-), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Aug 14 Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 30, 47, 64, 82, sk: 98)
- Aug 17 Kathryn C Thornton, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, 49, 61, 73), born in Montgomery, Alabama
- Aug 17 Thomas J Hennen, astronaut (STS 44), born in Albany, Georgia
- Aug 17 Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
- Aug 18 Elayne Boosler, comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 18 Nicholas John, dramaturge
- Aug 21 Jiří Paroubek, former Czech prime minister, born in Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Aug 24 Bob Corker, American politician (Senator from Tennessee), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Aug 26 Will Shortz, American crossword editor
- Aug 28 Rita Dove, African-American poet (Thomas and Beulah), born in Akron, Ohio
- Aug 28 Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman (CEO - Porsche AG), born in Ahlen, Germany
- Aug 28 Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician (45th President of the National Assembly), born in Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Aug 29 Karen Hesse, American children's book writer (Out of the Dust), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug 31 Herbert Reul, German politician