Famous people born on 1 August

• Herman MelvilleAmerican writer and poet · 1819–1891
  72 yrs
• Jean-Baptiste de LamarckFrench naturalist · 1744–1829
  85 yrs
• Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 · 1924–2015
  90 yrs
• Pierre BourdieuFrench sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher · 1930–2002
  71 yrs
• Georges CharpakFrench physicist · 1924–2010
  86 yrs
• Yves Saint LaurentFrench fashion designer · 1936–2008
  71 yrs
• George de HevesyHungarian chemist · 1885–1966
  80 yrs
• Coolio ↗American rapper · 1963–2022
  59 yrs
• Zoran Đinđić ↗Serbian politician · 1952–2003
  50 yrs
• Gaston Doumergue ↗French lawyer and statesman · 1863–1937
  73 yrs
• Maria Mitchell ↗American astronomer · 1818–1889
  70 yrs
• Alexander of Greece ↗King of Greece · 1893–1920
  27 yrs
• Hafizullah Amin ↗Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher · 1929–1979
  50 yrs
• Meena Kumari ↗Indian actress and poet · 1933–1972
  38 yrs
• Antonio Negri ↗Italian political philosopher · 1933–2023
  90 yrs
• Francesco I Sforza ↗Italian condottiero and Sforza dynasty founder · 1401–1466
  64 yrs
• Gerda Taro ↗German photographer, best known for her reporting on the Spanish Civil War · 1910–1937
  26 yrs
• Lawrence Eagleburger ↗American statesman and diplomat · 1930–2011
  80 yrs
• Henrietta Lacks ↗American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line · 1920–1951
  31 yrs
• Jerry Garcia ↗American guitarist and singer · 1942–1995
  53 yrs
• Francis Scott Key ↗American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner · 1779–1843
  63 yrs
• Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur ↗French writer of Russian birth · 1799–1874
  74 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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