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August 21st

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473 Notable birthdays

Samuele Ricci

Italian association football player.

Born August 21st, 2001 (age 24 years) in Pontedera.

C. Douglas Dillon

United states navy officer, art collector, metropolitan museum chairman (1909-2003).

Born August 21st, 1909 in Geneva.

Died January 10th, 2003 at 93 years old in New York City.

Agustín Rossi

Argentine footballer.

Born August 21st, 1995 (age 30 years) in Buenos Aires.

Roland Culver

Actor (1900-1984).

Born August 21st, 1900 in Highgate.

Died March 1st, 1984 at 83 years old in Henley-on-Thames (myocardial infarction).

Otto Goldschmidt

German composer, conductor and pianist.

Born August 21st, 1829 in Hamburg.

Died February 24th, 1907 at 77 years old in London.

Eric Darnell

American animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter, and occasional voice actor.

Born August 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Prairie Village.

Robert Stone

American novelist (1937–2015).

Born August 21st, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died January 10th, 2015 at 77 years old in Key West (disease).

Henry Solomon Wellcome

Anglo-american businessman.

Born August 21st, 1853 in Almond.

Died July 25th, 1936 at 82 years old in London (pneumonia).

William Barksdale

Confederate army general (1821-1863).

Born August 21st, 1821 in Smyrna.

Died July 3rd, 1863 at 41 years old in Gettysburg.

Leonid Andreyev

Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919).

Born August 21st, 1871 in Oryol.

Died September 12th, 1919 at 48 years old in Gorkovskoye (heart failure).

Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria

Austrian archduke (1866-1939).

Born August 21st, 1866 in Altmünster.

Died April 20th, 1939 at 72 years old in Vienna.

Patrick Juvet

Swiss singer-songwriter (1950–2021).

Born August 21st, 1950 in Montreux.

Died April 1st, 2021 at 70 years old in Barcelona (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Nyasha Mushekwi

Zimbabwean footballer.

Born August 21st, 1987 (age 38 years) in Harare.

M. M. Kaye

British writer (1908–2004).

Born August 21st, 1908 in Shimla.

Died January 30th, 2004 at 95 years old in Lavenham.

Perry Christie

Bahamian politician.

Born August 21st, 1943 (age 82 years) in Nassau.

Kalifa Coulibaly

Malian footballer.

Born August 21st, 1991 (age 34 years) in Bamako.

Laura Morante

Italian actress.

Born August 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Santa Fiora.

Maria Kaczyńska

First lady of poland (1942-2010).

Born August 21st, 1942 in Machowo.

Died April 10th, 2010 at 67 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).

Ben Shneiderman

American computer scientist.

Born August 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in New York City.

Erin Kelly

American actress.

Born August 21st, 1981 (age 44 years) in San Diego.

Demy

Greek singer.

Born August 21st, 1991 (age 34 years) in Athens.

Charles Vanel

French actor and director (1892–1989).

Born August 21st, 1892 in Rennes.

Died April 15th, 1989 at 96 years old in Cannes.

Chris Brasher

London marathon co-founder, athlete, journalist.

Born August 21st, 1928 in Georgetown.

Died February 28th, 2003 at 74 years old in Chaddleworth.

Dominik Kubalík

Czech ice hockey player.

Born August 21st, 1995 (age 30 years) in Plzeň.

Sloboda Mićalović

Serbian actress.

Born August 21st, 1981 (age 44 years) in Leskovac.

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