Birthdays Date 1908 August | History by KabAstro

Helen Jacobs (1908-1997)

Aug 6 American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles, US Open 1932-35), born in Globe, Arizona

Aug 6 James Lees-Milne, English writer and architectural historian, born in Wickhamford, Worcestershire (d. 1997)
Aug 6 Solomon Adler, English-born economist and alleged spy for China, born in Leeds, England (d. 1994)
Aug 6 Svend Erik Tarp, Danish composer, born in Thisted, Denmark (d. 1994)
Aug 6 William "Will" Lee, American actor (They Live by Night, Melody Lane), born in New York City (d. 1982)
Aug 8 Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and statesman (UN ambassador, Supreme Court justice 1962-65), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
Aug 8 Chivu Stoica, Romanian politician (Premier of Romania 1955-61), born in Smeeni, Romania (d. 1975)
Aug 8 Emilio Flores Márquez "Don Millo", Puerto Rican sugar cane worker and centenarian, (world's oldest man in 2021), born in Carolina, Pueto Rico (d. 2021) [1]
Aug 10 Adelino ("Billy") Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)
Aug 12 David Renton, British politician (one of the final National Liberal MPs), born in Dartford, England (d. 2007)
Aug 13 Gene Raymond [Raymond Guion], American actor (Paris 7000, Love on a Bet, Fireside Theater), born in New York City (d. 1998)
Aug 14 Jean Knox, Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941-43) (d. 1993)
Aug 14 Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (Antigone; Marinos Kontaras), born in Kastelli Kissamou, Crete (d. 1984)
Aug 16 William Maxwell, American novelist and editor (The New Yorker), born in New York City (d. 2000)
Aug 17 Kurt Hessenberg, German composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1994)
Aug 18 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu), born in North Sumatra, Indonesia (d. 1970)
Aug 18 Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets; Canterbury, Northamstonshire CCC), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1977)
Aug 18 Edgar Faure, Prime Minister of France (1952, 52-56) and writer, born in Béziers, France (d. 1988)
Aug 18 Milan Ristić, Serbian composer, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 1982)
Aug 19 (Lyle) "Spud" Murphy [Miko Stefanovic], Serbian-American jazz multi-instrumentalist, arranger (Benny Goodman; Casa Loma Orchestra), bandleader, composer (Columbia Pictures), and educator (Equal Interval System), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2005)
Aug 19 Al Morgan, American jazz double-bassist (Cab Calloway; Fats Waller; Louis Jordan), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1974)

Aug 20 American Baseball HOF catcher (MLB All-Star 1934, 41; Brooklyn Dodgers; Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (AL Manager of the Year 1959 Chicago WS; Cleveland Indians), born in Tampa, Florida

Aug 20 Jeanne Stern, German screenwriter (The Condemned Village), born in Bedous, Aquitaine (d. 1998)
Aug 20 John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, born in Liverpool, Lancashire (d. 1996)
Aug 20 Kingsley Davis, American sociologist and demographer (coined the term "population explosion"), born in Tuxedo, Texas (d. 1997)
Aug 21 David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), born in Forest Gate, London (d. 1995)
Aug 21 M. M. Kaye, British writer (The Far Pavilions), born in Shimla, India (d. 2004)
Aug 21 Tom Tully, American radio, stage, and screen actor (The Caine Mutiny; Shane), born in Durango, Colorado (d. 1982)

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Aug 22 French photographer famous for 'The Decisive Moment', born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France

Aug 23 Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (Paolo Paoli), born in Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, Russia (d. 1970)
Aug 23 Hannah Frank, Scottish artist and sculptor, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
Aug 25 Philip Coolidge, American actor (North by Northwest, North by Northwest, I Want to Live, Tingler), born in Concord, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
Aug 26 W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)
Aug 27 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), born in O'Neill, Nebraska (d. 1973)
Aug 27 Kurt Wegner, German artist, born in Köln, Germany (d. 1985)

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)

Aug 27 36th US President (Democrat: 1963-69), born in Stonewall, Texas

Donald Bradman (1908-2001)

Aug 27 Australian cricket batsman and captain (52 Tests; 6,996 runs @ WR 99.94 average; HS 334; 29 x 100s), born in Cootamundra, Australia

Aug 28 Orestes López, Cuban band leader and composer (co-inventor of 'mambo' with his brother, Cachao), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1991)
Aug 28 Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and writer (How to Know Birds), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1996)
Aug 30 Fred MacMurray, American actor (Double Indemnity, The Apartment, My Three Sons), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1991)
Aug 30 Leonor Fini, Argentine artist, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1996)
Aug 30 Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, bandleader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1964)
Aug 31 Conrad Baden, Norwegian composer, organist and music critic, born in Drammen, Norway (d. 1989)
Aug 31 William Saroyan, American novelist and playwright (Time of Your Life), born in Fresno, California (d. 1981)