What Happened In August 1951 In History

Famous Birthdays on August in 1951

• 1st » Tim Bachman, Canadian singer and guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Brave Belt)
• 1st » Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Zephyr (band) named Zephyr, and James Gang) (d. 1976)
• 1st » Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 2nd » Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax (UK band) called Wax) (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Steve Hillage, English guitarist (Uriel (band) Uriel, Gong (band) Gong, Khan (band) Khan, and System 7 (band) System 7)
• 2nd » Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Rainbow (rock band) e.g Rainbow, Fandango (US band) e.g Fandango, Brazen Abbot, and Hughes Turner Project)
• 2nd » Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Leather Nun and Blue for Two)
• 2nd » Per Westerberg, Swedish politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
• 3rd » Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 3rd » Jay North, American actor
• 4th » Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic
• 5th » John Jarratt, Australian actor
• 5th » Samantha Sang, Australian singer
• 6th » Catherine Hicks, American actress
• 6th » Daryl Somers, Australian television host
• 7th » Joachim Thiel, German footballer
• 8th » Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer
• 8th » Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian politician, 5th President of Egypt
• 8th » Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
• 8th » Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
• 9th » James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
• 9th » Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• 10th » Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician, 59th President of Colombia
• 11th » Vincent Bilodeau, Canadian actor
• 12th » Willie Horton, American murderer
• 13th » Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 13th » Ric Parnell, English drummer and songwriter (Atomic Rooster and Nova (Italian band) known as Nova)
• 14th » Peter Blegvad, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and illustrator (Slapp Happy and The Lodge (band) or The Lodge)
• 14th » Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Replacements (band) e.g The Replacements)
• 14th » Norbert Hofmann (footballer born 1951) called Norbert Hofmann, German footballer and manager
• 14th » Carl Lumbly, American actor
• 15th » Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 15th » Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 15th » John Childs (cricketer) or John Childs, English cricketer
• 15th » Daba Diawara, Malian politician
• 15th » Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 16th » Richard Hunt (puppeteer) called Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 1992)
• 17th » Robert Joy, Canadian actor
• 17th » Richard Hunt (puppeteer) called Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and actor (d. 1992)
• 17th » Alan Minter, English boxer
• 17th » Elba Ramalho, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
• 19th » John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter (Queen (band) known as Queen)
• 19th » Lillian Müller, Norwegian model and actress
• 19th » Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Bajofondo)
• 20th » Greg Bear, American author
• 20th » Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (d. 1996)
• 20th » Marika Lõoke, Estonian architect
• 20th » Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian politician, 5th President of Egypt
• 20th » DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician
• 21st » Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
• 21st » Margo Kane, Canadian actress and playwright
• 21st » Char Margolis, American psychic medium
• 21st » Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
• 21st » Harry Smith (television) e.g Harry Smith, American journalist
• 22nd » Mary Allen, English journalist
• 22nd » Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 23rd » Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
• 23rd » Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter (Survivor (band) named Survivor) (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
• 23rd » Queen Noor of Jordan
• 24th » Orson Scott Card, American author and critic
• 24th » Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (d. 2013)
• 25th » Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford (band) called Halford, and Fight (band) e.g Fight)
• 25th » Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
• 26th » Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
• 27th » Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
• 27th » Mack Brown, American football player and coach
• 27th » Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
• 28th » Colin McAdam (footballer) called Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
• 28th » Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (The Osmonds)
• 28th » Keiichi Suzuki (composer) named Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (The Beatniks)
• 29th » Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (If (band) called IF, Crawler (band) named Crawler, and Procol Harum)
• 31st » Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic

Famous Deaths for August 1951

• 2nd » John Paine (sport shooter) e.g John Paine, American target shooter (b. 1870)
• 14th » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 15th » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 16th » Louis Jouvet, French actor and director (b. 1887)
• 22nd » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 29th » Sydney Chapman (economist) called Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)

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