August 1

On This Day

24 people found

Born on this day (13)

1963(1)

Coolio

19632022

American rapper

1952(1)

Zoran Đinđić

19522003

Serbian politician (1952−2003)

1942(1)

Jerry Garcia

19421995

American guitarist and singer

1936(1)

Yves Saint Laurent

19362008

French fashion designer

1933(1)

Meena Kumari

19331972

Indian actress and poet

1930(1)

Pierre Bourdieu

19302002

French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher

1924(2)

Georges Charpak

19242010

French physicist

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

19242015

King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015

1893(1)

Alexander of Greece

18931920

King of Greece

1885(1)

George de Hevesy

18851966

Hungarian chemist

1863(1)

Gaston Doumergue

18631937

French lawyer and statesman

1819(1)

Herman Melville

18191891

American writer and poet

1744(1)

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

17441829

French naturalist

Died on this day (11)

2020(1)

Wilford Brimley

19342020

American actor and singer

2009(1)

Corazon Aquino

19332009

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992

2005(1)

Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

19202005

King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005

2000(1)

Yasuo Suzuki

19132000

Japanese association football player

1997(1)

Sviatoslav Richter

19151997

Soviet pianist

1996(1)

Tadeusz Reichstein

18971996

Polish-Swiss chemist

1990(1)

Norbert Elias

18971990

German sociologist

1987(1)

Pola Negri

18971987

Polish actress

1973(1)

Walter Ulbricht

18931973

German communist politician and dictator

1944(1)

Manuel L. Quezon

18781944

President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944

1540(1)

John Zápolya

14871540

King of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania