IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 21

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1.		Hayden Panettiere Actress, Racing Stripes Hayden Leslie Panettiere was born on 21st August 1989 in Palisades, New York, to actress Lesley Vogel and fire department captain Skip Panettiere. Her younger brother is actor Jansen Panettiere. She has Italian, and some English and German, ancestry. Her mother got her started in the business by doing commercials when she was just 11 months old...
2.		Laura Haddock Actress, Guardians of the Galaxy
3.		Carrie-Anne Moss Actress, The Matrix Carrie-Anne Moss was born on August 21, 1967, in Vancouver, British Columbia, as youngest of two children of Barbara and Melvyn Moss. At age 20, she moved to Europe to pursue a career in modeling; in Spain she was cast in a regular role in the TV show Dark Justice, which was produced in Barcelona for its first season...
4.		Alicia Witt Actress, Two Weeks Notice Actor/singer songwriter Alicia Witt has had a nearly three-decade long career, starting with her film debut, in 1984, as "Alia" in David Lynch's science fiction classic, Dune. Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Diane (Pietro), a high school teacher, and Robert Witt, a photographer and science teacher...
5.		Kim Cattrall Actress, Sex and the City Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England to Gladys Shane (Baugh), a secretary, and Dennis Cattrall, a construction engineer. At the age of three months, her family immigrated to Canada, where a large number of her films have been made. At age 11, she returned to her native country and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art...
6.		RJ Mitte Actor, Breaking Bad Best known as Walter "Flynn" White Jr for five riveting seasons of AMC's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning dramatic thriller "Breaking Bad," Mitte, reemerged this year on the big screen in "Dixieland," which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, portraying the deceptive CJ, in his first non-handicapped leading role...
7.		Nathan Jones Actor, Mad Max: Fury Road Nathan Jones rose upon the world strongman scene in 1995 and showed promise to become perhaps the top competitor in the world. At 6' 11" and 360 lbs., the giant Australian known as Megaman was an imposing sight and used his great size and strength to place high in the World Musclepower Championships...
8.		Bo Burnham Writer, Bo Burnham: Make Happy
9.		Kiami Davael Actress, Matilda Kiami Davael is an actress, model, singer, songwriter & screenwriter. She is best known for her role as "Lavender" in "Matilda" starring Danny DeVito. Kiami was born in Kentucky, but her family moved to California to pursue her career. Kiami has starred in numerous TV shows such as "Moesha" & "Steve Harvey" and has been in countless plays...
10.		Patty McCormack Actress, Frost/Nixon As a testament to her passion and talent, former 1950s pig-tailed moppet star Patty McCormack has remained a consistent presence on film and TV for over five decades. While the lovely and talented blond suffered her share of hard knocks in adjusting to an adult career, she did not fade away into oblivion or self destruct as those child stars before her did...
11.		Loretta Devine Actress, Crash Loretta Devine was born August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas, to Eunice O'Neal (née Toliver), a beautician, and James Devine, who worked as a laborer. Loretta grew up in the Acres Home area of Houston and later enrolled at the University of Houston, where she earned a a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Drama...
12.		Peter Weir Director, The Truman Show
13.		Eve Torres Actress, WWE Raw
14.		Usain Bolt Self, Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive Usain Saint Leo Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter. Regarded as the fastest human being ever timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. He also holds the world record in the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning World and Olympic champion in these three events...
15.		Clarence Williams III Actor, Mod Squad As the son of a displaced musician, Harlem-born African-American actor Clarence Williams III was raised by his musical grandparents, the legendary jazz and boogie-woogie composer/pianist Clarence Williams, who wrote such classics as "T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do" and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home," and blues singer Eva Taylor (1895-1977)...
16.		Jack Weston Actor, Dirty Dancing In a 40-year career that spanned Broadway, television and movies, the versatile actor played everyone from sleazy villains to terrifying killers to clumsy comics. His bad-guy roles included a stalker who, along with Alan Arkin terrorized a blind Audrey Hepburn in the 1967 cult classic Wait Until Dark...
17.		Cody Kasch Actor, Desperate Housewives
18.		Brody Jenner Self, The Princes of Malibu
19.		Kenny Rogers Soundtrack, The Big Lebowski Born in Texas, the fourth of eight children, singer Kenny Rogers grew up in a poor area of Houston where his father worked in a shipyard and his mother in a hospital. He became the first member of his family to graduate from high school. He took an interest in singing while quite young and as a teenager joined a doo-wop recording group who called themselves "The Scholars"...
20.		John McMartin Actor, All the President's Men
21.		Elarica Johnson Actress, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
22.		Cleo King Actress, The Hangover
23.		Marc Evan Jackson Actor, 22 Jump Street
24.		Carlos Pratts Actor, McFarland, USA Carlos Pratts is arguably one of the hottest young Latino actors right now and has the charm and intensity to captivate audiences across multiple demographics. He recently starred in Disney's McFarland, USA and received rave reviews for his standout performance opposite Kevin Costner. This year, Carlos...
25.		Richmond Arquette Actor, Fight Club
26.		Maxim Knight Actor, Falling Skies Maxim Knight stars in TNT's hit sci-fi drama "Falling Skies." Maxim's performance earned him a Young Artist Award in 2012. At 13, Maxim has over 60 film, television, commercial & voice over credits. At the tender age of 7, Maxim booked his first feature film, starring opposite Oscar winner Melissa Leo...
27.		Barbara Ann Moore Actress, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Blonde Stunner Barbara Ann Moore was born on August 21, 1968 in Spokane, Washington and was raised in Seattle, WA. She's the sister of brother Terry Moore Jr.. Moore was a cheerleader in high school. At age 18, Barbara moved to Nashville, TN based as a Flight Attendant for American Eagle Airlines. She started modeling and acting appearing in music videos for such artists as Reba McEntire...
28.		Erin Kelly Actress, Loving Annabelle
29.		Tina Jordan Self, Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2003 Gorgeous and voluptuous blonde bombshell Tina Marie Jordan was born on August 21, 1972 in North Hollywood, California. She grew up in Los Angeles. Tina has seven sisters and two brothers. Jordan not only attended college and both business and cosmetology school, but also worked as a loan processor prior to meeting "Playboy" magazine founder and editor Hugh M...
30.		Ross Thomas Actor, Soul Surfer
31.		Barry Foster Actor, Frenzy John Barry Foster's acting career began and ended on the stage. At the age of 20, he won a scholarship to the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he befriended future playwright Harold Pinter. After two years training, Barry went on tour with Andrew McMaster and fellow actors Patrick Magee and Kenneth Haigh through the Republic of Ireland...
32.		Jeff Roop Actor, Backcountry Jeff was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. While pursuing a finance degree at McGill University he began taking acting classes and performing in college and local plays. He attended theater school at the Moscow Art Theatre, in Russia, and at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
33.		Mitchell Anderson Actor, Doogie Howser, M.D.
34.		Melvin Van Peebles Actor, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
35.		Marie Blake Actress, The Addams Family Edith MacDonald was the second daughter of Daniel and Anne MacDonald; her father was a contractor and politician. Early on, her older sister Elsie, younger sister Jeanette MacDonald, and she were given theatrical training. Blossom and Jeanette played Philadelphia vaudeville houses while still youngsters...
36.		Wilt Chamberlain Self, Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr. Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Olivia Ruth (Johnson), a domestic worker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman. Wilt didn't come from a race of giants as many thought. Both his parents were no bigger than 5-9, but as a young boy he began a growth spurt which would eventually stop when he reached 7-1...
37.		Laura Morante Actress, La stanza del figlio
38.		Sarah Kate Allsup Actress, Bad Moms Sarah Kate Allsup was born August 21, 1989 in Wichita Falls, Texas. She was very active in high school theatre and later attended Midwestern State University with a theatre scholarship. During her freshman year of college she was part of a comedy improv troupe. Her second year of college she decided to make the jump from stage to film and was cast in various independent films...
39.		Hugh Wilson Writer, Police Academy
40.		Preston Jones Actor, Road Trip: Beer Pong A Texas native, Preston started acting his senior year in high school and then attended the University of Texas at Austin to study Theatre and Radio Television Film. In Austin, he performed in over a dozen plays and guest starred in 2 television pilots, Jack and Bobby on the WB, and Richard Linklater's HBO pilot, 5.15/hr...
41.		Tamela D'Amico Actress, Best Friends Whenever Tamela D'Amico is an American jazz singer, actress, and filmmaker who started her own production company, La Strega Entertainment, to create vehicles for the many facets of her career. Tamela recorded her debut album Got A Little Story, executive-produced by actor-producer Peter Krause (Parenthood...
42.		Robert Knox Actor, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Son of Colin and Sally Knox. Brother of Jamie Knox. Stabbed to death in bar brawl in London on 24 May 2008, while protecting his 16-year-old brother, four days after his last scene on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was shot. His attacker was convicted of his murder on 4 March 2009.
43.		Greg Cromer Actor, Bad Words
44.		Brad Kavanagh Actor, House of Anubis Born in the English Lake District in northern England, Kavanagh first found his passion for performing and acting at the age of six when he began singing lessons and joined a local children's theatre group. He continued performing locally and at the age of nine he acted in Arthur Miller's All My Sons at the Theatre By the Lake where he portrayed the American character Bert...
45.		Tom Tully Actor, The Lineup Colorado-born Tom Tully got into the acting business after a stint in the U.S. Navy. He had extensive experience in radio and on the stage before making his film debut in Northern Pursuit. Tully worked steadily for the remainder of his career, and was typically cast as a somewhat tough but basically decent cop...
46.		Howard Lew Lewis Actor, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
47.		Stephen Hillenburg Writer, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
48.		Frances Cuka Actress, Swimming Pool Born in London in 1936 to Joseph and Letitia Cuka the family eventually moved to Hove where Frances was educated at Brighton and Hove High School. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama then made her stage debut in 1955 in 'Meet Mr Callaghan' in Warrington. Following work with several...
49.		Tony Steedman Actor, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
50.		Melissa Schuman Actress, Love Don't Cost a Thing The dream of becoming a pop star became true for Melissa Schuman when she was introduced to P.Diddy while performing in a private showcase at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The Bad Boy CEO was so impressed that he signed her on the spot along with 3 other members who eventually became the multi-platinum girl group "Dream"...