Who are famous people born on August 1?

Famous people born on August 1 include Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744), Herman Melville (1819), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Yves Saint Laurent (1936), Jason Momoa (1979).

What star sign is someone born on August 1?

Someone born on August 1 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 1?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 1?

In the US, August 1 is the No. 16 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,217 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 1

Famous people born on August 1, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 16 of 366

Born on August 1

August 1 in history

2023Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
2004A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
1984Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
1976Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
1966Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1960Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1944World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
1927The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
1907The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
1855The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
1800The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1664Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1291The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
314The first synod of Arles is opened by bishop Marinus of Arles.

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)
Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire: Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
Christian feast day: Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
Christian feast day: Æthelwold of Winchester
Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Christian feast day: Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
Christian feast day: Eusebius of Vercelli

August 1 in every year

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Questions about August 1 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 1?: Famous people born on August 1 include Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744), Herman Melville (1819), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Yves Saint Laurent (1936), Jason Momoa (1979).
What star sign is someone born on August 1?: Someone born on August 1 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 1?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 1?: In the US, August 1 is the No. 16 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,217 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).