Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 1
Births
edit- 10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. AD 54)
- 1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
- 1779 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
- 1819 - Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
- 1930 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)
- 1932 - Meir Kahane, American orthodox rabbi and founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
- 1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality
- 1960 - Richard Roeper, American newspaper columnist and film critic
- 1981 - M. Shadows, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1981 - Ashley Parker Angel, American musician, formerly of O-Town
- 1984 - Bastian Schweinsteiger, (pictured) German footballer
Deaths
edit- 1714 - Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
- 1920 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist leader (b. 1856)
- 1970 - Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)