Celebrating Our Heroes
celebrating our heroes
Famous Australian August Birthdays
August 1 to 15 August 16 to 31
Were you or someone you know born in August? You'll find below some notable Australian politicians, footballers, actors, musicians, and athletes that have August birthdays. (I was born 14 August and Max was born 22 August. We may not be famous, but two Leos under the same roof means it's never boring.)
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| Birth | Death | Born in August | A little bit about them . . . |
| 01 Aug 1946 | Fiona Stanley | Australian epidemiologist, noted for research into birth disorders such as cerebral palsy, 2003 Australian of the Year, 2004 Australian National Living Treasure | |
| 02 Aug 1865 | -1955 | John Radecki | Polish-Australian stained glass artist, works include St Scholastica's Convent in Glebe, Presbyterian Church in Wollongong, St Patricks in Kogarah, Mitchell Library |
| 02 Aug 1930 | -2003 | Vali Myers | Australian artist specializing in fine pen and ink drawings |
| 02 Aug 1945 | Alex Jesaulenko Alex Esaulenko |
Austrian-Australian footballer, 1996 Australian Football Hall of Fame and in 2008 elevated to Legend status | |
| 03 Aug 1856 | -1919 | Alfred Deakin | 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (1903-04), Australian Protectionist Party, leader of Australian federation movement, honoured with his portrait on 1969 stamp |
| 04 Aug 1923 | Reg Grundy | Australian media and TV mogul, his company produced many popular TV series including: Neighbours, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner, Sale of the Century & others | |
| 04 Aug 1989 | Jessica Mauboy | Indigenous Australian singer (Young Divas), actress (Bran Nue Dae), 2nd place in Australian Idol 2006 | |
| 05 Aug 1908 | -1967 | Harold Holt | 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1966-67), Australian Liberal Party, Holt was presumed dead after extensive searches when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria |
| 05 Aug 1951 | John Jarratt | Australian actor (Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Outlaw, McLeod's Daughters, Wolf Creek, Australia) | |
| 06 Aug 1826 | -1915 | Thomas A. Browne Rolf Boldrewood |
Australian writer (Robbery Under Arms, Babes in the Bush, Nevermore, A Sydney-Side Saxon) |
| 06 Aug 1951 | Daryl Somers Daryl Schultz |
Australian TV personality, host of TV show Hey Hey It's Saturday, TV Week Gold Logie 1983, 1986, 1989, and has a star on Caloundra Walk of Stars | |
| 07 Aug 1938 | Helen Caldicott | Australian physician, author (Nuclear Madness), anti-nuclear advocate, host of weekly radio program If You Love This Planet, Smithsonian Institution named her one of the most influential women of 20th century | |
| 07 Aug 1943 | Lana Cantrell | American-Australian singer, entertainment lawyer | |
| 08 Aug 1880 | -1961 | Earle C. G. Page | 11th Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1939), Australian Country Party, Canberra suburb of Page named after him, honoured with his portrait on 1975 postage stamp |
| 08 Aug 1928 | Don Burrows | Australian musician played with the greats (Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett), 1991 ARIA Hall of Fame, 1989 Australian National Living Treasure | |
| 08 Aug 1935 | John Laws (Lawsie) |
Australian radio personality (nickname Golden Tonsils), central figure in the 1999 Cash-for-Comment scandal | |
| 09 Aug 1899 | -1996 | P. L. Travers Helen Lyndon Goff |
Australian author (Mary Poppins), she disliked the animation in Disney's movie version of Mary Poppins |
| 09 Aug 1990 | Adelaide Kane | Australian actress (Neighbours, Power Rangers RPM) | |
| 10 Aug 1928 | -2010 | Gus Mercurio | American-Australian actor (Man from Snowy River, Crocodile Dundee II, The Sullivans), and boxer (Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame 2008) |
| 11 Aug 1983 | Chris Hemsworth | Australian Actor (Home and Away, Star Trek, Thor), Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent 2005 | |
| 11 Aug 1988 | Patrick Mills | Indigenous Australian basketball player, drafted by Portland Trail Blazers in 2009 NBA Draft. | |
| 12 Aug 1886 | -1952 | Keith Murdoch | Australian journalist, newspaper owner, wrote letter in WWI to Australian PM Andrew Fisher exposing problems reporters saw in Gallipoli. This helped cause Hamilton to be relieved of command and then to successfully evacuate our troops from there. Keith Murdoch is the father of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. |
| 12 Aug 1928 | Charles Blackman | Australian artist, his paintings can be found in the collections of major public galleries in Australia, London, Paris, Japan, and the USA | |
| 12 Aug 1939 | Pam Kilborn-Ryan | Australian athlete (long jump, hurdles, and relay), Commonwealth Games 2 gold 1962, 2 gold 1966, 2 gold 1970, Olympic medals bronze 1964, silver 1968 | |
| 13 Aug 1790 | -1872 | William Wentworth | Australian explorer, politician, leading political figure advocating trial by jury, freedom of the press, abolition of convict transportation, self-government for colonies |
| 14 Aug 1915 | -1998 | B.A. Santamaria | Australian political activist, journalist, divisive but influential man espousing traditional Australian conservatism in The Australian newspaper and on TV |
