| JAN | 1-15 16-31 | APR | 1-15 16-30 | JULY | 1-15 16-31 | OCT | 1-15 16-31 |
| FEB | 1-15 16-29 | MAY | 1-15 16-31 | AUG | 1-15 16-31 | NOV | 1-15 16-30 |
| MAR | 1-15 16-31 | JUNE | 1-15 16-31 | SEPT | 1-15 16-30 | DEC | 1-15 16-31 |
These are the birthdates of some very famous Australians and in Australia whose birthday is on August
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.)
AUGUST 1 TO 15
| 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 |
AUGUST 16 TO 31
| Birth | Death | Born in August | A little bit about them . . . |
| 16 Aug 1987 | Kyal Marsh | Australian actor (Neighbours) | |
| 18 Aug 1885 | -1964 | Nettie Palmer (nee Higgins) | Australian poet, essayist (Memoirs of Alice Henry), promoted Australian literature more than others of their generation, wife of author Vance Palmer (28 August) |
| 19 Aug 1983 | Missy Higgins Melissa Higgins | Australian singer (Scar, Sound of White, On a Clear Night), one ARIA Awards 2004, 2005 APRA Awards, 5 ARIA Awards in 2005, and one ARIA Awards 2007 | |
| 19 Aug 1983 | Tammin Sursok | South African-Australian singer (Love Struck), actress (Home and Away, Young and the Restless, Hannah Montana Forever), Logie Award 2001 | |
| 20 Aug 1899 | -2011 | Miriam Schmierer | Australian, at 112 years old when she died, she was the oldest person in Australia in 2011 |
| 20 Aug 1948 | John Noble | Australian actor (All Saints, Home and Away, 24, Fringe, Lord of the Rings), | |
| 23 Aug 1949 | Rick Springfield Richard Springthorpe | Australian actor (General Hospital), singer (Working Class Dog, Jessie’s Girl ), Grammy Award 1982 | |
| 24 Aug 1927 | David Ireland | Australian author (Unknown Industrial Prisoner), Miles Franklin Award 1971, 1976, 1979 | |
| 25 Aug 1925 | -2004 | Thea Astley | Australian teacher, writer (Well Dressed Explorer, Slow Natives, The Acolyte), Miles Franklin Award for 1962, 1965, 1972, 1999, Premier’s Literary Award 2000, 2002 |
| 27 Aug 1924 | -2010 | David Rowbotham | Australian journalist, poet (Cave in the Sky, Makers of the Ark, Ebony Gates), Patrick White Award 2007 |
| 27 Aug 1976 | Mark Webber | Australian Formula One driver, long-term director of Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (Formula One drivers’ union), 1st place Formula Ford Festival 1996, raised $500,000 for children’s cancer research at the 2006 Mark Webber Pure Tasmanian Challenge | |
| 28 Aug 1885 | -1959 | Vance Palmer | Australian author (Golconda, Seetime, The Big Fellow), promoted Australian literature more than others of their generation, husband of poet Nettie Palmer (18 August) |
| 29 Aug 1862 | -1928 | Andrew Fisher | 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09 and 1910-13), Australian Labor Party, after WWI France awarded him Legion d’honneur, but he declined to take it |
| 29 Aug 1890 | -1976 | Richard Casey | Governor-General of Australia (1965–1969), 1st Australian Ambassador to the USA (1940), WWI served at Gallipoli and awarded the Military Cross, 1969 Australian of the Year |
| 30 Aug 1922 | -1986 | Lionel Murphy | Australian politician and jurist, Justice of the High Court of Australia (1975-86) |
| 30 Aug 1923 | -1969 | Charmian Clift | Australian writer (High Valley, Trouble in Lotus Land) |
| 30 Aug 1985 | Leisel Jones | Australian swimmer, 3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze Olympic medals, 2002 Commonwealth Games 3 gold medals | |
| 30 Aug 1985 | Eamon Sullivan | Australian swimmer, 2 silver, 1 bronze Olympic medals, winner of first series Celebrity MasterChef 2009 | |
| 31 Aug 1894 | -1982 | Albert Facey | Australian writer (A Fortunate Life), this Aussie classic was made into a 4 part television movie in 1985 |
| 31 Aug 1940 | Jack Thompson John Hadley Pain | Australian actor (Man from Snowy River, Australia, Breaker Morant, Mao’s Last Dancer, Burke and Wills, McLeod’s Daughters), AFI Award 1975, 1980, 1994, he was Australia’s first nude male centrefold when it appeared in Cleo magazine in 1982 |
