Famous People: August
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All Figures for August (51 results)
Lucy Stone
Pioneering American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator & Co-Founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association
Margaret Mitchell
American Author & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist (Gone with the Wind)
Mother Teresa
Catholic Nun, Humanitarian & Nobel Peace Laureate
Narendra Dabholkar
Rationalist, Social Reformer, Medical Doctor & Founder of MANS (Anti-Superstition Movement)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, Sufi Maestro & Global Vocal Virtuoso
Paul Dirac
1933 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Theoretical Physicist, Predictor of Antimatter & Creator of the Dirac Equation
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, Polymath & Nobel Laureate
River Phoenix
Academy Award-Nominated Actor, Musician & Animal Rights Activist
Sean Connery
Academy Award-Winning Actor & Cultural Icon (The Quintessential James Bond)
Shammi Kapoor
Legendary Indian Actor, "The Elvis Presley of India" & Pioneer of Bollywood Musical Romances
Shamsur Rahman
Supreme Modern Bengali Poet, Journalistic Pioneer & Voice of Bangladesh’s Freedom
Sheikh Russel
Youngest Son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman & Symbol of Children's Rights
Stanislaus Kostka
Polish Jesuit Novice & Patron Saint of Students and Youth
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1983), Mathematical Astrophysicist & Discoverer of the Chandrasekhar Limit
Sultan Ibrahim I
Ottoman Sultan (reigned 1640–1648) & Sovereign of the Sublime Porte
Syed Nazrul Islam
Acting President of Bangladesh (1971) & National Leader Martyred in Jail Killing