Emil Nolde
1867 – 1956
German artist (1867–1956)
Famous Birthdays on August 7
13 notable people were born on August 7.
19th Century
Denmark
Mata Hari
1876 – 1917
Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)
20th Century
Louis Leakey
1903 – 1972
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
paleoanthropologistautobiographerprehistorian
Vo Chi Cong
1912 – 2011
President of Vietnam (1912-2011)
politician
Abebe Bikila
1932 – 1973
Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion
marathon runnerathletics competitorlong-distance runner
Sofia Rotaru
1947
Ukrainian singer, songwriter and actress
film actorchoir directorrecord producer
Christiana Figueres
1956
Costa Rican diplomat engaged in UN
climate activistpodcasterdiplomat
Jimmy Wales
1966
co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
Charlize Theron
1975
South African and American actress (born 1975)
film actortelevision actormodel
Abbie Cornish
1982
Australian actress (1982-)
Yun Hyon-seok
1984 – 2003
South Korean poet, writer and LGBT activist
autobiographeractivisthuman rights defender
Valter Birsa
1986
Slovenian footballer
association football player
Bryan Mbeumo
1999
Cameroonian-French footballer (born 1999)
association football player