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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
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*[[1140]] – [[Song dynasty]] general [[Yue Fei]] defeats an army led by [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] general [[Wuzhu]] at the [[Battle of Yancheng]] during the [[Jin–Song Wars]].
*[[1169]] – [[Battle of the Blacks]]: Uprising by the [[black African]] forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against [[Saladin]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Lyons | first1 = Malcolm Cameron | last2 = Jackson | first2 = D. E. P. | year = 1982 | title = Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War | publisher = Cambridge University Press | ___location = Cambridge | url = {{Gbooks|hGR5M0druJIC|plainurl=yes}} | isbn = 0-521-31739-8 | pages = 34–36}}.</ref>
*[[1192]] – [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] becomes ''[[Shōgun|Sei-i Taishōgun]]'' and the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of Japan. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).<ref>{{cite book|author=Kan'ichi Asakawa|title=荘園硏究: Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfvsAAAAMAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Japan Society for the Promotion of Science|page=280}}</ref>
*[[1331]] – King [[Stefan Dečanski|Stefan Uroš III]], after [[Serbian civil war of 1331|months of anarchy]], surrenders to his son and rival [[Stefan Dušan]], who succeeds as [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|King of Serbia]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Northen Magill|author2=Alison Aves|title=Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CurSh3Sh_KMC&pg=PA843|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-57958-041-4|pages=843}}</ref>
*[[1415]] – [[Henry the Navigator]] leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the [[Conquest of Ceuta]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Aileen Gallagher|title=Prince Henry, the Navigator: Pioneer of Modern Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYUVGuifR4EC&pg=PA38|year=2003|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3621-2|pages=38}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[
*[[1689]] – The [[Battle of Dunkeld]] in Scotland.<ref name=BTL32>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL32|desc=Battle of Dunkeld|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1716]] – [[Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War]]: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the [[Battle of Petrovaradin]] force the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] to abandon the [[Siege of Corfu (1716)|Siege of Corfu]], thus preserving the [[Ionian Islands]] under [[Republic of Venice|Venetian rule]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Chasiotis | first=Ioannis | chapter = Η κάμψη της Οθωμανικής δυνάμεως |trans-chapter=The decline of Ottoman power | pages = 8–51 | script-title=el:Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΑ′: Ο ελληνισμός υπό ξένη κυριαρχία, 1669–1821 |trans-title=History of the Greek Nation, Volume XI: Hellenism under foreign rule, 1669–1821 | ___location = Athens | year = 1975 | publisher = Ekdotiki Athinon | language = el}}</ref>
*[[1770]] – [[James Cook]] formally claims eastern Australia for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], naming it [[New South Wales]].
*[[1772]] – King [[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]] completes his [[coup d'état]] by adopting a new [[Swedish Constitution of 1772|Constitution]], ending [[Age of Liberty|half a century of parliamentary rule]] in Sweden and installing himself as an [[Enlightened absolutism|enlightened despot]].
*[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces [[Siege of Pondicherry (1778)|begin besieging]] the French outpost at [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondichéry]].
*[[1791]] – Enslaved Africans in [[Saint-Domingue]], led by [[Dutty Boukman]], held a [[Bois Caïman|Vodou ceremony]] that became a pivotal act of resistance. This gathering sparked a mass uprising against slavery, marking the beginning of the [[Haitian Revolution]].
*[[1808]] – [[Battle of Vimeiro]]: [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] and [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] forces led by General [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] defeat [[French Armed Forces|French]] force under Major-General [[Jean-Andoche Junot]] near the village of [[Vimeiro]], Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the [[Peninsular War]].
*[[1810]] – [[Charles XIV John of Sweden|Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte]], [[Marshal of France]], is elected [[Crown prince|Crown Prince]] of Sweden by the Swedish [[Riksdag of the Estates]].
*[[1821]] – [[Jarvis Island]] is discovered by the crew of the ship, ''Eliza Frances''.
*[[1831]] – [[Nat Turner]] leads black slaves and free blacks in [[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|a rebellion]] in [[Southampton County, Virginia]], which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.<ref>{{cite web|website=This Day in Alternate History|title=August 21, 1831 – Nat Turner Begins his Slave Exodus|url=http://thisdayinalternatehistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-21-1831-nat-turner-begins-his.html|date=August 21, 2010|access-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1852]] – [[Tlingit|Tlingit Indians]] destroy [[Fort Selkirk]], [[Yukon Territory]].
*[[1858]] – The first of the [[Lincoln–Douglas debates]] is held in [[Ottawa, Illinois]].<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate1.htm "First Debate: Ottawa, Illinois."] ''NPS.gov''. 21 August 2019.</ref>
*[[1862]] – The [[Stadtpark, Vienna|Stadtpark]], the first public park in [[Vienna]], opens to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stadtpark |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/english/environment/parks/stadtpark.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=City of Vienna}}</ref>
*[[1863]] – [[Lawrence, Kansas]] is [[Lawrence massacre|destroyed]] by [[Confederate States of America|pro-Confederate guerrillas]] known as [[Quantrill's Raiders]].
*[[1878]] – The [[American Bar Association]] is founded in [[Saratoga Springs]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Howard |last2=Middleton |first2=Tiffany Willey |title=ABA Timeline |url=https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/timeline/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=[[American Bar Association]]}}</ref>
*[[1879]] – The locals of [[Knock, County Mayo]], Ireland [[Knock Shrine#Apparition|report their having seen an apparition]] of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]]. The apparition is later named [[Knock Shrine|"Our Lady of Knock"]] and the spot transformed into a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] pilgrimage site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Knock Shrine |url=https://www.knockshrine.ie/history/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=Knock Shrine: Ireland's International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine}}</ref>
*[[1883]] – [[1883 Rochester tornado|An F5 tornado]] strikes [[Rochester, Minnesota]], leading to the creation of the [[Mayo Clinic]].
*[[1888]] – The first successful [[adding machine]] in the United States is patented by [[William Seward Burroughs I|William Seward Burroughs]].
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – Six hundred American school teachers, [[Thomasites]], arrived in [[Manila]] on the [[USAT Thomas]].
*[[1911]] – The ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is [[art theft|stolen]] by [[Vincenzo Peruggia]], a [[Musée du Louvre|Louvre]] employee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World's Most Famous Painting |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stolen-how-the-mona-lisa-became-the-worlds-most-famous-painting-16406234/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Charleroi]], a successful German attack across the River [[Sambre]] that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
*[[1918]] – World War I: The [[Second Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]] begins.
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Guadalcanal campaign]]: American forces defeat an attack by [[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldiers in the [[Battle of the Tenaru]].
*[[1944]] – [[Dumbarton Oaks Conference]], prelude to the [[United Nations]], begins.
* 1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units [[Operation Tractable|capture]] the strategically important town of [[Falaise, Calvados]], France.
*[[1945]] – Physicist [[Harry Daghlian]] is fatally irradiated in a [[criticality accident]] during an experiment with the [[Demon core]] at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].
*[[1957]] – The [[Soviet Union]] successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the [[R-7 Semyorka]], the first [[intercontinental ballistic missile]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |___location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=16 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
*[[1959]] – [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by [[Hawaii Admission Day]].
*[[1963]] – [[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids]]: The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces]] loyal to [[Ngô Đình Nhu]], brother of President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]], vandalizes [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
*[[1965]] – The [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] is proclaimed, following the adoption of [[1965 Constitution of Romania|a new constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CONSTITUŢIA REPUBLICII SOCIALISTE ROMÂNIA *** Republicată |url=https://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/14938 |website=legislatie.just.ro |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[1968]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-led [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]], encouraging the [[Romanians|Romanian]] population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
* 1968 – [[James Anderson Jr.]] posthumously receives the first [[Medal of Honor]] to be awarded to an [[African American]] [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]].
*[[1971]] – A bomb exploded in the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] campaign rally in [[Plaza Miranda bombing|Plaza Miranda]], [[Manila]], Philippines with several anti-[[Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos]] political candidates injured.
*[[1982]] – [[Lebanese Civil War]]: The first troops of a [[Multinational Force in Lebanon|multinational force]] lands in [[Beirut]] to oversee the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]'s withdrawal from [[Lebanon]].
*[[1983]] – Philippine opposition leader [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]] is [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.|assassinated]] at Manila International Airport (now renamed ''[[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]]'' in his honor).
*[[1986]] – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from [[volcano|volcanic]] [[Lake Nyos]] in [[Cameroon]], killing up to 1,800 people within a {{convert|20|km|adj=on}} range.
*[[1988]] – The 6.9 {{M|w}} [[1988 Nepal earthquake|Nepal earthquake]] shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
*[[1991]] – [[Latvia]] declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.<ref>{{cite web |title=Latvia {{!}} History - Geography |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Latvia |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|Coup attempt]] against [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] collapses.
*[[1993]] – [[NASA]] loses contact with the [[Mars Observer]] spacecraft.
*[[1994]] – [[Royal Air Maroc Flight 630]] crashes in Douar Izounine, [[Morocco]], killing all 44 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940821-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42-312 CN-CDT Tizounine|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
*[[1995]] – [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529]], an [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]], attempts to divert to [[West Georgia Regional Airport]] after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]] near [[Carrollton, Georgia]], killing nine of the 29 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950821-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia N256AS Carrollton, GA|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – American golfer [[Tiger Woods]] wins the 82nd [[PGA Championship]] and becomes the first golfer since [[Ben Hogan]] in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
*[[2013]] – Hundreds of people are reported killed by [[Ghouta chemical attack|chemical attacks]] in the [[Ghouta]] region of [[Syria]].
*[[2017]] – [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|A solar eclipse]] traverses the [[Contiguous United States|continental United States]].
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[
*[[1481]] – [[Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra]] (died 1550)
*[[
*[[1552]] – [[Muhammad Qadiri]], Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (died 1654)
*[[1567]] – [[Francis de Sales]], Swiss bishop and saint (died 1622)
*[[1579]] – [[Henri, Duke of Rohan]] (died 1638)
*[[
===1601–1900===
*[[
*[[
*[[1660]] – [[Hubert Gautier]], French mathematician and engineer (died 1737)
*[[
*[[1670]] – [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]], French general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire]] (died 1734)
*[[1725]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], French painter and educator (died 1805)
*[[1754]] – [[William Murdoch]], Scottish engineer and inventor, created [[gas lighting]] (died 1839)
* 1754 – [[Banastre Tarleton]], English general and politician (died 1833)
*[[1765]] – [[William IV]], King of the United Kingdom (died 1837)
*[[1787]] – [[John Owen (North Carolina politician)|John Owen]], American governor of North Carolina (died 1841)<ref>{{cite book|title=Governor John Owen Family Bible Records|url=https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/governor-john-owen-family-bible-records/1348382?item=1348384|via=Digital Collections of the [[State Archives of North Carolina]] and the [[State Library of North Carolina]]}}</ref>
*[[1789]] – [[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]], French mathematician and academic (died 1857)
*[[1798]] – [[Jules Michelet]], French historian and philosopher (died 1874)
*[[1800]] – [[Hiram Walden]], American general and politician (died 1880)
*[[1801]] – [[Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer]], Dutch historian and politician (died 1876)
*[[1813]] – [[Jean Stas]], Belgian chemist and physician (died 1891)
*[[1816]] – [[Charles Frédéric Gerhardt]], French chemist and academic (died 1856)
*[[1823]] – [[Nathaniel Everett Green]], English painter and astronomer (died 1899)
*[[1826]] – [[Carl Gegenbaur]], German anatomist and academic (died 1903)
*[[1829]] – [[Otto Goldschmidt]], German composer, conductor and pianist (died 1907)
*[[1840]] – [[Ferdinand Hamer]], Dutch bishop and missionary (died 1900)
*[[1851]] – [[Charles Barrois]], French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |page=62 |title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Biographical Index Part One |access-date=2015-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1856]] – [[Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès]], American heiress (died 1921)
*[[1858]] – [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]] (died 1889)
*[[1862]] – [[Emilio Salgari]], Italian journalist and author (died 1911)
*[[1869]] – [[William Henry Ogilvie]], Scottish-Australian poet and author (died 1963)
*[[1872]] – [[Aubrey Beardsley]], English author and illustrator (died 1898)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Crawford |first1=Alan |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |chapter=Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (1872–1898), illustrator |page=<!-- online, no page numbers -->|date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1821 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1878]] – [[Richard Girulatis]], German footballer and manager (died 1963)
*[[1879]] – [[Claude Grahame-White]], English pilot and engineer (died 1959)
*[[1884]] – [[Chandler Egan]], American golfer and architect (died 1936)
*[[1885]] – [[Édouard Fabre]], Canadian runner (died 1939)
*[[1886]] – [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]], Welsh-English author and poet (died 1988)
*[[1887]] – [[James Paul Moody]], English sailor (died 1912)
*[[1891]] – [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]], Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007)
*[[1892]] – [[Charles Vanel]], French actor and director (died 1989)
*[[1894]] – [[Christian Schad]], German painter (died 1982)
*[[1895]] – [[Blossom Rock]], American actress (died 1978)
*[[1897]] – [[Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott]], Scottish soldier and peer (died 1966)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Angel Karaliychev]], Bulgarian author (died 1972)
*[[1903]] – [[Kostas Giannidis]], Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1984)
*[[1904]] – [[Count Basie]], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1984)
*[[1905]] – [[Bipin Gupta]], Indian actor and producer (died 1981)
*[[1906]] – [[Friz Freleng]], American animator, director, and producer (died 1995)
*[[1907]] – [[P. Jeevanandham]], Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963)
*[[1909]] – [[Nikolay Bogolyubov]], Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1992)
*[[1912]] – [[Toe Blake]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
*[[1914]] – [[Doug Wright (cricketer)|Doug Wright]], English cricketer and coach (died 1998)
*[[1916]] – [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]], American actor and singer (died 1980)
* 1916 – [[Consuelo Velázquez]], Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
*[[1917]] – [[Leonid Hurwicz]], Polish-American economist and mathematician (died 2008)
*[[1918]] – [[Billy Reay]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
*[[1921]] – [[Reuven Feuerstein]], Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (died 2014)
*[[1922]] – [[Albert Irvin]], English soldier and painter (died 2015)
*[[1923]] – [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
*[[1924]] – [[Jack Buck]], American sportscaster (died 2002)
* 1924 – [[Jack Weston]], American actor (died 1996)
*[[1926]] – [[Can Yücel]], Turkish poet and translator (died 1999)
*[[1927]] – [[Thomas S. Monson]], American religious leader, 16th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (died 2018)
*[[1928]] – [[Addison Farmer]], American bassist (died 1963)
* 1928 – [[Art Farmer]], American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
* 1928 – [[Bud McFadin]], American football player (died 2006)
*[[1929]] – [[Herman Badillo]], Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
* 1929 – [[X. J. Kennedy]], American poet, translator, anthologist, editor
* 1929 – [[Ahmed Kathrada]], South African politician and political prisoner (died 2017)
*[[1930]] – [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] (died 2002)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 21: Kim Cattrall, Loretta Devine |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-21-Kim-Cattrall-Loretta-Devine/2661660866954/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=19 August 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
* 1930 – [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
*[[1932]] – [[Menashe Kadishman]], Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2015)
* 1932 – [[Melvin Van Peebles]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1933]] – [[Janet Baker]], English soprano and educator
* 1933 – [[Michael Dacher]], German mountaineer (died 1994)
* 1933 – [[Barry Norman]], English author and critic (died 2017)
* 1933 – [[Erik Paaske]], Danish actor and singer (died 1992)
*[[1934]] – [[Sudhakarrao Naik]], Indian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (died 2001)
* 1934 – [[Paul Panhuysen]], Dutch composer (died 2015)
*[[1936]] – [[Wilt Chamberlain]], American basketball player and coach (died 1999)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1936 – [[Radish Tordia]], Georgian painter and educator
*[[1937]] – [[Donald Dewar]], Scottish politician, first [[First Minister of Scotland]] (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacAskill |first1=Ewen |title=Donald Dewar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=11 October 2000 |archive-date=9 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509053911/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1937 – [[Gustavo Noboa]], Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st [[List of heads of state of Ecuador|President of Ecuador]] (died 2021)
* 1937 – [[Robert Stone (novelist)|Robert Stone]], American novelist and short story writer (died 2015)
*[[1938]] – [[Steve Cowper]], American politician, 6th [[Governor of Alaska]]<ref name=Mullaney>Marie Marmo Mullaney. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_LGy81_iIC&dq=%22steve+cowper%22+%22governor+of+alaska%22&pg=PA13 ''Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1988-1994''], Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. p. 13.</ref>
* 1938 – [[Kenny Rogers]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1938 – [[Mike Weston]], English rugby player (died 2023)
*[[1939]] – [[James Burton]], American [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] guitarist<ref name="AP" />
* 1939 – [[Festus Mogae]], Botswana economist and politician, third [[President of Botswana]]
* 1939 – [[Clarence Williams III]], American actor (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1940]] – [[Dominick Harrod]], English journalist, historian, and author (died 2013)
* 1940 – [[Endre Szemerédi]], Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
*[[1941]] – [[Jackie DeShannon]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1943]] – [[Patrick Demarchelier]], French photographer (died 2022)
* 1943 – [[Jonathan Schell]], American journalist and author (died 2014)
* 1943 – [[Lucius Shepard]], American author and critic (died 2014)
* 1943 – [[Hugh Wilson (director)|Hugh Wilson]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
*[[1944]] – [[Perry Christie]], Bahamian politician, third [[Prime Minister of the Bahamas]]
* 1944 – [[Peter Weir]], Australian director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1945]] – [[Basil Poledouris]], Greek-American composer, conductor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-nov-10-me-poledouris10-story.html|title=Basil Poledouris, 61; film composer known for his bold sounds|last=Nelson|first=Valerie J.|date=2006-11-10|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> (died 2006)
* 1945 – [[Celia Brayfield]], English journalist and author
* 1945 – [[Jerry DaVanon]], American baseball player
* 1945 – [[Willie Lanier]], American football player
* 1945 – [[Patty McCormack]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1947]] – [[Carl Giammarese]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP" />
*[[1949]] – [[Loretta Devine]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
* 1949 – [[Daniel Sivan]], Israeli scholar and academic
*[[1950]] – [[Patrick Juvet]], Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021)
* 1950 – [[Arthur Bremer]], American attempted assassin of [[George Wallace]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Now, Arthur Bremer Is Known |work=The New York Times |date=22 May 1972 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/22/archives/now-arthur-bremer-is-known-now-arthur-bremer-is-known-shooting-ends.html |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1951]] – [[Eric Goles]], Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
* 1951 – [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]], English musician<ref name="UPI" />
* 1951 – [[Yana Mintoff]], Maltese politician, economist and educator
* 1951 – [[Chesley V. Morton]], American businessman and politician
*[[1952]] – [[Keith Hart (wrestler)|Keith Hart]], Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
* 1952 – [[Jiří Paroubek]], Czech soldier and politician, sixth [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]
* 1952 – [[Joe Strummer]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1953]] – [[Ivan Stang]], American author, publisher, and director
*[[1954]] – [[Archie Griffin]], American football player<ref name="UPI" />
* 1954 – [[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]], American drummer
* 1954 – [[Mark Williams (singer)|Mark Williams]], New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
*[[1956]] – [[Kim Cattrall]], English-Canadian actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 21, 2022 includes celebrities Kacey Musgraves, Alicia Witt |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-21-2022-includes-celebrities-kacey-musgraves-alicia-witt.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=19 August 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
* 1956 – [[Jon Tester]], American farmer and politician
*[[1957]] – [[Frank Pastore]], American baseball player and radio host (died 2012)
*[[1958]] – [[Steve Case]], American businessman, co-founder of [[America Online]] (AOL)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1958 – [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)|Mark Williams]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1959]] – [[Anne Hobbs]], English tennis player and coach
* 1959 – [[Jim McMahon]], American football player and coach
*[[1961]] – [[Gerardo Barbero]], Argentinian chess player and coach (died 2001)
* 1961 – [[V. B. Chandrasekhar]], Indian cricketer and coach (died 2019)
* 1961 – [[Stephen Hillenburg]], American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] (died 2018)
*[[1962]] – [[Cleo King]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1962 – [[John Korfas]], Greek-American basketball player and coach
* 1962 – [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]], Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilberto Santa Rosa Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gilberto-santa-rosa-mn0000548020/biography |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* 1962 – [[Pete Weber (bowler)|Pete Weber]], American bowler
*[[1963]] – [[Mohammed VI of Morocco]], King of [[Morocco]]<ref name="UPI" />
* 1963 – [[Nigel Pearson]], English footballer and manager
*[[1964]] – [[Gary Elkerton]], Australian surfer
*[[1965]] – [[Jim Bullinger]], American baseball player
*[[1966]] – [[John Wetteland]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1967]] – [[Darren Bewick]], Australian footballer
* 1967 – [[Charb]], French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1967 – [[Carrie-Anne Moss]], Canadian actress<ref name="UPI" />
* 1967 – [[Serj Tankian]], Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1968]] – [[Dina Carroll]], English singer-songwriter
* 1968 – [[Goran Ćurko]], Serbian footballer
* 1968 – [[Laura Trevelyan]], English journalist and author
*[[1969]] – [[Bruce Anstey]], New Zealand motorcycle racer
* 1969 – [[Josée Chouinard]], Canadian figure skater
*[[1970]] – [[Craig Counsell]], American baseball player and coach
* 1970 – [[Erik Dekker]], Dutch cyclist and manager
* 1970 – [[Cathy Weseluck]], Canadian actress
*[[1971]] – [[Mamadou Diallo (footballer, born 1971)|Mamadou Diallo]], Senegalese footballer
* 1971 – [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]], Australian footballer and coach
* 1971 – [[Liam Howlett]], English keyboard player, DJ, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1973]] – [[Sergey Brin]], Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded [[Google]]
* 1973 – [[Steve McKenna]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Martin Andanar]], Filipino journalist and radio host
* 1974 – [[Paul Mellor]], Australian rugby league player and referee
*[[1975]] – [[Simon Katich]], Australian cricketer and manager
* 1975 – [[Alicia Witt]], American actress and musician<ref name="AP" />
*[[1976]] – [[Alex Brooks]], American ice hockey player and scout
* 1976 – [[Jeff Cunningham]], Jamaican-American soccer player
* 1976 – [[Robert Miles (rugby league)|Robert Miles]], Australian rugby league player
* 1976 – [[Ramón Vázquez]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
*[[1978]] – [[Peter Buxton]], English rugby player and manager
* 1978 – [[Reuben Droughns]], American football player and coach
* 1978 – [[Lee Gronkiewicz]], American baseball player and coach
* 1978 – [[Alan Lee (footballer)|Alan Lee]], Irish footballer and coach
* 1978 – [[Jason Marquis]], American baseball player
*[[1979]] – [[Kelis]], American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author<ref name="AP" />
* 1979 – [[Diego Klattenhoff]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1980]] – [[Bryan Allen (ice hockey)|Bryan Allen]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryan Allen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bryan-allen-8467332 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
* 1980 – [[Burney Lamar]], American race car driver
* 1980 – [[Paul Menard]], American race car driver
* 1980 – [[Jasmin Wöhr]], German tennis player
*[[1981]] – [[Jarrod Lyle]], Australian golfer (died 2018)
* 1981 – [[Cameron Winklevoss]], American rower and businessman, co-founded [[ConnectU]]
* 1981 – [[Tyler Winklevoss]], American rower and businessman, co-founded [[ConnectU]]
* 1981 – [[Ross Thomas (actor)|Ross Thomas]], American actor
*[[1982]] – [[Jason Eaton]], New Zealand rugby player
* 1982 – [[Omar Sachedina]], Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor
*[[1983]] – [[Brody Jenner]], American television personality and model<ref name="AP" />
* 1983 – [[Scott McDonald]], Australian footballer
*[[1984]] – [[Neil Dexter]], South African cricketer
* 1984 – [[Melvin Upton, Jr.]], American baseball player
* 1984 – [[Alizée]], French singer<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_7006.asp | title=ALIZÉE | publisher=RFI Musique | date=July 2003 | access-date=15 January 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219165901/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_7006.asp | archive-date=19 February 2006 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Nicolás Almagro]], Spanish tennis player
* 1985 – [[Aleksandra Kiryashova]], Russian pole vaulter
*[[1986]] – [[Usain Bolt]], Jamaican sprinter<ref name="UPI" />
* 1986 – [[Wout Brama]], Dutch footballer
* 1986 – [[Koki Sakamoto]], Japanese gymnast
* 1986 – [[Paetongtarn Shinawatra]], Thai politician and [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|31st]] [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]<ref>{{Cite web |work=matichon |date=22 March 2022 |title=เปิดประวัติ อุ๊งอิ๊ง-แพทองธาร ทายาทชินวัตร หัวหน้าครอบครัวเพื่อไทย |url=https://www.matichon.co.th/politics/news_3245808 |access-date=25 May 2025 |language=th |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101114119/https://www.matichon.co.th/politics/news_3245808 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1986 – [[Brooks Wheelan]], American comedian and actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1987]] – [[DeWanna Bonner]], American-Macedonian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=DeWanna Bonner |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201886/dewanna-bonner |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Cody Kasch]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1987 – [[J. D. Martinez]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=J. D. Martinez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/j-d-martinez-502110 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Jodie Meeks]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Jodie Meeks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201975/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Robert Lewandowski]], Polish footballer
* 1988 – [[Joanna Mitrosz]], Polish rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web|title= Joanna Mitrosz - Olympedia|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116843|publisher=Olympedia|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* 1988 – [[Kacey Musgraves]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*[[1989]] – [[Charlison Benschop]], Dutch footballer
* 1989 – [[James Davey (rugby league)|James Davey]], English rugby league player
* 1989 – [[Matteo Gentili]], Italian footballer
* 1989 – [[Hayden Panettiere]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1989 – [[Aleix Vidal]], Spanish footballer
*[[1990]] – [[Bo Burnham]], American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet<ref name="UPI" />
* 1990 – [[Christian Vázquez]], Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Vázquez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/christian-vazquez-543877 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Leandro Bacuna]], Dutch footballer
* 1991 – [[Jesse Rutherford (singer)|Jesse Rutherford]], American singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesse Rutherford |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jesse-rutherford/1470030274 |website=Apple Music |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1992]] – [[Brandon Drury]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Drury |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-drury-592273 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[RJ Mitte]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1992 – [[Felipe Nasr]], Brazilian race car driver
*[[1993]] – [[Millie Bright]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Millie Bright |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/millie-bright |publisher=[[Chelsea F.C.]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
* 1993 – [[Mike Evans (wide receiver)|Mike Evans]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Evans |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16737/mike-evans |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1994]] – [[Alexandra Cooper]], American podcaster<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuevas |first1=Jailene |title=Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper 'looking for a sponsor' for two-day 30th birthday party with A-list guests |url=https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/alex-cooper-30-birthday-party-642851 |website=themirror.com |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] – [[Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu]], British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model
*[[1995]] – [[Dominik Kubalík]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dominik Kubalik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/dominik-kubalik-8477330 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1996]] – [[Karolína Muchová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karolina Muchova {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322191/karolina-muchova |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] – [[Maxim Knight]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[2000]] – [[Corbin Carroll]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Corbin Carroll Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroco02.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[
* [[784]] – [[Alberic of Utrecht|Alberic]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht|Utrecht]]
* [[
*[[1131]] – King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]]
*[[1148]] – [[William II, Count of Nevers]] (born c. 1089)
*[[
*[[
*[[
*[[1534]] – [[Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam]], 44th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (born 1464)
*[[1568]] – [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], 49th [[Grand Master (order)|Grandmaster]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (born 1495)
===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] – [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Bathory {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory |website=Britannica |first1=Richard |last1=Pallardy |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1622]] – [[Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana]], Spanish poet and politician (born 1582)
*[[1627]] – [[Jacques Mauduit]], French composer and academic (born 1557)
*[[1673]] – [[Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford]], English soldier (born 1599)
*[[1689]] – [[William Cleland (poet)|William Cleland]], Scottish poet and soldier (born 1661)<ref name=BTL32/>
*[[1762]] – [[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]], English author, poet, and playwright (born 1689)
*[[1763]] – [[Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (born 1710)
*[[1775]] – [[Zahir al-Umar]], Arabian ruler (born 1690)
*[[1796]] – [[John McKinly]], American physician and politician, first [[Governor of Delaware]] (born 1721)
*[[1814]] – [[Benjamin Thompson]], American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753)
*[[1835]] – [[John MacCulloch]], Scottish geologist and academic (born 1773)
*[[1836]] – [[Claude-Louis Navier]], French physicist and engineer (born 1785)
*[[1838]] – [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German botanist and poet (born 1781)
*[[1853]] – [[Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon]], French general (born 1783)
*[[1854]] – [[Thomas Clayton]], American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
*[[1867]] – [[Juan Álvarez]], Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1790)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez/|title=Juan Álvarez |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190706072306/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx:80/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez |archive-date= Jul 6, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1870]] – [[Ma Xinyi]], Chinese general and politician, [[Viceroy of Liangjiang]] (born 1821)
*[[1888]] – [[James Farnell]], Australian politician, eighth [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1825)
===1901–present===
*[[1905]] – [[Alexander von Oettingen]], Estonian theologian and statistician (born 1827)
*[[1910]] – [[Bertalan Székely]], Hungarian painter and academic (born 1835)
*[[1911]] – [[Mahboob Ali Khan]], sixth [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (born 1866)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/hyderabad-remembers-mahbub-ali-pasha-1.1889879 |website=Gulf News |date= September 2, 2016 |first1=Mohammad |last1=Siddique |title=Hyderabad remembers Mahbub Ali Pasha|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1919]] – [[Laurence Doherty]], English tennis player (born 1875)
*[[1935]] – [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]], English tennis player (born 1849)
*[[1940]] – [[Hermann Obrecht]], Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1882)
* 1940 – [[Ernest Thayer]], American poet and author (born 1863)
* 1940 – [[Leon Trotsky]], Russian theorist and politician, founded the [[Red Army]] (born 1879)
*[[1943]] – [[Henrik Pontoppidan]], Danish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1857)
*[[1947]] – [[Ettore Bugatti]], Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded [[Bugatti]] (born 1881)
*[[1951]] – [[Constant Lambert]], English composer and conductor (born 1905)
*[[1957]] – [[Mait Metsanurk]], Estonian author and playwright (born 1879)
* 1957 – [[Nels Stewart]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)
* 1957 – [[Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)|Harald Sverdrup]], Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born 1888)
*[[1960]] – [[David B. Steinman]], American engineer, designed the [[Mackinac Bridge]] (born 1886)
*[[1964]] – [[Palmiro Togliatti]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (born 1893)
*[[1968]] – [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian journalist and author (born 1893)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|___location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=498}}</ref>
*[[1971]] – [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|George Jackson]], American activist and author, co-founded the [[Black Guerrilla Family]] (born 1941)
*[[1974]] – [[Buford Pusser]], American police officer (born 1937)
* 1974 – [[Kirpal Singh]], Indian spiritual master (born 1894)
*[[1978]] – [[Charles and Ray Eames|Charles Eames]], American architect, co-designed the [[Eames House]] (born 1907)
*[[1979]] – [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer and manager (born 1910)
*[[1981]] – [[Kaka Kalelkar]], Indian Hindi Writer(born 1885)
*[[1983]] – [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932)
*[[1988]] – [[Teodoro de Villa Diaz]], Filipino guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
* 1988 – [[Charles and Ray Eames|Ray Eames]], American architect, co-designed the [[Eames House]] (born 1912)
*[[1989]] – [[Raul Seixas]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1945)
*[[1993]] – [[Tatiana Troyanos]], American soprano and actress (born 1938)
*[[1995]] – [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1910)
* 1995 – [[Chuck Stevenson]], American race car driver (born 1919)
*[[1996]] – [[Mary Two-Axe Earley]], Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amanda|date=March 23, 2017|title=Mary Two-Axe Earley|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-two-axe-earley|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – [[Tomata du Plenty]], American singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1948)
* 2000 – [[Daniel Lisulo]], Zambian politician, third [[Prime Minister of Zambia]] (born 1930)
* 2000 – [[Andrzej Zawada]], Polish mountaineer and author (born 1928)
*[[2001]] – [[Calum MacKay (ice hockey)|Calum MacKay]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927)
*[[2003]] – [[John Coplans]], British artist (born 1920)
* 2003 – [[Kathy Wilkes]], English philosopher and academic (born 1946)
*[[2004]] – [[Sachidananda Routray]], Indian Oriya-language poet (born 1916)
*[[2005]] – [[Martin Dillon (musician)|Martin Dillon]], American tenor and educator (born 1957)
* 2005 – [[Robert Moog]], American businessman, founded [[Moog Music]] (born 1934)
* 2005 – [[Dahlia Ravikovitch]], Israeli poet and translator (born 1936)
*[[2005]] – [[Marcus Schmuck]], Austrian mountaineer (born 1925)
*[[2006]] – [[Bismillah Khan]], Indian musician, [[Bharat Ratna]] recipient (born 1916)
*[[2006]] – [[Paul Fentener van Vlissingen]], Dutch businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)
*[[2007]] – [[Frank Bowe]], American academic (born 1947)<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000010830/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=450b0273 |access-date=30 January 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Frank Bowe }}</ref>
* 2007 – [[Siobhan Dowd]], British author (born 1960)
* 2007 – [[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]], American general (born 1918)
*[[2008]] – [[Jerry Finn]], American engineer and producer (born 1969)
*[[2009]] – [[Rex Shelley]], Singaporean engineer and author (born 1930)
*[[2010]] – [[Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill]], Argentinean sociologist and author (born 1941)
*[[2012]] – [[Georg Leber]], German soldier and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Minister of Defence for Germany]] (born 1920)
* 2012 – [[J. Frank Raley Jr.]], American soldier and politician (born 1926)
* 2012 – [[Don Raleigh]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
* 2012 – [[Guy Spitaels]], Belgian academic and politician, seventh [[Minister-President of Wallonia]] (born 1931)
* 2012 – [[William Thurston]], American mathematician and academic (born 1946)
*[[2013]] – [[Jean Berkey]], American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
* 2013 – [[Sid Bernstein (impresario)|Sid Bernstein]], American record producer (born 1918)
* 2013 – [[C. Gordon Fullerton]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936)<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |___location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=223}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[Fred Martin (footballer, born 1929)|Fred Martin]], Scottish footballer (born 1929)
* 2013 – [[Enos Nkala]], Zimbabwean politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Defence]] (born 1932)
*[[2014]] – [[Gerry Anderson (broadcaster)|Gerry Anderson]], Irish radio and television host (born 1944)
* 2014 – [[Helen Bamber]], English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925)
* 2014 – [[Steven R. Nagel]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946)
* 2014 – [[Jean Redpath]], Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937)
* 2014 – [[Albert Reynolds]], Irish businessman and politician, ninth [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (born 1932)
*[[2015]] – [[Colin Beyer]], New Zealand lawyer and businessman (born 1938)
* 2015 – [[Wang Dongxing]], Chinese commander and politician (born 1916)
* 2015 – [[Jimmy Evert]], American tennis player and coach (born 1924)
*[[2017]] – [[Bajram Rexhepi]], First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)
*[[2018]] – [[Stefán Karl Stefánsson]], Icelandic actor and singer (born 1975)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/stefan-karl-stefansson-er-latinn|title=Stefán Karl Stefánsson er látinn|author1=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|date=21 August 2018|work=[[Fréttablaðið]]|access-date=21 August 2018|language=is}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Celso Piña]], Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1953)<ref>{{citation |newspaper=La Jornanda|title=Fallece Celso Piña, 'El rebelde del acordeón'|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2019/08/21/fallece-el-celso-pina-3238.html|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019 |language=es|trans-title=Celso Piña, 'the Rebel of the Accordion,' dies}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Nell McCafferty]], Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Kitty |last2=McClements |first2=Freya |title=Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/08/21/nell-mccafferty-journalist-and-feminist-campaigner-dies-aged-80/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Bill Pascrell]], American politician (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shen |first=Michelle |date=2024-08-21 |title=Longtime New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell dies at age 87 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/politics/new-jersey-rep-bill-pascrell-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 – [[John Amos]], American actor (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=2024-10-01 |title=John Amos, 'Good Times' Dad and 'Roots' Actor, Dies at 84 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236161810/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]:
** [[Abraham of Smolensk]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])
** [[Euprepius of Verona]]
** [[Maximilian of Antioch]]
** [[Knock Shrine|Our Lady of Knock]]
** [[Pope Pius X]]
** [[Sidonius Apollinaris]]
** [[August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Ninoy Aquino Day]] ([[Philippines]])
* [[Youth Day]] ([[Morocco]])
* [[World Senior Citizen's Day]]<ref>{{cite news |title=World Senior Citizens Day: All you need to know about age-related macular degeneration |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/world-senior-citizens-day-age-related-macular-degeneration-symptoms-causes-treatment-prevention/272896 |publisher=[[Times Now]] |date=August 21, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=21}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/21 |title=Historical Events on August 21 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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