Happy Birthday Thread

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Keiko Kitagawa born August 22, 1986 is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine from late 2003 to mid 2006, and left modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live action show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003-4), and after her role in the film Mamiya Kyodai, she left modeling to concentrate on acting. She has appeared in several films, including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Handsome Suit (200, and has played leading roles in the TV Dramas Mop Girl (2007), Homeroom on the Beachside -2008, Buzzer Beat (2009) and "Lady Saigo no Hanzai Profile".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1487136/

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August 23

1988 - Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
1987 - Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer
1982 - Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
1981 - Gauhar Khan, Indian model
1981 - Carmen Luvana, American pornographic actress
1977 - Nicole Bobeck, Chic, figure skater (US Champ 1995)
1976 - Kate Sobrero, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1976 - Linette Smith, Miss Universe-British Virgin Islands (1996)
1975 - Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler
1974 - Paula Gaye Montgomery, Cabot Ark, Miss America (Arkansas-3rd-1996)
1973 - Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
1972 - Phyllis Quek, model-turned-actress
1969 - Amanda Hope, Austin Texas, playmate (Jul, 1992)
1967 - Nancy Jane Cox, Campbellsville Kentucky, Miss Kentucky-America-1991
1967 - Karen Noble, Morristown NJ, LPGA golfer (1995 Dinah Shore-32nd)
1966 - Rhonda Cator, Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1966 - Laura Richmond, Fort Dix NJ, playmate (Sep, 1988 )
1965 - Anne Minter, Austratia, tennis star
1960 - Helen Rees, director (Design Museum)
1952 - Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
1952 - Cathy St George, Norfolk Va, playmate (Aug, 1982)
1951 - Queen Noor, of Jordan
1951 - Barbra Mizrahie, LPGA golfer
1949 - Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer
1949 - Shelley Long, Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
1949 - Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot (Flying Tigers)
1944 - Lena Tabori, Stockholm Sweden, model/daughter of Viveca Lindfors
1944 - Antonia Novello, 14th US Surgeon General (1990-92)
1942 - Nancy Richey Gunther, San Ant Tx, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66)
1942 - Sarah Parker, American judge, currently the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
1942 - Patricia McBride, Teaneck, NJ, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
1941 - Gloria Ehret, LPGA golfer
1935 - Loren Rush, composer
1934 - Barbara Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)
1930 - Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho)
1928 - Marian Seldes, American actress
1922 - Jean Darling, American child actress
1911 - Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1928 )
1908 - Hannah Frank, Scottish Artist and Sculptor

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August 24

1995 - Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model
1988 - Helga Krapf, Filipina actress
1985 - Destiny Davis, American model and Playboy Playmate
1984 - Lumidee, American singer-songwriter and rapper
1983 - Martha Higareda, Daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and artist Jose Luis Higareda
1981 - Mercedes Scelba - Shorte, American model
1980 - Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
1980 - Rachael Carpani, Australian actress
1979 - Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
1978 - Melissa McElroy, Houston Tx, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1978 - Karrine Steffans, American author, actress and a hip hop model
1974 - Jennifer Lien, actress (Star Trek)
1974 - Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman
1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1972 - Christian Ruud, Oslo Norway, tennis star (1989 Norwegian)
1970 - Sandra Whyte, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98 )
1965 - Marlee Matlin, Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
1962 - Mary Ellen Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 70)
1961 - Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
1958 - Tracy Harris, American artist
1949 - Wanda Shirk, contestant on Survivor
1949 - Anna Lee Fisher, St Albans NY, MD/astronaut (STS 51-A)
1942 - Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck, mathemetician/educator
1940 - Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
1923 - Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)
1916 - Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian
1913 - Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)
1899 - Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer (Rose, Black King)

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Órlagh Fallon (born 24 August 1974), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish soloist, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna

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August 25

1998 - China Anne McClain, American actress
1997 - Holly Gibbs, English actress
1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
1988 - Angela Park, Brazilian/American golfer
1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
1987 - Blake Lively, American actress
1987 - Whitney Stevens, adult actress/model
1987 - Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer
1984 - Anya Monzikova, Russian/American model and actress
1983 - Janet Chow, Canadian/Chinese beauty pageant contestant
1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress
1981 - Clare Oliver, Australian cancer activist (d. 2007)
1977 - Sophie Cadieux, Quebec actress
1976 - Sarah Nadeau, Portland Maine, Miss America-Maine (1997)
1975 - Molly Tuter, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury)
1975 - Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1971 - Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, Rheinbach Germany, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)
1970 - Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek Calif, tennis star (1993 Taranto doubles)
1970 - Katherine "Katie" Scanlon, Fairfield Ct, rower (Olympics-96)
1970 - Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
1969 - Elly Hakami, San Francisco CA, tennis star
1969 - Catriona Matthew, Edinburgh Scotland, golfer (1995 British Open-12th)
1968 - Rachael Ray, American television personality, celebrity chef and author
1965 - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
1965 - Kathleen Horvath, Chic Ill, tennis player (French Open Jr 1980)
1961 - Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Manchester England, actress (Kill Me Again)
1958 - Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine)
1947 - Anne Archer, LA Cal, actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games)
1944 - Sherley Anne Williams, US literary (Dessa Rose)
1942 - Margaret L Thompson Murdock, US, small bore rifle (Olympic-silver-76)
1942 - Imogen Hassall, Surrey England, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng)
1941 - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician
1930 - Page Johnson, WV, actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake)
1930 - Ariana CE Amsberg, Dutch publicist/actress (Aside, Sekstant)

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August 26

1993 - Keke Palmer, American actress
1992 - Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
1988 - Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1988 - Tori Black, American pornographic actress
1988 - Danielle Savre, American actress
1986 - Cassie, American singer
1984 - Carla Jara, actress
1981 - Demetria McKinney, American actress
1979 - Allison Robertson, guitarist for rock band The Donnas
1977 - Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyū
1976 - Chloe Hunter, American model and actress
1976 - Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
1974 - Meredith Eaton, American actress
1971 - Thalía, Mexican singer
1971 - Sharon Tina Jenkins, Auckland NZ, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1970 - Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian athlete
1970 - Melissa McCarthy, American actress and comedienne
1969 - Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar
1969 - Nicole Arendt, Somerville NJ, tennis star (1996 Aust doubles finalist)
1967 - Kelly Madison, American pornographic actress, director, producer, and Internet pornography entrepreneur
1966 - Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
1964 - Karla Karch-Gailus, Vancouver BC, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1960 - Ola Ray, St Louis Mo, playmate (Jun, 1980)/actress (Thriller)
1960 - Nancy Martinez, rocker
1959 - Joanne Gail Abbott, executive (MTV)
1959 - Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
1954 - Sarah Lundy, horse trainer
1951 - Delvene Delaney, Australian actress and television presenter
1947 - Candy Moore, Maplewood NJ, actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ)
1946 - Chantal Renaud, Quebec singer and actress
1946 - Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock)
1946 - Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress (Life is Sweet)
1941 - Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
1938 - Francine York, Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery's People)
1936 - Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate (Jul 1959)/actress (Attack of 50' Woman)
1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY) 1st female dem VP candidate (1984)
1910 - Mother Teresa, Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship

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Chloe Hunter (born August 26, 1976, Thousand Oaks, California) is an American model and actress best known for appearing in the 2002 film Spun, as well as having her stomach and hand featured in the poster for the 1999 film American Beauty.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402756/

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August 27

1990 - Jaye Rose, Welsh pornstar
1988 - Alexa Vega, American actress
1985 - Alexandra Nechita, Romanian/American artist
1981 - Stephanie Beard, Canadian actress, voice actress and television and radio personality
1981 - Yoyo Chen, Hong Kong actress
1981 - Demetria McKinney, American actress, singer, songwriter, model and dancer
1980 - Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene TX, country singer
1979 - Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1979 - Ara Francis, Miss Colorado Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Trisha Williams, Hobbs New Mexico, Miss America-New Mexico (1997)
1977 - Michelle Kathlene Cardamon, California, Miss Teen USA (1996-3rd)
1977 - Sarah Chalke, Ottawa, actress (Becky-Roseanne, Ernest Goes to School)
1973 - Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler
1972 - Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
1970 - Leanna Creel, American actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter and photographer
1970 - Kelly Trump, stage name of German pornographic actress Nicole Heyka
1969 - Chandra Wilson, American actress
1968 - Christine Schaefer, Florence Ky, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)
1968 - Lilli Xene, pornstar
1968 - Taylor Wane, British pornographic actress
1966 - Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, US shooter (Olympic-92)
1965 - Patricia Hy-Boulais, Phnom Penh Kampuchea, Canada tennis (Oly-92, 96)
1963 - Patty Duffek, Woodland Hills Calif, playmate (May, 1984)
1961 - "Downtown" Julie Brown, TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition)
1955 - Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
1955 - Diana Scarwid, Savannah GA, actress (Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat)
1950 - Cynthia Potter, US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1949 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist
1947 - Barbara Bach, [Goldbach], Queens NY, actress (Spy Who Loved Me)
1947 - Susie McAllister, LPGA golfer
1943 - Tuesday Weld, NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country)
1937 - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
1932 - Antonia Fraser, biographer (Mary Queen of Scots)
1929 - Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952)
1916 - Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)
1914 - Catherine Marshall, editor/writer
1911 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)
1911 - Patience Edney, nurse/communist
1896 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (d. 1984)

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August 28

1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
1987 - Katie Green, Wonderbra Model
1984 - Sarah Roemer, American model and actress
1983 - Kimberly Kane, American pornographic actress and director
1982 - LeAnn Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart)
1982 - Crystal Ray, American pornographic actress
1980 - Carly Pope, Canadian actress
1980 - Debra Lafave, American former teacher at Angelo L. Greco
1979 - Ruth Riley, American basketball player
1979 - Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer
1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer
1978 - Azja Pryor, former girlfriend to Chris Tucker
1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet
1975 - Vera Jordanova, Finnish actress and model
1971 - Janet Evans, Fullerton CA, 400m/800m swimmer (Oly-4 gold-88, 92, 96)
1970 - Sherrie Austin, Australian actress and singer
1969 - Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
1968 - Scarlet Annette Morgan, Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991
1966 - Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
1966 - Teresa Zarzeczny Bell, Washington Crossing NJ, rower (Oly-silver-1996)
1965 - Shania Twain, Canadian singer
1965 - Amanda Tapping, English-born Canadian actress, producer and director
1963 - Regina Marie Jacobs, LA CA, 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-10th-1996)
1961 - Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
1961 - Kim Appleby, English singer
1960 - Emma Samms, [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital)
1959 - Mary Murphy, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1990 US Women's Open-5th)
1956 - Beverley Goddard-Callender, Barbados, 4x100m (Olympic-bronze-1980, 84)
1953 - Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress (Star Trek Next Generation)
1952 - Rita Dove, American poet
1948 - Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV)
1947 - Alice Playton, NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name)
1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
1944 - Kay Parker, New Age author and former pornographic actress
1943 - Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker
1940 - Gloria Leonard, American former pornographic actress
1939 - Cassie Mackin, newswoman (NBC TV)
1932 - Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X)
1924 - Peggy Ryan, Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0)
1924 - Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
1921 - Nancy Kulp, Harrisburg PA, actress (Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies)
1916 - Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997)

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August 29

1992 - Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1986 - Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
1986 - Lea Michele, American actress and singer
1983 - Jennifer Landon, American actress
1981 - Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist
1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress
1980 - Mikayla Mendez, American pornographic actress
1979 - Natasha Fisher, Miss Nebraska Teen USA (1997)
1978 - Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri Teen USA (1997)
1976 - Luana Piovani, Brazilian actress and model
1976 - Kasia Kulesza, Warsaw Poland, Canadian synchro swimmer (Oly-silver-96)
1976 - Stephanie Worcester, Miss USA-Maine (1997)
1973 - Leigh Sherer, Jasper Alabama, Miss America (Alabama-Top 10-1996)
1971 - Carla Gugino, American actress
1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer
1969 - Lucero, actress and singer
1965 - Dina Spybey, American actress
1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
1963 - Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer
1959 - Rebecca De Mornay, Santa Rose Cal, actress (Hand that Rocks Cradle)
1959 - Eddi Reader, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1957 - Therese Hession, LPGA golfer
1952 - Karen Hesse, American children's writer
1926 - Betty Lynn, American actress
1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
1924 - Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)
1920 - Susan Damante Shaw, London England, actress (Wilderness Family)

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Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), born Ruth Lee Jones, was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s" and called "The Queen of the Blues". She is a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

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August 30

1985 - Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
1979 - Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer
1979 - Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1977 - Norkys Batista, Venezuelan actress, model and former beauty pageant titleholder
1976 - Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress
1975 - Natalia Nadtochey, Miss Ukraine Universe (1997)
1973 - Lisa Ling, American journalist
1972 - Cameron Diaz, Long Beach Ca, actress (Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding)
1967 - Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model (Victoria Secrets)
1967 - Barbara Anne Kendall, Auckland NZ, mistral yachter (Oly-g/s-92, 96)
1967 - Catrin Nilsmark, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1995 PING Welch's-14th)
1964 - Joan Bennett, Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985)
1958 - Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
1956 - Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3)
1951 - Dana, singer/actress (Flight of the Doves)
1947 - Peggy Lipton, Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks)
1946 - Anne-Marie, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1944 - Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007)
1941 - Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess
1939 - Elizabeth Ashley, [Cole], Ocala Florida, actress (Coma, Evening Shade)
1928 - Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist (Dr Ruth)
1923 - Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001)
1922 - Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
1919 - Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1912 - Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent
1909 - [Rose] Joan Blondell, NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides)
1907 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel)
1906 - Joan Blondell, American actress
1906 - Countess of Longford, biographer/historian
1898 - Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)

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Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress
After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career. Establishing herself as a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000951/

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August 31

1987 - Riza Santos, Canadian television personality and beauty queen
1985 - Ashley Hartman, American actress and fashion model
1982 - Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
1982 - G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer
1981 - Christine Dolce, former cosmetologist
1979 - Mickie James, American professional wrestler and singer
1979 - Vanessa Gleason, American model and actress
1979 - Dana Hamm, adult model
1978 - Phina Oruche, British actress
1975 - Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American singer/songwriter and actress
1974 - Jessy Viceisza, Miss Universe-Bonaire (1996)
1971 - Virna Dias, retired volleyball player from Brazil
1970 - Queen Rania of Jordan
1970 - Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)
1968 - Jolene Watanabe, LA Calif, tennis star (1994 Futures-Evansville)
1968 - Jennifer Azzi, Oak Ridge Tenn, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1967 - Diane Madl, Mountain Top PA, field hockey forward/midfielder (Oly-96)
1967 - Melanie Sullivan, Branford Ct, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1994)
1965 - Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress
1962 - Wanda Guenette, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1959 - Rachel Dennison, Knoxville Tn, actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5)
1957 - Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed)
1953 - Marcia Clark, [Kleks], Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case)
1947 - Mona Marshall, American voice actress
1942 - Carole Wells, Shreveport La, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1938 - Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative

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Ashley Hartman
Born Ashley Christina Hartman
August 31, 1985 (age 25)
Orange County, California, U.S.
Website
http://www.ashleyhartman.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443717/