Born in August
26 notable figures of the Black diaspora were born this month. Explore the full encyclopedia of 251 entries with the search above.
Abel Hernández
August 8, 1990
Marsha P. Johnson
August 24, 1945
Dinah Washington
August 29, 1924
Wayne Shorter
August 25, 1933
Althea Gibson
August 25, 1927
Charles Bolden
August 19, 1946
Dave Chappelle
August 24, 1973
Alex Haley
August 11, 1921
Keke Palmer
August 26, 1993
Ralph Bunche
August 7, 1904
Marcus Garvey
August 17, 1887
John Lee Hooker
August 22, 1917
Katherine Johnson
August 26, 1918
Angela Bassett
August 16, 1958
Isaac Hayes
August 20, 1942
Count Basie
August 21, 1904
Halle Berry
August 14, 1966
Viola Davis
August 11, 1965
James Baldwin
August 2, 1924
Charlie Parker
August 29, 1920
Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958
Barack Obama
August 4, 1961
Whitney Houston
August 9, 1963
Magic Johnson
August 14, 1959
Louis Armstrong
August 4, 1901
Kobe Bryant
August 23, 1978