Born in August
17 notable figures of the Black diaspora were born this month. Explore the full encyclopedia of 251 entries with the search above.
Marsha P. Johnson
August 24, 1945
Dinah Washington
August 29, 1924
Wayne Shorter
August 25, 1933
Althea Gibson
August 25, 1927
Alex Haley
August 11, 1921
Ralph Bunche
August 7, 1904
Marcus Garvey
August 17, 1887
John Lee Hooker
August 22, 1917
Katherine Johnson
August 26, 1918
Isaac Hayes
August 20, 1942
Count Basie
August 21, 1904
James Baldwin
August 2, 1924
Charlie Parker
August 29, 1920
Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958
Whitney Houston
August 9, 1963
Louis Armstrong
August 4, 1901
Kobe Bryant
August 23, 1978