Birthdays

August birthdaysEvery day of the month: its sign, its famous birthdays and its 2027 numbers

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August birthdays are Leo from August 1 to 22 and Virgo from August 23 to 31, in most years. August 22, August 23 and August 24 are cusp days, when the Sun changed sign during the date in some years. The August birthstones are peridot, spinel and sardonyx, and its birth flowers are gladiolus and poppy.

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Each date has its own page: the Sun’s sign for every year from 1940 to 2030, the decan, the day’s twelve best-known birthdays, its birthday number and its 2027 Personal Year. Each date below shows its usual sign; a gold edge marks a cusp day.

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August, day by day

August 1: Leo; birthday number 1; Personal Year 2 in 2027. Born this day: Herman Melville (1819–1891).
August 2: Leo; birthday number 2; Personal Year 3 in 2027. Born this day: Peter O'Toole (1932–2013).
August 3: Leo; birthday number 3; Personal Year 22 in 2027. Born this day: James Hetfield (born 1963).
August 4: Leo; birthday number 4; Personal Year 5 in 2027. Born this day: Louis Armstrong (1901–1971).
August 5: Leo; birthday number 5; Personal Year 6 in 2027. Born this day: Neil Armstrong (1930–2012).
August 6: Leo; birthday number 6; Personal Year 7 in 2027. Born this day: Andy Warhol (1928–1987).
August 7: Leo; birthday number 7; Personal Year 8 in 2027. Born this day: Charlize Theron (born 1975).
August 8: Leo; birthday number 8; Personal Year 9 in 2027. Born this day: Roger Federer (born 1981).
August 9: Leo; birthday number 9; Personal Year 1 in 2027. Born this day: Whitney Houston (1963–2012).
August 10: Leo; birthday number 1; Personal Year 2 in 2027. Born this day: Herbert Hoover (1874–1964).
August 11: Leo; birthday number 11; Personal Year 3 in 2027. Born this day: Steve Wozniak (born 1950).
August 12: Leo; birthday number 3; Personal Year 22 in 2027. Born this day: Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961).
August 13: Leo; birthday number 4; Personal Year 5 in 2027. Born this day: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980).
August 14: Leo; birthday number 5; Personal Year 6 in 2027. Born this day: John Galsworthy (1867–1933).
August 15: Leo; birthday number 6; Personal Year 7 in 2027. Born this day: Walter Scott (1771–1832).
August 16: Leo; birthday number 7; Personal Year 8 in 2027. Born this day: Madonna (born 1958).
August 17: Leo; birthday number 8; Personal Year 9 in 2027. Born this day: Robert De Niro (born 1943).
August 18: Leo; birthday number 9; Personal Year 1 in 2027. Born this day: Franz Joseph I (1830–1916).
August 19: Leo; birthday number 1; Personal Year 2 in 2027. Born this day: Coco Chanel (1883–1971).
August 20: Leo; birthday number 2; Personal Year 3 in 2027. Born this day: Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901).
August 21: Leo; birthday number 3; Personal Year 22 in 2027. Born this day: Usain Bolt (born 1986).
August 22: Leo or Virgo, a cusp day; birthday number 22; Personal Year 5 in 2027. Born this day: Claude Debussy (1862–1918).
August 23: Virgo or Leo, a cusp day; birthday number 5; Personal Year 6 in 2027. Born this day: Louis XVI (1754–1793).
August 24: Virgo or Leo, a cusp day; birthday number 6; Personal Year 7 in 2027. Born this day: Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986).
August 25: Virgo; birthday number 7; Personal Year 8 in 2027. Born this day: Sean Connery (1930–2020).
August 26: Virgo; birthday number 8; Personal Year 9 in 2027. Born this day: Mother Teresa (1910–1997).
August 27: Virgo; birthday number 9; Personal Year 1 in 2027. Born this day: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).
August 28: Virgo; birthday number 1; Personal Year 2 in 2027. Born this day: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832).
August 29: Virgo; birthday number 11; Personal Year 3 in 2027. Born this day: Michael Jackson (1958–2009).
August 30: Virgo; birthday number 3; Personal Year 22 in 2027. Born this day: Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937).
August 31: Virgo; birthday number 4; Personal Year 5 in 2027. Born this day: Maria Montessori (1870–1952).

August birthstone and birth flower

Birthstones: Peridot, spinel and sardonyx
Birth flowers: Gladiolus and poppy

Birthstones from the modern list (the Jewelers of America list of 1912, as since revised); birth flowers from The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s list of birth month flowers, the primary flower first.

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Common questions

What zodiac signs are August birthdays?

Leo from August 1 to 22 and Virgo from August 23 to 31, in most years. August 22, August 23 and August 24 are cusp days, when the Sun changed sign during the date in some years.

What is the August birthstone?

Peridot, spinel and sardonyx, on the modern list (the Jewelers of America list of 1912, as since revised).

What is the August birth flower?

Gladiolus, with poppy as the second flower, on The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s list of birth month flowers.