August 16, 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
August 17, 1786 – Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
August 18, 1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor (d. 2009)
August 19, 1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)
August 20, 1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
August 21, 1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
August 22, 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American writer