page_title: 1945
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Bob Welch &amp; Jimmy Robinson at the Record Plant in Sausalito Record Plant
context_page_description: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
  It marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It also saw the only time nuclear weapons were used in combat.
context_section_description: August 1 – Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  August 2 – Joanna Cassidy, American actress
  August 4 – Alan Mulally, American businessman, former CEO of the Ford Motor Company
  August 5
  Loni Anderson, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati)
  August 6 – Ron Jones, British director (d. 1993)
  August 7 – Alan Page, American football player
  August 9 – Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist
  August 12 – J. D. McClatchy, American poet, literary critic (d. 2018)
  August 13 – Howard Marks, Welsh drug smuggler, author (d. 2016)
  August 14
  Steve Martin, American actor, comedian (The Jerk)
  Valeriy Shmarov, Ukrainian politician (d. 2018)
  Eliana Pittman, Brazilian singer, actress
  Wim Wenders, German film director, producer
  August 15
  Bobby Treviño, Mexican baseball player (d. 2018)
  Miyuki Matsuhisa, Japanese artistic gymnast
  Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  August 19 – Ian Gillan, English rock singer (Deep Purple)
  August 20 – Jonathan Goodson, American television game show producer, son of Mark Goodson
  August 22
  David Chase, American writer, director, and television producer
  Ron Dante, American rock singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Archies)
  Steve Kroft, American journalist, correspondent (60 Minutes)
  August 24
  Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter (Uriah Heep)
  Vincent K. "Vince" McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter, chairman and CEO of WWE
  August 25 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
  August 26
  Tom Ridge, American politician
  Mel Watt, African-American politician and lawyer
  August 27 [
  Marianne Sägebrecht, German film actress
  Linda Seger, American author
  August 29
  Alyosha Abrahamyan, Armenian football player (d. 2018)
  Wyomia Tyus, American Olympic athlete
  August 31
  Van Morrison, Irish rock musician ("Domino")
  Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-born American violinist, conductor
  Bob Welch, American musician (d. 2012)
caption: Bob Welch
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