page_title: 1981
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1981 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer during the Qatar Exxonmobil Open in Doha.
context_page_description: 1981 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: August 1 – Jordan Wall, American actor
  August 3
  Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
  Travis Willingham, American film, television and voice actor
  August 4
  Hadson da Silva Nery, Brazilian footballer
  Abigail Spencer, American actress
  Marques Houston, American singer and actor (IMx)
  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, British princess and American actress
  Florian Silbereisen, German singer and television presenter
  August 5
  Anna Rawson, Australian professional golfer
  Carl Crawford, American Major League Baseball outfielder
  Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
  Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress
  Travie McCoy, American alternative hip-hop artist
  August 6
  Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian racing driver
  Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer
  August 8
  Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
  Meagan Good, American actress
  Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
  Harel Skaat, Israeli singer
  August 9 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
  August 10
  Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress
  Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
  Malek Mouath, Saudi Arabian footballer
  August 11 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer & songwriter
  August 12
  Djibril Cissé, French footballer
  Steve Talley, American actor
  August 14
  Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player
  Ray William Johnson, American actor, comedian, rapper and YouTuber
  Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian professional wrestler
  August 15
  Tosyn Bucknor, Nigerian media personality (d. 2018)
  Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
  Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
  Oh Jin-hyek, South Korean archer
  August 17 – Chris New, English actor
  August 18 – Jan Frodeno, German triathlete
  August 20 – Ben Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian)
  August 21
  Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (d. 2018)
  Mai Aizawa, Japanese voice actress
  Ross Thomas, American actor
  Winklevoss twins, American internet entrepreneurs and rowers
  August 22 – Ross Marquand, American actor (The Walking Dead)
  August 24
  Jiro Wang, Taiwanese actor and singer (Fahrenheit)
  Chad Michael Murray, American actor
  August 25
  Rachel Bilson, American actress
  Shiva Keshavan, Indian luge pilot
  August 26 – Nico Muhly, American contemporary classical composer
  August 27 – Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor and director
  August 28
  Charlie Frye, American National Football League quarterback
  Jake Owen, American country music singer-songwriter
  August 29
  Jay Ryan, New Zealand actor
  Karim Darwish, Egyptian squash player
caption: Roger Federer
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