page_title: 1968
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1968 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Talk show host and TV cook Rachel Ray in the 2007 Red Dress Collection for en:The Heart Truth
context_page_description: 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.
  The year was defined by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
context_section_description: August 1 – Pavo Urban, Croatian photographer (d. 1991)
  August 3
  Tom Long, American-Australian actor (d. 2020)
  Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
  August 4
  Lee Mack, English actor and stand-up comedian
  Olga Neuwirth, Austrian composer
  August 5
  Terri Clark, Canadian country music singer
  Marine Le Pen, French politician
  Colin McRae, Scottish rally car driver (d. 2007)
  August 7 – Lynn Strait, American musician (d. 1998)
  August 8 – Kimberly Brooks, American actress and voice artist
  August 9
  Gillian Anderson, American actress
  Eric Bana, Australian actor
  James Roy, Australian author
  August 10
  Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
  Cate Shortland, Australian film and television director
  August 11
  Anna Gunn, American actress
  Sophie Okonedo, English actress
  Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (d. 2009)
  August 12
  Pablo Rey, Spanish painter
  Paul Tucker, English songwriter and record producer
  Kōji Yusa, Japanese voice actor
  August 14
  Catherine Bell, American actress
  Darren Clarke, Northern Irish professional golfer
  Jason Leonard, English rugby player
  Terry Notary, American actor and movement coach
  August 15 – Debra Messing, American actress
  August 17
  Roger Sylvester, British man who died in police custody (d. 1999)
  Ed McCaffrey, American football player
  Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Belgian economist
  August 18 – Justin Strzelczyk, American football offensive tackle (d. 2004)
  August 20
  Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer (d. 2014)
  Yuri Shiratori Japanese actress and singer
  Bai Yansong, Chinese host
  August 21 – Dina Carroll, British singer
  August 24
  Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
  Hiroshi Kitadani, Japanese singer
  Tim Salmon, American baseball player
  August 25 – Rachael Ray, American television chef and host
  August 26 – Benjamin Atkins, American serial killer (d. 1997)
  August 27 – Luis Tascón, Venezuelan politician (d. 2010)
  August 28
  Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
  Tom Warburton, American animator
  August 31
  Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician and Australian football player
  Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
caption: Rachael Ray
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