page_title: 1939 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1939 in the United States / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photo of Clarence Williams III from the television program The Mod Squad.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1939 in the United States.
context_section_description: August 1
  Terry Kiser, American actor
  Robert James Waller, American novelist (d. 2017)
  August 2
  Benjamin Barber, American political theorist, author (d. 2017)
  Wes Craven, American film director, writer (d. 2015)
  John W. Snow, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
  August 4 – Frankie Ford, American singer (d. 2015)
  August 9 – The Mighty Hannibal, American singer, songwriter and record producer (d. 2014)
  August 12
  Skip Caray, American baseball broadcaster (d. 2008)
  George Hamilton, American actor
  David Jacobs, American producer, writer
  August 13 – Howard Tate, American soul singer, songwriter (d. 2011)
  August 16
  Billy Joe Shaver, American country singer-songwriter
  Eric Weissberg, American folk musician (d. 2020)
  August 18
  Molly Bee, American country music singer (d. 2009)
  Johnny Preston, American singer (d. 2011)
  August 21 – Clarence Williams III, African-American actor (The Mod Squad)
  August 22
  Valerie Harper, American actress (d. 2019)
  Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
  August 27 – Bill Mulliken, American competition swimmer (d. 2014)
  August 29 – Joel Schumacher, American film producer and director (d. 2020)
  August 30 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
caption: Clarence Williams III
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