page_title: 1969
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1969 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger performing at Big Day Out 2010
context_page_description: 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
  The year is associated with the first manned landing on the Moon, the creation of the internet, and the commencement of the LGBT Rights Movement.
context_section_description: August 1 – David Wain, American comedian, writer, actor, and director
  August 2
  Jan Axel Blomberg, Norwegian drummer
  Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer
  August 3 – Anne Marie DeLuise, Canadian actress
  August 4
  Sébastien Demorand, French journalist and food critic (d. 2020)
  Max Cavalera, Brazilian musician and singer (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, ex-Sepultura)
  Michael DeLuise, American actor
  August 5
  Kenny Irwin Jr., American stock car racing driver (d. 2000)
  Kim Mai Guest, American voice actress
  August 6
  Jonathan Aibel, American scriptwriter
  Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
  August 8
  Song Sung-il, South Korean wrestler (d. 1995)
  Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress
  August 9 – Troy Percival, American baseball player
  August 10 – Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor
  August 11
  Vanderlei de Lima, Brazilian long-distance runner
  Ashley Jensen, British actress
  August 12 – Tanita Tikaram, German-born British singer-songwriter
  August 13 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
  August 14 – Chris Pérez, Mexican-American guitarist
  August 15
  Justin Broadrick, British musician
  Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong television actor and singer
  Bernard Fanning, Australian musician (Powderfinger)
  August 16 – Kate Higgins, American voice actress
  August 17
  Christian Laettner, American professional basketball player
  Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler
  Donnie Wahlberg, American singer and actor (New Kids on the Block)
  August 18
  Everlast, American singer, rapper, and songwriter
  Edward Norton, American actor, film director, screenwriter, and social activist
  Christian Slater, American actor, voice actor and producer
  Timothy Snyder, American author and historian
  August 19
  Nate Dogg, African-American rapper (d. 2011)
  Doug Langdale, American screenwriter, producer and actor
  Paula Jai Parker, American actress, comedian, director and singer-songwriter
  Matthew Perry, American actor
  Clay Walker, American singer
  August 21 – Oliver Geissen, German television presenter
  August 26 – Glenn Berger, American scriptwriter
  August 28
  Jack Black, American actor and musician
  Jason Priestley, Canadian actor and director
  August 29
  Lucero, Mexican singer and actress
  Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
  August 30
  Nebojša Glogovac, Serbian actor (d. 2018)
  Kent Osborne, American actor and producer
  August 31
  Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (d. 1997)
  Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
caption: Bernard Fanning
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