A number of well-known individuals celebrate their birthdays on August 22, including musicians Dua Lipa and Howie Dorough, as well as Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinee Bill Parcells.
This date has seen the births of various figures from different fields. Among them are musician Claude Debussy (1862), writer Dorothy Parker (1893), heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley (1920), writer Ray Bradbury (1920), actor Honor Blackman (1925), fashion designer Marc Bohan (1926), United States Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1934), and writer E. Annie Proulx (1935). Other notable names include Baseball Hall of Fame member Carl Yastrzemski (1939) and actor Valerie Harper (1939).
Bill Parcells, who was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was born in 1941 and turns eighty-four years old on this date.
Additional birthday celebrants are actor Cindy Williams (1947), musician David Marks of the Beach Boys (1948), Swimming Hall of Fame member Diana Nyad (1949), Baseball Hall of Fame member Paul Molitor (1956), musician Vernon Reid from Living Colour (1958), actor Colm Feore (1958), actor Mark Williams (1959), musicians Roland Orzabal from Tears for Fears and Debbi Peterson from the Bangles, both born in 1961, musician Tori Amos (1963) and James DeBarge (1963).
Others marking their birthdays are Tennis Hall of Fame member Mats Wilander (1964), musician GZA from Wu-Tang Clan (1966), actor Ty Burrell and musician Layne Staley from Alice in Chains, both born in 1967, celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis (1970), actor Richard Armitage (1971), musician Paul Doucette from Matchbox Twenty (1972) and actor Kristen Wiig also born in 1973 alongside Backstreet Boys’ Howie Dorough.
Further down the list are actor Jenna Leigh Green and musician Bo Koster from My Morning Jacket, both born in 1974; actor Rodrigo Santoro in 1975; comedian James Corden and musician Jeff Stinco from Simple Plan in 1978; wrestler Jey Uso in 1985; actor Israel Broussard in 1994; and finally, musician Dua Lipa who turns thirty this year.
The list reflects a range of contributions across music, sports—including members enshrined into their respective halls of fame—and entertainment.
