Birthdays of those a bit more famous than you and me from August 1st in history.

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• Jason Momoa

  Actor, model, director, writer, and producer (probably best known for “Baywatch”) (43)

• Tempestt Bledsoe

  Actress, best known as “Vanessa Huxtable” (49)

• Sam Mendes

  Movie director  (57)

• Adam Duritz

  American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer (frontman for ‘Counting Crows’) (58)

• Coolio

  Rapper and R & B star (59)

• Chuck D

  Star of Public Enemy (62)

• Joe Elliott

  (lead singer and one of the founders of Def Leppard) (63)

• Roy Williams

  former North Carolina and Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach (72)

• Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

  Legendary country singer (91)

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