07 August: today's birthdays

• James Patrick Allison - American immunologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 along with Tasuku Honjo
• Abebe Bikila - Ethiopian athlete, Olympic marathon champion, famous for running barefoot
• David Duchovny - American actor, best known for his role of FBI Agent Fox Mulder in the TV series The X-Files
• Johannes Andreas Jolles - Dutch literature and art historian
• Wayne Knight - American actor and dubber
• Emil Nolde - German painter, born Emil Hansen
• Hermann Paul - German linguist and lexicographer, born Hermann Otto Theodor Paul 
• Harold Perrineau - American actor. He starred in TV series Lost, Oz and in the film Smoke with Harvey Keitel
• Karl Ritter - German geographer
• Charlize Theron (Afrikaans) - South African actress. She won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the 2003 film Monster. Being an American citizen, her name has become worldwide known as Charlize Theron (US)
• Charlize Theron (US) - South African-American actress. She won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the 2003 film Monster. The correct pronunciation of her name in Afrikaans is Charlize Theron