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August 18

Birthdays :   1978  ~ Andy Samberg (né David A.J. Samberg), American actor.  He was born in Berkeley, California.   1974  ~ Nicole Krauss, American novelist.  She was married to author Jonathan Safran Foer for 10 years, from 2004 to 2014.  She was born in Manhattan, New York.   1970  ~ Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on  The Cosby Show .  He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.   1969  ~ Edward Norton (né Edward Harrison Norton), American actor.  He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.   1969  ~ Christian Slater (né Christian Michael Leonard Slater), American actor.  He was born in New York, New York.   1969  ~ Timothy D. Snyder (né Timothy David Snyder), American historian.  His specialty is the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust.  He was born in Dayton, Ohio.   1961  ~ Timothy Geithner (né Timothy Franz Geithner), 75 th  Secretary of the United States Treasury.  He served in President Obama’s first administration from J

August 16

Birthdays :   1983  ~ Valerie Luiselli, Mexican author.  She was born in Mexico City, Mexico.   1972  ~ Frankie Boyle (né Francis Martin Patrick Boyle), Scottish stand-up comedian and writer.  He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.   1962  ~ Steve Carell (né Steven John Carell), American actor and comedian.  He was born in Concord, Massachusetts.   1958  ~ Madonna (née Madonna Louise Ciccone), American singer-songwriter.  She was born in Bay City, Michigan.   1953  ~ James Cameron (né James Francis Cameron), Canadian film director and producer.  He is best known for his 1997 movie  The Titanic .  He was born in Kapushasing, Ontario, Canada.   1946  ~ Lesley Ann Warren, American actress best known for her role as Cinderella in the movie of the same name.  She was born in New York, New York.   1944  ~ Kevin Ayers (d. Feb. 18, 2013), British psychedelic guitarist who shunned stardom.  He died at age 68 in Montolieu, France.   1939  ~ Billy Joe Shaver (d. Oct. 28, 2020), American songwriter fro