 August 14 – Susan Saint James
– born Susan Jane Miller is an American actress and activist known
mostly for her work in television during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Saint James became a household name at the age of 22, starring as an
editorial assistant, Peggy Maxwell, on The Name of the Game. Then came
starring roles as Rock Hudson's younger supportive wife, Sally
McMillan, in a popular 1970s crime drama, McMillan & Wife, and as
Jane Curtin's childhood friend, Kate McArdle, in a 1980s sitcom, Kate
& Allie.
 August 19 – William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
– born William Jefferson Blythe III, is an American politician who
served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took
office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the
baby boomer generation. Before that, he was Governor of the state of
Arkansas.
Since leaving office, he has been involved in
public speaking and humanitarian work. Based on his philanthropic
worldview Clinton created the William J. Clinton Foundation to promote
and address international causes such as treatment and prevention of
HIV/AIDS and global warming.
In 2004, he released his
autobiography My Life, and was involved in his wife Hillary's 2008
presidential campaign and subsequently in that of President Barack
Obama. In 2009, he was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti. In
the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Clinton teamed with George
W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
 August 20 – Connie Chung
– born Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich, is an American journalist who has
been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC,
CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous interview subjects
include Claus von Bülow and U.S. Representative Gary Condit, whom Chung
interviewed first after the Chandra Levy disappearance, and basketball
legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson after he went public about being
HIV-positive. She is married to talk show host Maury Povich and they
have one adopted son, Matthew Jay Povich.
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