FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen (born 1951)

Al-Ma'mun

Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (born 786)

Al Freeman Jr.

Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (born 1934)

Chaïm Soutine

Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (born 1893)

Carl Clauberg

Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (born 1898)

Days of Military Honour

Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)

Candida Maria of Jesus

Christian feast day: Candida Maria of Jesus

Firmus and Rusticus

Christian feast day: Firmus and Rusticus

August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

John Vianney

Christian feast day: John Vianney (1950s – currently August 4)

Mary Sumner

Christian feast day: Mary Sumner (Church of England)

Nath Í of Achonry

Christian feast day: Nath Í of Achonry

Romanus Ostiarius

Christian feast day: Romanus Ostiarius

Secundian, Marcellian and Verian

Christian feast day: Secundian, Marcellian and Verian

Meyboom

Meyboom (Brussels and Leuven, Belgium)

National Day (Singapore)

National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.

National Peacekeepers' Day

National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)

National Women's Day

National Women's Day (South Africa)

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen (born 1951)

Days of Military Honour

Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)