Lloyd James Austin III is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025 under the Biden administration.
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Also born on August 8
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- Dustin Hoffman1937 · American actor
- Jimmy Wales1966 · Co-founder of Wikipedia
- Shawn Mendes1998 · Canadian musician
- Paul Dirac1902 · British physicist
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Also born in 1953
- Xi Jinping1953 · Leader of China since 2012
- Pierce Brosnan1953 · Irish actor
- Jeffrey Epstein1953 · American financier and child sex offender
- Tony Blair1953 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
- Benazir Bhutto1953 · Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996)
- Hulk Hogan1953 · American professional wrestler
- Kim Basinger1953 · American actress
- John Malkovich1953 · American actor