Famous birthdays for Aug. 8: Shawn Mendes, Dustin Hoffman

Shawn Mendes arrives on the red carpet for The Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, 2022. The singer turns 25 on August 8. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

They include:

-- The United States' first professional architect, Charles Bulfinch, in 1763

-- Black explorer Matthew Henson in 1866

-- Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in 1879

Roger Federer of Switzerland sits on the bench during a change over in his quarterfinal match against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2019 U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3, 2019 in New York City. The tennis player turns 42 on August 8. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

-- Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1908

-- Movie producer Dino De Laurentiis in 1919

-- Aquatic actor Esther Williams in 1921

-- Singer Mel Tillis in 1932

-- Singer Joe Tex in 1933

-- Actor Dustin Hoffman in 1937 (age 86)

File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

-- Singer Connie Stevens in 1938 (age 85)

-- Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya, first woman to walk in space, in 1948 (age 75)

-- Actor Keith Carradine in 1949 (age 74)

-- Writer/journalist Randy Shilts in 1951

-- Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in 1951

-- TV personality Deborah Norville in 1958 (age 65)

-- Musician The Edge, born David Evans, in 1961 (age 62)

-- Singer JC Chasez in 1976 (age 47)

-- Tennis legend Roger Federer in 1981 (age 42)

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File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI

-- Actor Meagan Good in 1981 (age 42)

-- Actor Peyton List in 1986 (age 37)

-- Actor Katie Leung in 1987 (age 36)

-- Beatrice, princess of York, in 1988 (age 35)

-- Actor Casey Cott in 1992 (age 31)

-- Singer Lauv, born Ari Leff, in 1994 (age 29)

-- Singer Shawn Mendes in 1998 (age 25)

-- Actor Kitana Turnbull in 2005 (age 18)

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File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI