List of Famous people born on August 7th

Sixtus "Baggio" Leung Chung-hang is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He is the convenor of Youngspiration, a localist political group in Hong Kong that leans towards Hong Kong independence, and is also leader & spokesperson of the pro-independence Hong Kong National Front. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as a member for New Territories East in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. Triggered by his actions to make an independence political statement during the oath-taking ceremony, he faced a legal challenge from the government and was later stripped of his office by the court on 15 November 2016.

Jason James Carter is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. He lost to Nathan Deal. Carter's grandfather is former President and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.

Bryan Mbeumo is a French professional footballer who plays for English club Brentford as a winger. He is a product of the Troyes AC academy and has been capped by France at youth level.

Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo, nicknamed "The Barranquilla Baby," is a Colombian former professional baseball shortstop. He threw and batted right-handed. He played for the Florida Marlins, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, the Atlanta Braves, the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds.

Nicholas Ray was an American film director best known for the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause.

David Caves is a Northern Irish actor who is known for his role as Jack Hodgson in the BBC drama series Silent Witness. Caves studied French and German at St. Andrews University in Scotland From 1997 to 2002. Caves also studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and graduated in 2005 and has since then appeared in a variety of stage productions, including The Beggar’s Opera at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and The Changeling at the Southwark Playhouse.

Walid Kamal Jumblatt is a Lebanese Druze politician and former militia commander who has been leading the Progressive Socialist Party since 1977.

Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian geneticist and administrator, known for his role in India's Green Revolution, a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice were planted. Swaminathan has been called the "Father of Green Revolution in India" for his role in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. He is the founder of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. His stated vision is to rid the world of hunger and poverty. Swaminathan is an advocate of moving India to sustainable development, especially using environmentally sustainable agriculture, sustainable food security and the preservation of biodiversity, which he calls an "evergreen revolution."

Kazuki Yabuta is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Cirroc Lofton is an American actor who started his career at nine years of age with many minor roles. He got his start in the 1989 child education program Econ and Me, which teaches kids economics. He is best known for playing Jake Sisko on the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), which was his first major role on a TV series.