Celebrities born on agosto 01

Jordi Savall i Bernadet è nato a Igualada, nella regione spagnola della Catalogna, il 1º agosto 1941. È un direttore d'orchestra e musicologo spagnolo, oltre che un raffinato suonatore di viola da gamba e cultore di musica antica. I suoi primi studi musicali risalgono all'infanzia e alla sua partecipazione in un coro a Igualada; sono poi proseguiti presso il Liceu Musical di Barcellona dove ha conseguito il diploma di violoncello. Ha fondato assieme alla moglie, il soprano Montserrat Figueras, l'ensemble Hespèrion XXI, poi la Capella Reial de Catalunya, ed infine Le Concert des Nations, complessi tuttora attivi e particolarmente votati alle esecuzioni di musica antica.

Jordi Savall i Bernadet è nato a Igualada, nella regione spagnola della Catalogna, il 1º agosto 1941. È un direttore d'orchestra e musicologo spagnolo, oltre che un raffinato suonatore di viola da gamba e cultore di musica antica. I suoi primi studi musicali risalgono all'infanzia e alla sua partecipazione in un coro a Igualada; sono poi proseguiti presso il Liceu Musical di Barcellona dove ha conseguito il diploma di violoncello. Ha fondato assieme alla moglie, il soprano Montserrat Figueras, l'ensemble Hespèrion XXI, poi la Capella Reial de Catalunya, ed infine Le Concert des Nations, complessi tuttora attivi e particolarmente votati alle esecuzioni di musica antica.

Charlie Benedict Scotland Callaghan was born in Hampshire in August 1999. His first movie role was in Journey to the Moon aged 7. There followed leading roles in 3 West End Musicals and further feature film appearances in The Awakening and Great Expectations where Charlie received some great reviews including 'The film sees a touching performance from Charlie Callaghan as the warmly pugnacious Herbert Pocket, who steals the biggest laugh of the movie' (DCM). Charlie then appeared in a series of short films including Top Hat, Sugar and Midnight Train. In his early teens Charlie became a member of NYT and NYMT playing Harry Tallentire in The Hired Man and Herr Neumann in Spring Awakening. Charlie is coached by a male principal of The Royal Ballet and is also a World Champion Tap dancer. He is fluent in Spanish & French and is studying Russian.

Marc Francis Costanzo (born August 1, 1972) is a Canadian singer, musician, music publishing executive and the co-lead vocalist of the alternative rock group Len. In 1999, they released their third album, You Can't Stop the Bum Rush, which went platinum in the US and featured the platinum-selling single "Steal My Sunshine".

Étienne Roda-Gil (1 August 1941 in Septfonds, Tarn-et-Garonne, France – 31 May 2004 in Paris) was a songwriter and screenwriter. He was an anarchist and an anarcho-syndicalist. Roda-Gil was born in the Septfonds internment camp to refugees who had fled Francoism at the end of the Spanish Civil War. His father, Antonio Roda Vallès, had been a militant with the CNT and a member of the Durruti column. In the early 1950s the family moved to Antony, a suburb of Paris, where he studied at the Lycée Henri IV. In 1959, when he was called to military service in Algeria, Roda-Gil instead fled to London, where he became active in anarchist and rock-and-roll circles. He returned to France after receiving a reprieve. Roda-Gil participated in the Iberian Federation of Libertarian Youth and the Situationist International, and was an active participant in the events of May 1968. He met singer Julien Clerc in a café in Paris's Latin Quarter in 1968, and became his songwriter. He also wrote for Mort Shuman, Angelo Branduardi, Barbara, Vanessa Paradis, Johnny Hallyday, Claude François, Juliette Gréco, and Malicorne, among others. In 1989, he received the grand prix of songwriting from SACEM (La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique). He also won SACEM's Prix Vincent-Scotto in 1993. Roda-Gil died in Paris on 31 May 2004. Roda-Gil was married to painter Nadine Delahaye from 1965 until her death in 1990. Source: Article "Étienne Roda-Gil" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Juliana Romina Gattas Salinas is an Argentinian singer, founder and one of the voices of the music group Miranda!.

Roy Allen Williams is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15 seasons. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Medha Shankr (born 1 August 1997) is an Indian actress who is known for her works in Hindi films. She is a trained Hindustani classical singer and completed her master's degree in Fashion Management from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi. She made her acting debut with the British miniseries Beecham House (2019) and followed it with supporting roles in the film Shaadisthan and the series Dil Bekaraar (both 2021). She achieved her breakthrough with the biographical drama 12th Fail (2023), which won her the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.