Famous birthdays for Aug. 7: Abbie Cornish, Samantha Ronson

Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

-- Hungarian countess/serial killer Elizabeth Bathory in 1560

-- Carl Ritter, German co-founder of modern geographical science, in 1779

-- World War I Dutch spy and courtesan known as Mata Hari, born Margaret Gertrude Zelle, in 1876

-- Actor Carl Switzer in 1927

-- Baseball pitcher Don Larsen in 1929

-- Humorist Garrison Keillor in 1942 (age 81)

-- Former FBI Director Robert Mueller in 1944 (age 79)

-- Minnesota Supreme Court Justice/football Hall of Fame member Alan Page in 1945 (age 78)

-- Actor Wayne Knight in 1955 (age 68)

-- Actor Maggie Wheeler in 1961 (62)

-- Actor David Mann in 1966 (age 57)

-- Actor Charlize Theron in 1975 (age 48)

-- DJ Samantha Ronson in 1977 (age 46)

-- Actor Abbie Cornish in 1982 (age 41)

-- Actor Brett Gray in 1996 (age 27)

-- Actor Liam James in 1996 (age 27)