James Randi

James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims. Randi retired from practicing magic at age 60, and from his foundation at 87.

7 August 1928

Born on the same birth date (7 August 1928): Betsy Byars • Owen Luder

Born on the same birth day (7 August): Brian Conley • Christian Chávez • Cirroc Lofton • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • Eric Namesnik • Jake Allen (ice hockey) • James Bowdoin • Jimmy Wales • Johannes Kotze • Jonathan Pollard • Ladislaus Bortkiewicz • Paul Lambert • Randy Wayne • Richard Sykes (microbiologist) • Shobna Gulati • Yun Hyon-seok

Born in the same month (August 1928): Andy Warhol • Art Farmer • Bernard Levin • Betsy Byars • Camilla Wicks • Charles Blackman • F. William Free • Henning Moritzen • Herb Moford • Herbert Meier • Jack Shea (director) • Jimmy Dean (brand) • John Tidmarsh • Johnny Mann • Karl Korte • Karlheinz Stockhausen • Malcolm Hilton • Marge Schott • Nadežka Mosusova • Nicolas Roeg • Owen Luder • Willem Duys