List of Famous people born in August

Elena Berlato is an Italian professional racing cyclist.

Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn, SDB, is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Rotterdam from 1994 to 2011 and President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community from 2006 to 2011.

Duane Eddy Washington Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the older brother of Derek Fisher and the father of current Ohio State point guard Duane Washington Jr.

Robert Floyd Curl Jr. is a University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer–Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, along with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex.

Ernst-Reinhard Beck is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU.

Li Jiawei is a Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In 1995, she moved to Singapore and in the following year, she commenced her international career as a competitive table tennis player. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

Kaya Peker is a Turkish professional basketball player who plays as a center.