List of Famous people born in August

John Franklin Heaps, better known as Jay Heaps, is an American former soccer player who currently serves as president and general manager of Birmingham Legion FC. He is a former head coach for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

Kira Kattenbeck is a German female badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8 in Emsdetten, and joined Germany national badminton team in 2011. In 2011, she won gold medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in mixed team event.

Niki Rüttimann is a Swiss former road bicycle racer.

Armand "Mandy" Meyer is a Swiss-Canadian guitarist best known for being a member of the hard rock band Gotthard, the progressive rock band Asia, and the heavy metal band Krokus. Meyer has also worked with Cobra, Stealin' Horses and Katmandu.

Marcel Strauss is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, last riding for UCI ProTeam Gerolsteiner. He retired in 2008, when that team folded.

Sam Parsons is a badminton player from England. Parsons started playing badminton at age five. In 2014, he was the finalist in the English National Badminton Championships in the men's singles event and in 2015 the winner of this event.

Jaime P. Gomez is an American film and television actor. Born in Los Angeles, California. He is perhaps best known for playing Nash Bridges's youthful partner Inspector Evan Cortez on 100 episodes of the American police procedural television series Nash Bridges.

Walter James "Jim" McNerney Jr. is a business executive who was President and CEO of The Boeing Company, June 2005-July 2015. McNerney was also Chairman from June 2005 until March 1, 2016. McNerney oversaw development of the Boeing 737 MAX.

James Reilly is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, businessman and medical doctor. Between the February 2016 general election and the 6 May 2016 formation of a new government, he was the Acting Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, having held that ministry since July 2014 in the previous government, and was also deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2010 to 2017. He was the Minister for Health from March 2011 to July 2014. Reilly was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency since the 2007 general election until he lost his seat in the 2016 general election. Reilly was a member of Seanad Éireann from May 2016 to March 2020, after being nominated by then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Reilly subsequently announced his retirement from politics after he lost his bid for election for his old seat at the 2020 general election.