List of Famous people born in August

Thomas Vedel Kvist is a former Danish road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2009 and 2011.

Shaun Edward Alexander is a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Alexander set numerous NFL and Seattle Seahawks' franchise records and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to the NFL's 2000 All-Decade team, and ranks #8 all time in NFL History for Rushing Touchdowns (100). Alexander was the first athlete featured on the cover of both the NCAA Football and Madden NFL series of video games.

Michael Jay Shuman, also known as Mikey Shoes, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for playing bass with rock band Queens of the Stone Age. He also sings and plays the guitar and various other instruments in Mini Mansions, and formerly co-fronted Wires on Fire and Jubilee.

Santiago Pérez Fernández is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for Barbot–Efapel.

Eugenio Alafaci is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2019 for the Trek–Segafredo and EvoPro Racing teams.