List of Famous people born in August
Julia Richter
Julia Richter is a German film and TV actress. She trained at Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast ensemble and won the Hersfeld-Preis in 1996.
Rosalie Thomass
Rosalie Thomass is a German actress. She has appeared in several television shows and films.
Indi Hartwell
Samantha De Martin, better known by her ring name Indi Hartwell, is an Australian professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, performing on the NXT brand, and is a member of The Way. She is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, as well as the current WSW Women's Champion and a former RCW Women's Champion.
Touker Suleyman
Touker Suleyman is a British-Turkish Cypriot fashion retail entrepreneur, investor, and reality television personality. In 2001, his company Low Profile Group purchased UK shirt maker Hawes & Curtis, and in 2002 he purchased UK fashion label Ghost. Since then, he has invested in a number of start-up companies including Bikesoup and Huxley & Cox. Since 2015 he has been a dragon on Dragon's Den.
Gary Medel
Gary Alexis Medel Soto is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Italian club Bologna as a defensive midfielder. However, he can also play as a defender, and has even been deployed as a centre-back throughout his career, as well as in midfield. Medel has played club football with several teams in numerous countries, starting out with Chilean side Universidad Católica, and later playing for Argentine side Boca Juniors, Spanish side Sevilla, Premier League side Cardiff City, and Italian side Inter Milan, before moving to Beşiktaş in Turkey in 2017. He then moved back to Italy and joined Bologna FC 1909 in 2019.
Giada De Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis is an Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality. She is the host of Food Network's Giada at Home. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host and the Gracie Award for Best Television Host.
Muqtada al-Sadr
Muqtada al-Sadr is an Iraqi Shia cleric, politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the leader of the Peace Companies, a Shia militia that is a reformation of the previous militia he led during the American military presence in Iraq, the Mahdi Army. There were reports on 7 December 2019 of an armed drone attack on Sadr.
Takeya Nakamura
Takeya Nakamura is Japanese baseball player. He is an infielder for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Ralf Richter
Ralf Richter is a German actor. He debuted as the crude sailor "Frenssen" in the Academy Award-nominated 1981 film Das Boot and frequently appeared in German TV series. He played main roles in German films such as Bang Boom Bang (1999), Fußball ist unser Leben (1999) or If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer (2002).
Matthias Steiner
Matthias Steiner is a retired Austrian-German weightlifter, and Olympic gold medalist.