List of Famous people born in August
Scooter Libby
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is an American lawyer and former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Elizabeth Estensen
Elizabeth Estensen is a retired English actress, known for portraying the role of Diane Sugden on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 1999 to 2021. She has also made appearances in various British television series, including The Liver Birds, T-Bag and Coronation Street.
Ni Ni
Ni Ni is a Chinese actress. She is known for her role as Yu Mo in the 2011 film The Flowers of War, directed by Zhang Yimou; and Ling Xi in the 2019 television series Love and Destiny.
Darya Domracheva
Dárya Vladímirovna Dómracheva is a retired Belarusian biathlete and coach who competed in the Biathlon World Cup from 2006 to 2018. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay and a silver medal in the mass start competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics, three gold medals in the pursuit, individual, and mass start competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was a Biathlon World Cup overall winner for the 2014–15 season.
Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Japanese holding company SoftBank, CEO of SoftBank Mobile and chairman of UK-based Arm Holdings.
Julia Vysotskaya
Julia Aleksandrovna Vysotskaya is a Russian actress and television presenter.
Kelsey Plum
Kelsey Christine Plum is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She completed her high school education at La Jolla Country Day School in La Jolla, a community that is part of San Diego, California. Plum attended and played college basketball for the University of Washington. On February 25, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 57 points on senior night – making 19 of the 28 shots she took – to break the NCAA Division I women's basketball all-time scoring record with 3,397 points. On March 20, 2017 Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080. She was selected with the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Stars.
Masato Hagiwara
Masato Hagiwara is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and professional mahjong player.
Kevin Huerter
Kevin Joseph Huerter is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins.
Alena Apina
Alyona Apina is а Soviet and Russian singer, musical performer, actress and songwriter. Her career started in 1988 and continues to this day. For her unique tone of voice and "peculiar Apina's folk style, which she studied at the Faculty of Folk Song at the Saratov Conservatory", she has become one of the most popular Russian musical performers across the former Soviet Union and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2002)