List of Famous people born in August

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

Margaret Heafield Hamilton is an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo program. She later founded two software companies—Higher Order Software in 1976 and Hamilton Technologies in 1986, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Win Morisaki is a Japanese singer and actor of Burmese descent. He is the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in Hollywood film Ready Player One (2018).

Jorge Luis Linares Palencia is a Venezuelan professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBC featherweight title from 2007 to 2008; the WBA super featherweight title from 2008 to 2009; and the WBA, WBC and Ring magazine lightweight titles between 2014 and 2018.

Sera Cahoone is an American singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Cahoone's music combines elements of classic country-western and modern indie rock and lo-fi music. She is also well known for her work as a drummer, especially with the bands Carissa's Wierd and Band of Horses.

Michael Louis Vincent Walsh is an Irish music manager and television personality. Born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Walsh moved to Dublin to start his career in the music industry. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone and Westlife, three of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and 2000s. In later life, Walsh began a career as a talent show judge and television personality in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He has judged on Popstars (2001–2002), You're a Star (2003–2004), The X Factor, and Ireland's Got Talent (2018–2019).

Craig John Counsell is an American former professional baseball player who is the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was an infielder who played sixteen seasons for five teams. Counsell has been the Brewers' manager since May 2015.

Job Joël André Matip is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Liverpool.

Donald "Donnie" Roan Dunagan is an American former child actor and retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor. He is best known for portraying the young son of Baron Frankenstein in Son of Frankenstein and for providing the voice of young Bambi in Bambi (1942).

Kumi Yokoyama is a Japanese football player. She plays for Washington Spirit and Japan national team.