List of Famous people born in August

John Hunter Blair was a British television producer. He was the creator of Blue Peter, and was its producer from 1958 to 1961. Asked by Owen Read, head of BBC children's television, to devise a programme for children who were now too old for Watch with Mother, the programme began on 16 October 1958 and lasted for fifteen minutes.

John Francis Spellar is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Warley, formerly Warley West, since 1992. A member of the Labour Party, he previously represented Birmingham Northfield from 1982 to 1983. He served as a minister in numerous departments between 1997 and 2005 and later served as Comptroller of the Household in the Whips' Office between 2008 and 2010. After Labour entered opposition, he served as a shadow Foreign Office minister from 2010 to 2015.

Philippe "Phil" Briones is a French animator, author and comic book artist. His pencils are usually inked by himself.

Joan Weldon was an American actress and singer in film, television, and theatre.

Hubert "Hubi" Seiz is a former Swiss racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1988.

Björn Gelotte is a Swedish musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist for metal band In Flames. He originally joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued in this position during The Jester Race (1996) and Whoracle (1997). He switched to his current position on lead guitar after Glenn Ljungström left the band, sharing lead/rhythm guitar work with former In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad.

Landon Pigg is an American actor and singer-songwriter.

Wolfgang Haas is the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vaduz in Liechtenstein. He previously held the position of Bishop of Chur from 1990 to 1997.