List of Famous people born in August
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final. In total, Gulbis has six ATP titles to his name. His best performance at a Grand Slam is reaching the semifinals of the 2014 French Open. He had previously reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open. Gulbis' career-high singles ranking is world No. 10, making him the only Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10 in ATP Singles Ranking. He achieved this in June 2014.
Sumit Nagal
Sumit Nagal is an Indian tennis player. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title, thus becoming the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title. He is currently the second highest-ranked Indian singles tennis player and since 2018, he has been a regular member of India's national Davis Cup squad.
Katie Boulter
Katie Boulter is a British tennis player.
Marilyn Lima
Marilyn Lima is a French actress known for her roles in Une sirène à Paris (2020), Bang Gang (2015) and Skam France (2018–2020).
Vijayta Pandit
Vijayta Pandit is an Indian film actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film Love Story (1981).
Tyler Glasnow
Tyler Allen Glasnow is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Daler Mehndi
Daler Singh, better known as Daler Mehndi, is an Indian singer, songwriter, author and record producer. He has helped to make Bhangra popular worldwide, as well as Indian pop music independent of Bollywood music. He is best known for his dance songs, voice, turban and long, flowing robes.
Sophie Okonedo
Sophie Okonedo is a British actress, singer, and narrator. She began her film career in the British coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels (1991) before appearing in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), and Stephen Frears's Dirty Pretty Things (2002).
Gilles Verdez
Gilles Verdez is a French journalist, television and radio columnist. He is the co-author of books about football in France as well as politics.
Mariya Oktyabrskaya
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya was a Soviet tank driver, mechanic and Hero of the Soviet Union who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II.