List of Famous people born in August
Almoez Ali
Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdullah is a Sudanese-born naturalised Qatari professional footballer who plays for and captains the Qatar Stars League side Al-Duhail and Qatar as a forward. He is a member of the Qatar national team which helped the team to win the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. He holds the record of most goals scored in an Asian Cup, scoring nine in the 2019 edition.
Christophe Willem
Christophe Frédéric Durier, better known by his stage name Christophe Willem, is a French singer and the winner of the fourth edition of Nouvelle Star in 2006.
Morten Andersen
Morten Andersen, nicknamed the "Great Dane", is a Danish-American former football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. Following a career from 1982 to 2007, Andersen holds the NFL record for regular season games played at 382. He also ranks second in field goals (565) and points scored (2,544). In addition to his league accomplishments, he is the Saints' all-time leader scorer at 1,318 points. Andersen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017 and, along with Jan Stenerud, is only one of two exclusive placekickers to receive the honor.
Eduardo Torroja
Eduardo Torroja y Miret, was a Spanish structural engineer and a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structures.
Reita Faria
Reita Faria Powell, born on 23 August 1943 to Goan parents in British Bombay, is an Indian physician and former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss World title in 1966, making her the first Asian woman to win the event. She is also the first Miss World winner to be qualified as a physician.
Alba Roversi
Alba Roversi is a Venezuelan telenovela and theater actress who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s for her role in telenovelas.
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Rebecca Edison Taylor-Klaus is an American actor. They rose to fame for their starring role as Bullet on the crime drama series The Killing (2013). They gained further prominence with roles as Sin on the superhero drama series Arrow (2013–15), Lex on the comedy series House of Lies (2014), and as Audrey Jensen on the horror series Scream (2015–16). Until 2018, they voiced the role of Katie "Pidge" Holt on the Netflix animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender. They played the character Bishop in the drama series Deputy, which aired from January to April of 2020.
Nancy Dell'Olio
Nancy Dell'Olio is an Italian British lawyer who first came to public notice as the girlfriend of Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Greysia Polii
Greysia Polii is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. Polii was the women's doubles gold medalists in 2014 Asian Games and 2019 Southeast Asian Games. She also won three bronze medals at the World Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. Polii was a member of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees from 2013–2017.
Shō Hayami
Yasushi Ōhama , known professionally as Show Hayami , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. He is mainly known for his smooth, deep voice, and he has played a wide range of characters from sweet heroes to sociopaths. He is married to Rei Igarashi and works for Rush Style.