List of Famous people born in August

Charles Herbert Shaw was an Australian journalist and novelist.

Joel Cohen is an American film writer who has worked on such projects as the movies Cheaper by the Dozen, Toy Story, Money Talks and Garfield: The Movie. He frequently works with Alec Sokolow. Along with Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft, and Sokolow, Cohen was nominated in March 1996 for the Academy Award for Best Writing for his work on Toy Story.

Tomofumi Murata , better known by his ring name Takeshi Caesar , is a Japanese actor, retired kickboxer and the founder of shoot boxing.

Doña Croll is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her roles in British television soap opera playing Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's Family Affairs Vera Corrigan in the BBC Vera Corrigan Doctors, and as Emerald Fox in EastEnders.

Óliver Pérez Martínez is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, and Cleveland Indians. He has also competed for the Mexican national baseball team in the 2006, 2009, and 2013 World Baseball Classics.

Crystal Wong Jia Ying is a Singaporean badminton player.

Priscila Senna, known as simply Priscila, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter of the brega and música sertaneja genres.