List of Famous people born in August

Jalaluddin Rakhmat, also known by the nickname of Kang Jalal, was an Indonesian academician and politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who became the member of the People's Representative Council from 2014 until 2019.

Cheng Maoyun was a Chinese composer and a professor at National Central University and Hangzhou Societal University (杭州社會大學). He composed what is now the Taiwanese national anthem, the "Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guógē".

Jeffrey Gibbs is an American professional basketball player. Gibbs played college basketball for Otterbein University and is a professional player since 2004.

Valerie Pitts, Lady Solti is a retired television presenter who was one of the BBC's original team of presenters during the 1950s. She left the programme in 1960 to marry James Sargent who was stage manager of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company. She also worked at Granada Television. She is the widow of Sir Georg Solti.

Hideki Matsutake is a Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer. He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly music programming, as the assistant of Isao Tomita during the early 1970s and as the "fourth member" of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra during the late 1970s to early 1980s.