List of Famous people born in August

Brit Elisabeth Haagensli is a Norwegian actress and singer, known from theatre and revue productions, television and several films. Haagensli grew up in Asker. Since 1981, she has used the most of her summers to do theatre productions, and many of these on the summer revue in Stavern. Haagensli is probably most known for her role in Fredrikssons fabrikk, where she appeared with, among others, Elsa Lystad, Anne Marie Ottersen and the late Aud Schønemann.

Jeffrey Farmer is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as The nWo Sting, an impostor version of the original Sting aligned to the New World Order stable.

Hans Otto was a German stage actor. He came to prominence at a relatively young age. From the world of theatre, one of the greatest admirers of his talents, on and off the stage, was Bertolt Brecht. Towards the end of 1933 he was killed - most surviving sources use the verb "murdered" - by "Nazi paramilitaries", becoming one of the Hitler government's first victims from the world of the arts. At the time of his killing he had been a member of the Communist Party for almost ten years.

Erum Ali is an Indian fashion designer, mainly working for the Indian movie industry. Apart from film commitments, Ali has also participated at the Chennai Fashion Week and has a self-named collection.

Anthony Dumartheray is a Swiss male badminton player.

Liu Cheng-ying is a politician in the Republic of China. He is the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014.