List of Famous people born in August
Paul Hellyer
Paul Theodore Hellyer is a Canadian engineer, politician, writer, and commentator. He is the longest serving current member of the Privy Council of Canada, just ahead of Prince Philip.
Steve Guttenberg
Steven Robert Guttenberg is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for his lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Cocoon, Police Academy, Three Men and a Baby, Diner, The Bedroom Window, Three Men and a Little Lady, The Big Green, and Short Circuit.
A-Mei
Kulilay Amit, better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, Sisters. Her albums Truth (2001), Amit (2009), and Faces of Paranoia (2014) each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer and made her one of the singers who won the category the most times. Having sold more than 50 million records, she has achieved success in the Mandarin-speaking world, and she is often referred to as the "Queen of Mandopop".
Ng Chee Meng
Ng Chee Meng is a former Singaporean politician and former Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was appointed as the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 1 May 2018 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. However, he was not elected after losing the 2020 general election in Sengkang GRC. He was elected as the People's Action Party Central Executive Committee member despite losing his Member of Parliament seat after being voted out by the people of Sengkang GRC.
Nick Fuentes
Nicholas Joseph Fuentes is an American far-right political commentator and podcaster. He was a YouTuber before his channel was permanently suspended in February 2020 for violating YouTube's hate speech policy. He describes himself as an American nationalist and paleoconservative and is said to hold white nationalist and antisemitic views.
Javier Zanetti
Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a full back or midfielder.
Aymen Abdennour
Aymen Abdennour is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Qatari club Umm Salal.
Wout Weghorst
Wout Weghorst is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Netherlands national team.
Derek Draper
Derek William Draper is an English former lobbyist. As a political advisor he was involved in two political scandals, "Lobbygate" in 1998, and again in 2009 while Draper was editor of the LabourList website. He has worked as a psychotherapist.
Richa Sharma
Richa Sharma is an Indian film playback singer as well a devotional singer. In 2006, she sang Bollywood's longest track, the bidaai song, in film Baabul (2006).