List of Famous people born in August

Peter Rufai is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Humberto Contreras is a Mexican figure skater. He is a four-time Mexican National Champion. He is also the first Mexican skater to have performed a triple Salchow-triple Loop combination in competition.

Teng Biao is a human rights activist and lawyer in China. Teng is a lecturer at the University of Politics and Law in Beijing. He has been a vocal supporter of human rights activists such as Chen Guangcheng and Hu Jia. He has been arrested at least twice, in March 2008 and in February 2011. He is currently a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School.

Fabio Pecchia is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Serie B club Cremonese.

Carlos Manuel Guimarães Oliveira Pinto, better known as Carlos Guimarães Pinto, is a Portuguese economist, author, university professor, think tank executive, blogger and politician. A prominent member of the Liberal Initiative, on October 13, 2018, he became the president of the party, a position he left on December 8, 2019 being succeeded by João Cotrim de Figueiredo. He is a founder of the think tank +Liberdade, a non-profit institute that promotes democracy, market economy and individual freedom in Portugal. In 2022, he was elected member of the Assembly of the Republic by the Porto electoral district.

Tara Pilven is a retired Australian badminton player who competed at international level events. She is a four-time Oceanian medalist and has competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.