List of Famous people born in August

Leroy Chiao is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005. He is also a co-author and researcher for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project.

Kelly Purwanto is an Indonesian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Bogor Siliwangi of the Indonesian basketball league. He was also a member of the Indonesia national basketball team.

Felipe Guevara Stephens is a Chilean historian and politician.

Tan Yuling, Noble Consort Mingxian, was a concubine of China's last emperor Puyi. She married Puyi when the latter was the nominal emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Her given name "Yuling" is sometimes transliterated into English as "Jade Years".