List of Famous people born in August

Marc J. Rowan is an American billionaire businessman and co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.

Richard Lee Peng Boon is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director.

Muhammad Faris bin Ramli is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. Faris plays primarily as a winger. In 2012, Faris made it to the top 52 of Nike's 'The Chance' competition, a worldwide talent hunt for young players. However, he was not drafted in the selection of the final 16 in Barcelona. Faris played for the Young Lions prior to featuring for LionsXII in the Malaysia Super League.

Mona Santoso is a former Indonesian badminton player, and later represented United States. Santoso was part of the Indonesia national team from 1998-2000. As a junior player, Santoso was the girls' singles champion at the 1998 Hong Kong Junior Championships, she also helped the Indonesian girls' team clinched the silver medal at the 1999 Asian Junior Championships, and the mixed team bronze medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships. Santoso won the women's doubles title at the 1999 Indonesian National Championships partnered with Vita Marissa. Santoso started her career as a badminton coach in Pola Bugar Club Jakarta from 2005-2006, and in 2006, she moved to Sunnyvale Community Center in Sunnyvale, California. Santoso then played for the United States, and won the U.S. National Championships title in 2008 and 2009.