List of Famous people born in August

Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky is a Russian psychotherapist of Ukrainian origin, claimed to be a hypnotist and a psychic healer. He enjoyed great popularity in the Soviet Union. Around 2010 he was again performing mass healing rituals in front of large audiences, although he never returned to his former popularity.

Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina is a retired Russian-born Slovak biathlete.

Mayumi Yamazaki , known professionally as Rei Dan , is a Japanese actress. She began her career as a member of the Takarazuka Revue. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for Kabei: Our Mother.

Claire Yiu, 10 August 1978, is a Hong Kong actress. She started her acting career after being the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Asia Pageant in 1998. After filming some ATV series, such as 海瑞鬥嚴嵩, and Ten Tigers of Guangdong (廣東十虎), she went over to TVB and filmed in some minor roles such as 趙美美 (Mia) in To Catch The Uncatchable and 戴玉瑩 (Grace) in Healing Hands 3. She began acting in some significant roles like 宋曼頤 (Rachel) in To Grow with Love and 游琳琳 (Donna) in Steps.

Siddaramaiah is an Indian politician.He is currently serving as the Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly since from 9 December 2019. Though he resigned from the Opposition Party leader on 9 December 2019, taking the moral responsibility of the party's defeat in the 2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections, the party continued him in the same post and as the CLP leader, realizing his popularity in the state. He is a member of Congress Working Committee. Currently a leader of the Indian National Congress party,

Patrick Drahi is a French-Israeli billionaire businessman with French, Moroccan, Portuguese, and Israeli citizenship, living in Switzerland since 1999. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of the European based telecom group Altice, listed on the European Euronext Stock Exchange.

Arnaud Démare is a professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. In 2011 he won the UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, and in 2016 he won the Milan–San Remo.

Stanley Alan Van Gundy is an American basketball coach and current head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018. From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat but resigned in 2005 mid-season, turning the job over to Pat Riley. Van Gundy then coached the Orlando Magic for five seasons from 2007 to 2012, leading them to the 2009 NBA Finals. He is the brother of former New York Knicks and Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy.

Dmitry Dmitryevich Borisov is a Russian journalist, TV host, a Runet activist, producer of documentary projects and chief executive producer of Channel One Russia Worldwide. He has won a TEFI award as the best TV news presenter.

Domingo Alberto Santana is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Cleveland Indians.