List of Famous people born in August
Antonee Robinson
Antonee Robinson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left back for Premier League club Fulham and the United States national team.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, and rapper, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. A native of Brooklyn, New York City, Muhammad currently lives in Los Angeles.
Lina El Arabi
Lina El Arabi is a French actress of Moroccan heritage.
Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He is a former World and Olympic champion in the men's singles. He has also won the Indonesia Open six times.
Michaël Cuisance
Michaël Bruno Dominique Cuisance is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, on loan from Bayern Munich. He has also represented France up to France U20's level.
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser is a Canadian former ice hockey player, and the current Assistant Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser was a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team for 23 years, from 1994 until announcing her retirement on January 13, 2017, and is the team's career points leader with 168 goals and 211 assists in 276 games. She represented Canada at the Winter Olympics five times, capturing four gold and one silver medal and twice being named tournament MVP, and one time at the Summer Olympics in softball. She is tied with teammates Caroline Ouellette and Jayna Hefford for the record for the most gold medals of any Canadian Olympian, and is widely considered the greatest female ice hockey player of all time. On February 20, 2014, Wickenheiser was elected to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission.
Terelu Campos
Teresa Lourdes Borrego Campos is a Spanish television and radio presenter, tertulia participant, and businessperson. She is the elder daughter of journalist and presenter María Teresa Campos.
Wang Mei-hua
Wang Mei-hua is a Taiwanese politician.
Mário Zagallo
Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo is a Lebanese Brazilian former professional football player and manager, who played as a forward.
Akira Ikegami
Akira Ikegami is a Japanese journalist and author.