List of Famous people born in August

Francesca Luisa Reale is an American actress known for her roles on the Netflix series Haters Back Off and Stranger Things.

Darren McFadden is a former American football running back. He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks, and was picked fourth overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2008 NFL Draft. He also played for the Dallas Cowboys.

Miho Ohwada is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Staff-plus.

Carl Dean Switzer was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang.

Vanessa Lesnicki, known by her stage name Shay, is a Belgian francophone rapper. After a collaboration with Booba in 2011, she had many releases, notably a hit with "XCII" on the label 92i. She gained great fame with her release "PMW". Her debut album Jolie Garce was released 2 December 2016 and was certified gold. The follow-up album Antidote was released on 10 May 2019. Her style is a combination of hip-hop, rap, trap, urban pop and R&B. She is signed to Capitol Music France (a sublabel.

Manuel Luis Jacinto is a Canadian actor. After several small roles on television, his breakout role came starring as Jason Mendoza on the NBC sitcom The Good Place (2016–2020). He has appeared as Waring 'Wade' Espiritu in the neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and as Fritz in the upcoming action drama film Top Gun: Maverick (2021).

Shaun William George Ryder is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and author. As the lead singer of the Happy Mondays he was a leading figure in the Madchester cultural scene in the late 1980s. In 1993 he formed Black Grape, with Happy Mondays dancer Bez.

Gloria Estela La Riva is an American communist and socialist activist with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and the Peace and Freedom Party. She was the PSL's nominee and the Peace and Freedom's nominee in the 2020 presidential election, her tenth consecutive candidacy as either a presidential or vice presidential candidate. She was previously a member of the Workers World Party. She ran as the PSL's and the Peace and Freedom Party's presidential candidate in the 2016 presidential election, with Eugene Puryear and Dennis J. Banks as her running mates respectively. She was the PSL's presidential nominee in the 2008 presidential election. For the 2020 election, Sunil Freeman was her running mate.

Laura Catherine Dreyfuss is an American actress and singer, known for her roles as Zoe Murphy in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, Madison McCarthy on the FOX series Glee and McAfee Westbrook on the Netflix series The Politician.

Alan Cedric Page is an American retired jurist and former professional football player.