List of Famous people born in August

Amanda Schull is an American actress and former professional ballet dancer. She is known for her lead role in the 2000 film Center Stage, and for her recurring roles on the American television series One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars. She starred in the Syfy television series 12 Monkeys, and played a recurring role on the USA television series Suits before being promoted to series regular for the show's eighth and ninth season.

Lutz van der Horst is a German actor, television presenter, and comedian. He is most known for being an outside political satire reporter on the heute-show.

Boris Vasilyevich Tokarev is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenplay writer. He is a Meritorious Artist of RSFSR.

Anthony Edward Sowell was an American serial killer and rapist known as the Cleveland Strangler. He was arrested in October 2009 after the bodies of eleven women were discovered by police at his home in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.

Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired CSA astronaut, engineer, and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot. The first Canadian to walk in space, Hadfield has flown two Space Shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.

Marjolène Morin, professionally known as Marjo, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.

Lena Stolze is a German television and film actress.

Marcelino García Toral, known simply as Marcelino in his playing days, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of Athletic Bilbao.

Joshua Brendan David Magennis is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Hull City. Having spent the majority of his youth career as a goalkeeper, he switched to striker in 2008 before turning professional in 2009. Magennis has previously played for Cardiff City, Grimsby Town, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Charlton Athletic and Bolton Wanderers.

Gary Wilson is an English professional snooker player from Wallsend in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear.