List of Famous people born in August

Countess Francesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna, known professionally as Francesca Gregorini, is an Italian-American writer and film director.

Alain Robert is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. Known as "the French Spider-Man" or "the Human Spider," Robert is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes.

Mareike Miller is a 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player, who played for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the United States. She also plays for the German national team, with which she won two European titles, was runner-up at 2010 and 2014 World Championships, won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. President Joachim Gauck awarded the team Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, twice.

Melvin Emanuel "B. J." Upton Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays.

Julian Richard Smith is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2019 to 2020 under Boris Johnson. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon since 2010. He also served as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2019 under Theresa May.

Cinta Laura Kiehl, better known as Cinta Laura, is a Indonesian-German actress, electropop singer and model in Indonesia. She was recently appointed ambassador of anti-violence against women and children by the Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection.

Hermann Nitsch is an Austrian avant-garde artist who works in experimental and multimedia modes.

Ahmed Best is an American actor who provided motion capture and the voice of the character of Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise.

Azam Khan is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament from Rampur. He is one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party and was a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He was also the senior most Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and has been a member of the legislative assembly for nine terms from Rampur assembly constituency.

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011.