List of Famous people born in August

Paul Leo Molitor, nicknamed "Molly" and "The Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and former manager of the Minnesota Twins, who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 21-year baseball career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1978–1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993–1995), and Minnesota Twins (1996–1998). He was known for his exceptional hitting and speed. He made seven All-Star Game appearances, and was the World Series MVP in 1993.

Orhan Gencebay is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on 4 August 1944. He is of Crimean Tatar descent. In 1998, he was named a State Artist of Turkey.

Luke Martin McCormick plays as a goalkeeper for Plymouth Argyle.

Carole Laure O.C. is an actress and singer from Quebec, Canada.

Naoto Nakamura , better known by his stage name Naoto Inti Raymi , is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. He was born in Mie Prefecture in Japan and later grew up in Chiba Prefecture. For two years from 2001, he used his given name Naoto as his stage name. In 2001, while he was still attending Chuo University, Naoto debuted into the major music scene with his single "Growing up!!" released by Sony Music Records. Then he kept releasing the total three singles and one album before graduating from his university in 2002.

Mariama Jamanka is a German bobsledder who won Gold in the two-woman event with Lisa Buckwitz at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Hugh Thompson Rice Jr. is an attorney and the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district. The district serves most of the northeastern corner of the state and includes Myrtle Beach, the Grand Strand, Florence, Cheraw, and Darlington. A Republican, Rice was first elected in 2012 and was a member of the freshman class chosen to sit at the House Republican leadership table. He was chair of the Horry County Council until he resigned from the position on December 31, 2012.

Édgar José Ron Vásquez, is a Mexican television actor best known for his roles in telenovelas such as Juro que te amo, Los exitosos Pérez, La que no podía amar, La mujer del Vendaval and Muchacha italiana viene a casarse.

Gary Larson is an American cartoonist. He is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995, though in September 2019 his website alluded to a "new online era of 'The Far Side.'" On July 8, 2020, Larson released three comics, his first in 25 years. His twenty-three books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than forty-five million copies.

Duran Kalkan, also known as Selahattin Abbas, or Selahattin Erdem is a senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).