List of Famous people born in August

James Francis Kenney is an American politician who is the 99th Mayor of Philadelphia. He was first elected on November 3, 2015, defeating his Republican rival Melissa Murray Bailey after winning the crowded Democratic primary by a landslide on May 19.

Richard Dwight Farmer is an American former collegiate basketball player and Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served as the Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner from 2004 to 2012 and was the running mate of David L. Williams in the 2011 gubernatorial election. After leaving office, Farmer was investigated for violating state campaign finance laws and misappropriating state resources and was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison along with a concurrent 12 months in state prison.

Facundo Conte is an Argentine volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro. Conte was a participant of the Olympic Games, gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games, silver medalist at 2011 South American Championship. He was part of the Skra Bełchatów team that won the Polish Championship in 2014 and the Shanghai Golden Age team that won the Chinese Championship in 2017 and 2018.

Tyler Howard Winklevoss is an American cryptocurrency and Bitcoin investor, rower, entrepreneur, and founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Cameron Winklevoss. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection along with his brother Cameron and a Harvard classmate of theirs, Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the much more popular social networking service site Facebook.

Karim Ryuta Nesmith or simply Nesmith, is a Japanese singer, dancer and actor who is the vocalist and performer of Exile and Exile The Second. He was also member of J Soul Brothers' second generation Nidaime J Soul Brothers until their migration to Exile in 2009.

Pedro Miguel Carvalho Deus Correia, known as Ró-Ró, is a naturalized Qatari footballer of Cape Verdean origins who plays for Al Sadd SC as a central defender.

Omar Fayad Meneses is a Mexican politician from the state of Hidalgo who has served as a federal deputy and senator. He is currently the Governor of Hidalgo after winning the 2016 gubernatorial election. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Michael Preetz is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent his whole career in Germany, playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Saarbrücken, MSV Duisburg and SG Wattenscheid 09, but he is mostly remembered for his seven-year spell at Hertha BSC where he ended his career. After retiring from active play, he stayed with the club, going directly into management.

Jessica Alyssa Cerro, who performs as Montaigne, is an Australian art pop singer-songwriter-musician. Her debut album, Glorious Heights, was released on 5 August 2016, which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 she won Breakthrough Artist – Release for the album and was nominated for three other categories. In April 2016 she was a featured vocalist on Hilltop Hoods' track, "1955", which reached No. 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart. She was supposed to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with her song "Don't Break Me", until the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 April 2020, it was announced that she would represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Lacena "Candy" Carson is an American author and businesswoman. She is married to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson and co-founded the Carson Scholars Fund. Alongside her husband, she is the co-author of four books. During her husband's run for the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States, Carson was active on the campaign trail doing TV appearances and solo live campaign appearances.