List of Famous people born in August

Mohandas Dewese, better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is a Grammy winner American rapper, writer and actor. Considered one of the forerunners of the New Jack Swing sound in Hip hop, gained fame in the 1980s as a member of one of the pioneering groups in Hip hop music, the Treacherous Three, and for his later solo career. During his career he published a total of 7 studio albums, with 1994's Interlude being the last to date.

Afzal Ansari is an Indian politician belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party and as of May 2019 the Member of Parliament (MP) of India for Ghazipur constituency, Uttar Pradesh. He won the 2004 general Lok Sabha election on the Samajwadi Party ticket.

Elise Kellond-Knight is an Australian international football player, who plays for Kristianstads DFF in the Damallsvenskan and the Australian national team. Kellond-Knight is a left footed set piece specialist.

John Paul "J. P." Holtz is an American football tight end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Pittsburgh. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2016.

Mufaddal Saifuddin is the spiritual leader and 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of two million Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup of the Tayyibi, Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. He is the second son of the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq, Mohammed Burhanuddin, whom he succeeded in 2014. Saifuddin led the restoration of medieval Fatimid architecture, notably Al-Anwar Mosque, Al-Aqmar Mosque, Al-Juyushi Mosque, and Lulua Mosque in Cairo. He also discovered the burial places of the 5th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 30th Da'i al-Mutlaq in Yemen in 2018 and 2019.

Chris Hart is an American-born Japanese singer/songwriter/producer who gained popularity as a J-pop artist in Japan.

José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez is a Mexican singer and composer. He arrived from Aguascalientes to Mexico City in 1966. He competed in the national Méxican OTI Festival, the National final to select the Mexican entrant at the main OTI Festival in 1977. Although he ended in the last place with no points, his career went on successfully, turning into a star in Mexico.

Will D. Allen is a former American football cornerback. Allen played college football at Syracuse. He was drafted in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.

Mercédesz Henger, birth name Mercédesz Jelinek Schicchi, is an Italian-Hungarian television personality; she is daughter of Éva Henger and Riccardo Schicchi and she is known with the surname of Éva Henger, her mother, as Mercédesz Henger since 2002, when she made her cinema debut in 2002 with a cameo role in the movie Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese; film where there is also the mother Éva Henger.

Jordan Torunarigha is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hertha BSC. He is the son of former footballer Ojokojo Torunarigha and the brother of current footballer Junior Torunarigha.