List of Famous people born in August
Mickael Mawem
Mickaël Mawem is a French professional rock climber. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through finishing 7th at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships. He also won the bouldering event at the 2019 IFSC Climbing European Championships.
Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz Fernandez is a Cuban professional baseball third baseman and outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Cleveland Indians.
Shunya Shiraishi
Shunya Shiraishi is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Haruto Soma, the main character of the Kamen Rider Wizard tokusatsu series. He finished second at Junon Super Boy Contest 2007. He is also known for his role as Hisashi Uehara in the Netflix series Good Morning Call.
Heo Young-ji
Heo Young-ji, referred to as Youngji, is a South Korean singer and television personality. She is best known as a member of girl group Kara after winning the TV show Kara Project in 2014, which saw her become the newest member of the group. Heo began her solo music career in August 2017 with her first single, "Memory Clock".
Shy Carter
Blake Anthony Carter, known professionally as Shy Carter, is an American songwriter, record producer, rapper and singer. He has written for Meghan Trainor, Jason Derulo, Charlie Puth, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Kane Brown and Billy Currington. He co-wrote Charlie Puth's double platinum hit "One Call Away" which hit No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart. In 2009, he co-wrote "Someday" with Rob Thomas, which spent over 40 weeks in the Top 5 and became a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart. "Stuck Like Glue", his collaboration with Sugarland, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 20 and became the 11th most downloaded country music song of all time. He has also been featured on Latin artist Gloria Trevi's #1 song "Habla Blah Blah". He's also worked with Faith Hill, Ashanti, and Chingy. Carter also wrote a song titled "Bring it Back", which was released on August 7, 2015, and reached the Top 40 of Billboard's Rhythmic chart.<ref"Shy Carter – Bring It Back – Single". iTunes (U.S.). August 7, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.</ref>
Daniel Biss
Daniel Kálmán Biss is an American mathematician and politician who was the member of the Illinois Senate for the 9th district from January 2013 until January 2019. The district includes Chicago's northern suburbs, including Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Morton Grove, Northbrook, Northfield, Skokie, Wilmette, and Winnetka. Biss first ran for office in 2008 and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois in the 2018 election. He is running for Mayor of Evanston in the 2021 election.
Svetislav Pešić
Svetislav Pešić, also known by his nickname Kari, is a Serbian professional basketball head coach, most recently for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Pešić is one of the most successful European basketball coaches.
Koen Verweij
Koen Verweij is a Dutch speed skater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union (KNSB) to the commercial team of TVM.
Ardeshir Tarapore
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC, was an officer in the Indian Army and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for bravery. After completing his schooling in Pune, Tarapore joined the Hyderabad Army, and was commissioned in January 1942. Initially he joined the infantry, but was later transferred to an armoured regiment, the 1st Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers. During World War II Tarapore saw action in the Middle East.
Chiu Tai-san
Chiu Tai-san is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2004. He then served the Mainland Affairs Council as a vice chairman, and later as deputy mayor of Kaohsiung under Chen Chu. After leaving politics for a teaching position, Chiu was named the deputy mayor of Taoyuan under Cheng Wen-tsan in 2014. He resigned in 2016, and was appointed the Minister of Justice later that year. Chiu stepped down from the justice ministry in 2018, and served on the National Security Council until 2019.