List of Famous people born in August

Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera, known simply as Cristóbal as a player, is a Spanish retired professional footballer, and is a current manager.

Yves Rossy is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight. Often referred to as "Jetman", Rossy has sometimes tested and presented new versions of his jet packs in high-profile events staged around the world.

Abdelmalek Sellal is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 3 September 2012 to 13 March 2014 when he took a leave of office to support President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election campaign and again from April 2014 to May 2017.

Lee Seung-yuop is a retired baseball player, who spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At the age of 26, he became the youngest professional baseball player in the world to hit 300 home runs. He formerly held the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season, established in 2003 while playing for Samsung in the KBO. The record was broken by Wladimir Balentien of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, on September 15, 2013, when he hit his 56th and 57th Home Runs of the season against the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. He holds the KBO records for career home runs, runs scored, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage and OPS. Combined, across the KBO and NPB, Lee has also recorded more hits than any other native-born South Korean player.

Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir is a Dutch gymnast born to Icelandic parents. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she finished ninth in the individual all-around, the highest placing ever for a gymnast from the Netherlands. At the 2017 European Championships, she won a silver medal on balance beam and a bronze medal on floor exercise.

D'Arcy John Matthew Short is an Australian international cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Australian national team. At the domestic level, he plays for Western Australia and the Hobart Hurricanes. Short had an outstanding 2017–18 Big Bash League season, in which he scored 572 runs and was named the player of the tournament award.

Andrea Luisa Mitchelstein, better known as Andrea Frigerio is an Argentine actress, television presenter, former model and author.

Vera Lúcia Fraletti Holtz, better known as Vera Holtz is a Brazilian television, film and stage actress.

Ronald Jon Roenicke is an American professional baseball manager, and a former outfielder and coach. He most recently managed the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 2020 season. Roenicke was previously the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and a coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. During his major league playing career, Roenicke played for the Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He is the younger brother of former MLB outfielder Gary Roenicke.

Dermott Hugh Brereton is an Australian former professional Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League (AFL) who is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. Of Irish descent, he was known for his aggressive style of play. Brereton kicked 464 goals and played in five premierships for Hawthorn during his 211-game career. He is a former director of the Hawthorn Football Club and is currently an AFL commentator on Foxtel's 24-hour AFL channel Fox Footy, as well as on radio station SEN 1116.