List of Famous people born in August

Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate, is Director of Parliamentary Affairs for the Royal Society of Biology and a Vice-President of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.

Shankar Mahadev Bidari was the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of the state of Karnataka. An Indian Police Service officer of 1978 batch, he was also the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City. Bidari hails from Banahatti City in Bagalkot District, Karnataka. He was succeeded as DG & IGP by Abdul Rahman Infant in March 2012.

AK-69, also known as Kalassy Nikoff (エーケーシックスティーナイン／カラシニコフ) is a Japanese Hip Hop artist from Komaki, Aichi. As a rapper, AK-69 uses his stage name; while singing, he is usually known as "Kalassy Nikoff." AK-69 also goes by the alias "REDSTA." In 2004, he began producing a fashion line known as "BAGARCH." The single "Public Enemy" was nominated in 2011 for Best Hip Hop Music Video in the MTV Music Aid Japan, and won the same award at the 2011 Space Shower Music Video Awards. At the 2011 Billboard Japan Awards, AK-69 was selected as Independent Artist of the Year.

Hilary "Harry" Fisher Page was an English toy maker and inventor of Self-Locking Building Bricks, the predecessor of Lego bricks. He founded the Kiddicraft toy company.

Vitalii Mykhailovych Markiv is a former Ukrainian deputy commander of the General Serhiy Kulchytsky Battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was wrongfully convicted by an Italian court to 24 years of imprisonment for allegedly directing a mortar fire that killed Russian dissident and journalist Andrei Mironov and Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli near the city of Sloviansk. His conviction was eventually overturned, and he was exonerated on appeal on November 3, 2020.

Marlon Jerrard Byrd is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. He was suspended twice for using performance-enhancing drugs.

Rafael da Silva Francisco , commonly known as Rafinha , is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Coritiba.

Shinpei Matsushita is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A graduate of Hosei University, he worked at the government of Miyazaki Prefecture from April 1991 to December 1996 and then served in its assembly from 1999 to 2003. In 2004, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Layda Elena Sansores San Román is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement and current Governor of Campeche. She served as the mayor of Álvaro Obregón, one of the boroughs of Mexico City. She served as a senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Campeche. She also served as senator during the LVI and LVII legislatures and as deputy of the Chamber of Deputies during the LV, and LX legislatures.

Irfan Haarys Bachdim is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club PSS Sleman and the Indonesia national team.