List of Famous people born in August

Marlon Anderson Harewood is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Maria Naganawa is a Japanese voice actress from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. Her notable animation roles include Kanna Kamui in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Komekko in KonoSuba, and Platelet in Cells at Work!.

Justine Indira Skyers, also known as Justine Skye, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and model. Skye, whose initial fame was from Tumblr, found a career in the music industry and signed with Atlantic Records at the age of 19.

Jalen Harris is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Nevada Wolf Pack.

Inés Melchor is a Peruvian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 25th with a time of 2:28:54. In September 2014 she placed 8th at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:26.48, new Peruvian national record and the South America area record. Melchor also holds Peruvian records for the 5000 and 10,000 metres on the track.

Alain Passard is a French chef and owner of the three-star restaurant L'Arpège in Paris.

Maksym Volodymyrovych Stepanov was a Ukrainian politician. On 30 March 2020 he was appointed Minister of Healthcare.

Chuck Pankow is a former American professional dart player who currently plays in the British Darts Organisation tournaments.

Rush James "R. J." Archer II is a retired American football quarterback. He went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft, afterwards signing with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.

Arthur Betz Laffer is an American economist and author who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–89). Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of the concept that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will result in maximum tax revenue for government. In certain circumstances, this would allow governments to cut taxes, and simultaneously increase revenue and economic growth.