List of Famous people born in August
Låpsley
Holly Lapsley Fletcher, known by the stage name Låpsley, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Her debut album Long Way Home was released on 4 March 2016.
Margie Profet
Margaret J. "Margie" Profet is an American evolutionary biologist with no formal biology training who created a decade-long controversy when she published her findings on the role of Darwinian evolution in menstruation, allergies and morning sickness. She argued that these three processes had evolved to eliminate pathogens, carcinogens and other toxins from the body.
Chen Shih-meng
Chen Shih-meng is a Taiwanese economics scholar and politician. Chen supported the independence of Taiwan.
Justin
Justin Kawika Young is an American singer on the contemporary Hawaiian music scene.
Seiya Hosokawa
Seiya Hosokawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Jeremy Kewley
Jeremy Leo Kewley is an Australian actor, writer, producer and convicted child sex offender. He made his professional acting debut at the age of 14 in the feature film The Devil's Playground.
David Quessenberry
David Lee Quessenberry Jr. is an American football offensive guard for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Jose State.
Ellie Black
Elsabeth Ann "Ellie" Black is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medalist, making her the first Canadian gymnast to win a world all-around medal. Black is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around champion, a two time Pan American Games all-around champion champion, and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion. At the 2016 Olympic Games, Black finished 5th in the individual all-around.
Mehdi Baala
Mehdi Baala is a French, middle-distance runner competing mainly in the 1500 metres event. Baala has won several major international championships medals in the 1500 metres event – an Olympic Games bronze, a World Championships silver, two European Championships golds and a European Indoor Championships bronze. Moreover, he has won several medals in the 1500 metres event of the European Cup, IAAF World Cup and the IAAF World Athletics Final. Baala is considered to be the best French middle-distance runner of all time. As of July 2013, he holds French national outdoor records for four distances and French national indoor records for four distances.
Jamie Brooks
Jamie Brooks is a former English footballer.