List of Famous people born in August

Hatice Yıldız Levent, better known by her stage name Muazzez Ersoy, is a Turkish classical music singer. In 1998, with the suggestion of the 33rd government of Turkey's Ministry of Culture, she was chosen as a State Artist. Due to singing nostalgic songs, she is also known with the title "Nostalgia Queen" inside Turkey. In 2006, she was chosen as a goodwill ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Joshua David Fields is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jason Lee Von Flue is an American mixed martial artist who appeared on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter. A professional competitor since 1999, he has competed for the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce and King of the Cage.

Igor Yaroslavovych Vovchanchyn is a retired Ukrainian mixed martial artist and kickboxer, who competed in early no holds barred MMA contests. After making his professional MMA debut in 1995, he won nine openweight mixed martial arts tournaments, 3 superfights, holds the second longest unbeaten streak in MMA and is the second most successful MMA fighter ever by number of wins achieved by way of knockout. A stand-up striker throughout most of his career, he is widely considered one of the MMA legends, Ukrainian authorities created a MMA tournament named after him, the Igor Vovchanchyn Cup.

Chantal Renaud is a Québécoise script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. She was the wife of former Quebec Premier and former Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry.

Takamasa Anai is a Japanese judoka.

Shahd Barmada is a Syrian singer known for being runner up of Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol. She gained 47% of the total vote below Ibrahim El Hakami from Saudi Arabia.

Rex Daniel Grossman III is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eleven seasons. Grossman played college football for the University of Florida and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He also played professionally for the Houston Texans and Washington Redskins.

Virginia Frances Trioli is an Australian journalist, author, radio and television presenter.

Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon, known professionally as Ellar Coltrane, is an American actor and model. They are best known for their role as Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's film Boyhood (2014), for which they won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.