List of Famous people born in August

Mickaël Barzalona is a French-born Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Since March 2012, he is one of the retained jockeys for Godolphin Racing, and is their principal rider in France, mainly riding horses trained by André Fabre and Henri-Alex Pantall.

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for German club FC Schalke 04 on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.

Kaori Ozawa , better known by her stage name Zawachin (ざわちん), is a Japanese idol, make-up artist and television personality who was originally known for her impersonation of Tomomi Itano of AKB48. She has 400,000 followers on her official blog.

Masaaki Ikenaga is a former Japanese professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played in Japan for the Nishitetsu Lions. Ikenaga was one of the top pitchers in Nippon Professional Baseball before a scandal derailed his career at age 23. Before being implicated in the Black Mist Scandal, he made five consecutive All-Star teams at the beginning of his career, and was in the top 10 in ERA every season of his career.

Florian Grillitsch is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim and the Austria national team as a midfielder.

Luis Manuel Orejuela García is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Brazilian club Grêmio on loan from Cruzeiro.

Kevin Stöger is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Mainz 05. Pascal Stöger is his brother.

Yūko Gotō is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was contracted to Production Baobab and is now signed to Axlone. In direct contrast to her cute-and-vulnerable moé typecasting, Yūko in real life is a devotee of biker culture who dresses and acts as such when not working, right down to her motorcycle. This is parodied in the 23rd episode of Lucky Star, in which she appears as a masculine Bōsōzoku-styled character of herself called Gotouza, a nickname given to her by fellow voice actor Tomokazu Sugita. She is also a fluent English speaker.

Bokuzō Masana is a Japanese actor.

Pedro Ruiz is a Spanish radio presenter, actor, screenwriter and comedian.