List of Famous people born in August

Kerry Melville Reid is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During her 17-year career, Reid won one Grand Slam singles title and 26 other singles titles and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. Reid was included in the year-end world top 10 rankings for 12 consecutive years (1968–1979). She won at least one tournament annually from 1966 through 1979, except for 1975. Her career-high ranking was World No. 5 in 1971, behind Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, and Rosie Casals.

Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev is the current Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian energy company Gazprom and since February 2019 he is the director general and president of the football club Zenit, Saint Petersburg.

Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade, better known as Carminho, is a Portuguese fado and popular music singer. She comes from a family of musicians, since her mother, Teresa Siqueira, was a famous fado singer. She is considered one of the most talented and innovative fado singers of her generation. She can be considered as a crossover artist, since her eclectic work shows the heritage of both traditional and contemporary fado, as she also delves into other genres such as Brazilian popular music.

Jocelyn Angloma is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He is the head coach of the Guadeloupe national team.

Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games and at the 2012 Games.

Aki Hata is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and composer. She is noted for having penned and composed songs for various anime and video games, including popular titles like Zettai Shōnen, Azumanga Daioh, Haibane Renmei, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu, Rocket Knight Adventures, Lucky Star, Love Live! School Idol Project, and Love Live! Sunshine!!, and for singers and voice actresses. She has even composed game soundtracks; formerly, Hata was a composer for Konami and Treasure games.

Oinatz Bengoetxea is a player of Basque pelota who won the 1st Hand-Pelota singles championship in 2008.

Kelly Overton is an American actress. She is known for portraying Vanessa Van Helsing in the 2016 Syfy fantasy drama series Van Helsing.

Lætitia Masson is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed twelve films since 1991. Her film À vendre was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

Igor Vladimirovich Aksyonov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for PFC CSKA Moscow. He played one game in the UEFA Champions League 1999–2000 qualification for PFC CSKA Moscow.