List of Famous people born in August

Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT). He was also minister of Institutional Relations in the Lula administration and Minister of Health under Dilma Rousseff. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of São Paulo state in the 2014 election.

Marciano Cantero is an Argentine singer and musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of Los Enanitos Verdes, an Argentinean pop/rock band.

Nur Tatar Askari is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions. She is of Kurdish descent.

Didier Sandre is a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1973.

Aubert Pallascio was a Canadian actor. Pallascio trained at the CNSAD and for a period of time worked under the pseudonym Luis Aubert. He has performed on the stages of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Trident and Théâtre Jean-Duceppe among others. His notable television credits include roles in Terre humaine, Le parc des Braves, L'Héritage and Omertà. Pallascio portrayed the Canadian Prime Minister in the 1980 film The Kidnapping of the President. He was nominated in 1996 for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Black List .

Jacques Marescaux is a French doctor. He is Chairman of the digestive and endocrine surgery at the University Hospital, Strasbourg.

Ryuji Bando is a former Japanese football player.

Peter Barakan, is an English-born DJ, freelance experienced broadcaster, and an author of books on music and English language education. He is best known as the presenter for Begin Japanology and Japanology Plus on NHK World. In Japan, he is known as the radio host of "Barakan Beat" on InterFM, "Weekend Sunshine" on NHK FM, and Lifestyle Museum on Tokyo FM. Barakan also curates "Live Magic!", presented by CreativeMan Productions, Tower Records, and InterFM. It is a two-day festival intent on promoting obscure western artists to a wider Japanese audience.

Ryōsuke Oguma is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently a staff for Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played in NPB for the Dragons.

Fahad Al-Mirdasi is a Saudi Arabian football referee who served as a full international for FIFA from 2011 to 2018, when he was banned for life for match fixing.