List of Famous people born in August

Kennys Vargas Gautier, nicknamed "Gorilla", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Eric Millegan is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Zack Addy on the Fox series Bones.

Jonathan Elihu Silverman is an American actor, known for his roles in the comedy Weekend at Bernie's and its sequel Weekend at Bernie's II.

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a former Thai professional boxer and current boxing trainer. He is a two-time former lineal flyweight champion. During his first reign as world flyweight champion, which lasted between 2001 to 2007, Wonjongkam defended his title 17 times against 16 fighters, with both numbers being a flyweight record.

Tetsuya Honda is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller novels and one of Japan's bestselling authors. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and has won many prestigious awards. Several of his popular Reiko Himekawa crime novels have been translated into English, German, Polish, Chinese, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese. In Japan, many of Honda's works have been adapted into major theatrical motion pictures and TV dramas.

Peter York is a British rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s.

Wei Te-sheng is a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter. He directed Cape No. 7, currently the highest grossing domestic Taiwanese film and the second highest-grossing film in Taiwanese film history.

Anna Gunn is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Skyler White on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2014.

Lucy Redler is a German politician, Socialist Alternative activist, and member of the Left Party. From 2005 to 2007, Redler served on the executive committee of the Berlin section of the Labor and Social Justice List (WASG), and she was its chief candidate in the 2006 Berlin state elections. The German media has given Redler the nickname "Red Lucy".

Mert Hakan Yandaş is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.