List of Famous people born in August

Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1998. He has published eight novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. His books have been translated into Basque, Dutch, German, English, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish and Arabic.

Myktybek Yusupovich Abdyldayev is a Kyrgyz politician, and current member of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan as deputy for the Bir Bol party.

Andrea Bocskor is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary. She graduated in English-History at the Trascarpathian Hungarian Teachers’ Training College. She did her PhD in 2010 at the ELTE-BTK in Budapest. In 2013, she held the title of Candidate of Historical Sciences in Kiev at the Institute of Ukrainian History-National Academy of Science. Before becoming an MEP, she was a docent of the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute in the Faculty of History and Social Sciences, and Director of the Lehoczky Tivadar Institute in Berehove, Ukraine. MEP since 2014.

José Luis Ballester is a Spanish sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and won a gold medal in the Tornado class.

Daria Evgenyevna Dmitrieva is a Russian female handballer for HBC CSKA Moscow and Russian national team.

Mohamed Dia is a Franco-Malian designer of sport clothing, founder of the M.Dia brand.

Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras is a Chilean footballer who as of 2015 played for Primera División club Curicó Unido as a goalkeeper.

Margarete (Marga) von Etzdorf was a German aircraft pilot, notable for being the first woman hired to fly for an airline, and the first woman to fly solo across Siberia, from Germany to Tokyo, Japan.

Kotono Tanaka is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.

Elizabeth Cervantes is a Mexican actress of films and soap operas. She studied acting in Casa del Teatro and Centro de Formacion Actoral of TV Azteca.