List of Famous people born in August

Marie Riou is a French sailor who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Claire Leroy and Elodie Bertrand coming 6th overall.

Luis Alfonso "El Bendito" Fajardo Posada is a retired Colombian footballer. He was chosen to play for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy by his former Atlético Nacional manager Francisco Maturana. He's now a chairman of Deportivo Rionegro, a second division Colombian team.

Esteban González Pons is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.

Gong Linna is a Chinese fusion singer. Her style is one which combines the traditional "lightness" and "ch'i" of centuries-old melodies with new lyrics. She has performed many pieces composed or arranged by her husband, German composer Robert Zollitsch who is known in Chinese as Lao Luo (老锣), and collaborated with Portuguese fado musician António Chainho.

Tomoya Warabino is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, A-Team.

Tsuneharu Takeda is a Japanese diplomat, and former imperial prince. He was born in Shinkyo, then the capital of Manchukuo.

William Thongrasamy (born 19 August 1982), known under the pseudonym Willy Denzey, is a Contemporary R&B and soul French-born singer of Laotian origin.

Albin Alois Ouschan is an Austrian pool and billiards player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. He won the World 9-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al Shaheen 13–9 in the final.

Kathrin Zettel is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Ekin Türkmen is a Turkish actress. She is best known for starring in TV series, including Bitter Life, Menekşe ile Halil and Adanalı.