List of Famous people born in August

Fran Meric is Mexican actress, host and model. She was born in Veracruz, but moved to Mexico City when she was 11 years old. She studied acting in Centro de Formacion Actoral of TV Azteca.

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland, is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As of 2016, Prince Carl Philip is fourth in the line of succession, after his older sister, Crown Princess Victoria, his niece and goddaughter Princess Estelle, and his nephew Prince Oscar. He lives with his wife, Princess Sofia, and two sons, Prince Alexander and Prince Gabriel, in Villa Solbacken in central Stockholm.

Chua Lam is a Singaporean-born Hong Kong columnist, food critic, and occasional television host. He was also a movie producer for the Hong Kong movie studio Golden Harvest.

Zhang Xin is a Chinese billionaire businesswoman, having primarily earned her fortune in the real estate industry. With her husband Pan Shiyi, she is the co-founder and CEO of SOHO China.

Jean-Philippe Dojwa is a French former cyclist. He finished fifteenth in the 1993 Tour de France.

Karl August Hanke was an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) during its rule over Germany and served as the fifth and last Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He also served as Gauleiter of Gau Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945 and as Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia. Captured on 6 May 1945, he was shot and killed by Czech partisans on 8 June.

Michael Joseph Boxall is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for Minnesota United in Major League Soccer, and the New Zealand national football team.

Tri Mumpuni is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist who was involved in the project for the development of hydro power electricity for more than half a million people of Indonesia. For her work she was awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2011.

Nadine Salameh, sometimes credited as Nadeen Salameh, is a Palestinian actress well known in Syria, where she lived and worked for most of her life.

Hisako Arakaki is a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. She left at the end of 1993, and later worked as a dance instructor at the Okinawa Actors School.