List of Famous people born in August
David Wolf
David Alexander Wolf is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-127 in 2009. Wolf also took part in a long-duration mission aboard the Russian space station Mir which lasted 128 days, and occurred during Mir EO-24. He was brought to Mir aboard STS-86 in September 1997, and landed aboard STS-89 in January 1998. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of 7 spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits.
Konrad Heiden
Konrad Heiden was a German-American journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi eras, most noted for the first influential biographies of Adolf Hitler. Often, he wrote under the pseudonym "Klaus Bredow."
Oleg Fomenko
Oleg Petrovich Fomenko is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with PFC Sochi.
Xhevat Prekazi
Dževad Prekazi is a former Yugoslav footballer who played as a midfielder. He also holds Turkish citizenship.
Hiromichi Watanabe
Hiromichi Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Matsudo City, Chiba he attended Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Meiji University. He was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 1995 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was appointed by Shinzo Abe as Minister of Reconstruction on 2 October 2018 and left the position on 11 September 2019. He was succeeded by Kazunori Tanaka.
Prince Louis of Luxembourg
Prince Louis of Luxembourg is the third son of the Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg.
Pierre Malinowski
Pierre Malinowski is a French historian and public figure He was a French soldier and member of the European Parliament. Malinowski is known for founding and leading the Foundation for the Development of Russian-French Historical Initiatives as its President since 2018. Also, he lectures around the world on aspects of French history and culture.
Nélson Oliveira
Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greek club AEK Athens.
Amr Gamal
Amr Gamal is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Tala'ea El Gaish on loan from Al Ahly as a Striker.
Pierre Cardo
Pierre Cardo is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Yvelines department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. As of 2010, he is president of Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires.