List of Famous people born in August
Dmitri Kharine
Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine (Russian: Дмитрий Викторович Харин, is a Russian former professional footballer and goalkeeping coach of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town.
Alan Franco Palma
Alan Steven Franco Palma is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Serie A club Atlético Mineiro and the Ecuador national team.
Daniel Sam
Daniel Anthony Sam is an English super heavyweight kickboxer and is currently ranked UK number 1 in the heavyweight division of Muay Thai. He has fought on the top kickboxing promotions including Enfusion, SUPERKOMBAT, Glory and most recently Dynamite Fighting Show. Sam is known for his flying knees, devastating low kicks and strong punches.
Rydel Funk (Lynch)
Rydel Mary Funk is an American singer, musician and television actress. She is one of the founding members of the pop rock band R5.
Urara Takano
Hisako Takayama , known by her stage name Urara Takano is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Togane, Chiba. She is currently affiliated with and representative of REMAX. Her most prominent role has been in the Sakura Wars video game franchise, where she voices Maria Tachibana. Other major roles include Ryo Takaba in Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!, Marller in Ah My Goddess, Tiger in Saber Marionette J, Musashi Kazama in Grander Musashi, Kai Hiwatari in Beyblade, and Veffidas Feaze in Macross 7. She is the mother of actress and voice actress Anna Kirie .
Kazuyo Aoki
Kazuyo Aoki is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is employed by the talent management firm Kiraboshi.
Yuki Maeda
Yuki Maeda is a former Japanese enka singer within Hello! Project. She started her career under the enka record label Teichiku in 2000 with her debut single "Naki Usagi", but did not have any charting singles in Japan until she signed with Up-Front Works and their label Zetima in 2003. In mid-2004 she was transferred to another Up-Front Works' label, Rice Music.
Leonid Kuchuk
Leonid Stanislavovich Kuchuk is a Belarusian football manager and former professional player.
Otto Planetta
Otto Planetta was an Austrian National Socialist. On 25 July 1934 he murdered Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Chancellor during the unsuccessful July Putsch, four years before the Anschluss. He and the other assassins were members of SS Regiment 89. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering. His ashes are buried at Dornbacher Friedhof in Vienna.
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng has 10 victories on the tour, including the 2012 LPGA Championship, a major title, in which she shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round to win by two strokes. She is the first player from China to win an LPGA major championship, as well as the first player from mainland China to win a major championship. Her best finish in 16 previous majors was a tie for 22nd at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. With the victory, she moved from tenth to fifth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On 20 August 2016, Feng won the Olympic bronze medal in women's golf at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. From November 2017 to April 2018, she was first in the Women's World Golf Rankings.