List of Famous people born in August
Marina Aleksandrova
Marina Andreevna Pupenina, known by her pseudonym Marina Aleksandrova is a Russian actress, best known for her role as Catherine the Great in the television series Ekaterina. She is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2016).
Shaun Weiss
Shaun Herman Weiss is an American former actor (1986–2008), well known for his roles in The Mighty Ducks movies.
Juan Branco
Juan Branco is a French lawyer, writer and political activist.
Sandra Maischberger
Sandra Maischberger is a German journalist, talk show host, and author.
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap 1997 elections. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was President of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Bordeaux from 1995 to 2004.
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She is well known for her charitable works, and is considered as one of the first Japanese celebrities who achieved international recognition. In 2006, Donald Richie referred to Kuroyanagi in his book Japanese Portraits: Pictures of Different People as "the most popular and admired woman in Japan."
Abigail Spencer
Abigail Leigh Spencer is an American actress. She began her career playing Rebecca Tyree on the ABC daytime television soap opera All My Children (1999–2001), before going on to star in the Lifetime crime drama series Angela's Eyes (2006). She also had recurring roles on Mad Men (2009), Hawthorne (2010), and Suits (2011–2019). From 2013 to 2016, Spencer starred as Amantha Holden in the SundanceTV drama series Rectify, for which she received a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award. From 2016 to 2018, Spencer starred as history professor Lucy Preston in the NBC science-fiction series Timeless.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team.
Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Maria Schiffer is a German model, actress, and fashion designer who is based in the United Kingdom. She rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the world's most successful models, quickly attaining supermodel status. In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot.
Jerry Kill
Gerald R. Kill is an American football coach. He is currently special assistant to the head coach at Texas Christian University. He played college football at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1979 to 1982. Kill served as the head coach at Saginaw Valley State University, Emporia State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Northern Illinois University and the University of Minnesota.