List of Famous people born in August

Miranda Jane Seymour is an English literary critic, novelist and biographer. The lives she described included those of Robert Graves and Mary Shelley.

Vincent Paul Marie Van Quickenborne is a Belgian politician of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats who has been serving as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 2020.

Gréco Casadesus is a French composer specialized in film scores. Born in Paris from a large family of artists, he has composed more than a hundred of musical creations for television, cinema, performances, and theatre.

Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market is a British politician who is a member of the House of Lords. Baroness Scott was president of the Liberal Democrats between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010 and was succeeded by Tim Farron.

Ville Virtanen is a Finnish actor.

William Michael Daley is an American lawyer, politician and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama, from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, from 1997 to 2000, under President Bill Clinton. He has also served on the executive committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Daley was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in the 2014 gubernatorial election, until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013. He ran in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election but came in third in the first-round voting, and did not advance to the runoff. He served as the Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon from June through October 2019. Since November 13, 2019, Daley has served as the Vice Chairman of Public Affairs for Wells Fargo.

Wang Yi-ta is a Taiwanese karateka.