List of Famous people born in August

Charles Geoffrey Nicholas Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth, is a British hereditary peer. He is the son of Charles Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth, and his wife, Anne Elizabeth Phillips.

Jyri Jukka Häkämies is a Finnish politician and the CEO of Confederation of Finnish Industries. He was Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs between 2011–2012, and a representative of the National Coalition Party, and the minister responsible for supervision of government enterprises with the exception of Patria, which is supervised by Jan Vapaavuori. He is also a member of the government's finance committee, a board member at YLE, the governmental supervisory board, Kotka city council and the Kymenlaakso regional board, where he is the chairman.

Alexis Bachelay is a French politician.

Zéphirin Diabré is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the Government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996.

Grigory Borisovich Karasin is a career diplomat who formerly served as a State Secretary and a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.