List of Famous people born in August

Paolo Pininfarina is an Italian engineer, designer and businessman, known as the manager, since 2008, of the Pininfarina design company.

James Lee Hagedorn is an American politician from the state of Minnesota. A Republican, he is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 1st congressional district. The district covers much of the southern third of the state and includes Rochester, Austin and Mankato.

Rafael Huete da Motta is a Brazilian politician and engineer. He has spent his political career representing Rio Grande do Norte, having served in the national legislature since 2015.

Yukio Seki was a Japanese naval aviator of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As a kamikaze pilot, Lieutenant Seki led one of the three fighter groups of the second official kamikaze attack in World War II. Seki's final action took place on October 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He led a unit of five bomb-armed Mitsubishi Zero fighters, crash-diving his plane deliberately into the USS St. Lo's flight deck, being the first kamikazes to sink an enemy ship.

Cornelis "Cor" van der Gijp, also known as Ome Cor, is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a striker. Van der Gijp made his professional debut at SC Emma and also played for Feijenoord and Blauw Wit.

Roland Francis Kester Keating is Chief Executive of the British Library. He took up his post in September 2012.