List of Famous people born in August
Ava DuVernay
Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first black woman to win the award. For her work on Selma (2014), DuVernay became the first black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film 13th (2016).
David James
David Benjamin James MBE is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His most recent position was manager at Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League in 2018. He is also a pundit on BT Sport's football coverage.
Atsunori Inaba
Atsunori Inaba is a Japanese professional baseball manager and former player. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Japan Series.
Brett Gardner
Brett Michael Gardner is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. Gardner made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the New York Yankees in 2008 and was a part of the Yankees' 2009 World Series championship team over the Philadelphia Phillies. He was named an All-Star in 2015 and won a Gold Glove Award in 2016.
Anna Pletnyova
Anna Yuryevna Pletnyova is a Russian singer, composer, and songwriter. An ex-member of Russian pop-group Litsey, since 2006 she has been a member of the pop-group Vintage. In 2016 she left Vintage and has started a solo career, Vintage being taken over by 4 singers to replace her.Birth: August 21, 1977, Moscow, Russia Height: 1.53 m Spouse: Dimitry Olein, Kirill Syrov, Antonello Lucio Frunzo. Children: Kirill Syrov, Varvara Pletnyova, Maria Syrova
Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager, who serves as head coach of Serie A team Benevento. He was nicknamed by fans and commentators "Superpippo", "Pippo mio" and "Alta tensione".
Shibani Dandekar
Shibani Dandekar is an Indian singer, actress, anchor and model. She began her career working as a television anchor in American television. Following her return to India, she began hosting several shows in Hindi television and events, besides working as a model and a singer as well. She was one of the co-hosts of the 2019 ICC cricket World Cup.
Douglas Brunt
Douglas Brunt is an American novelist and former president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium.
Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi is an Indian film actor and former politician. He served as the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India from 27 October 2012 to 15 May 2014. Known for his breakdancing skills, Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films, primarily in Telugu, in addition to Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi languages. In a film career spanning thirty-nine years, he won three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards, a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and nine Filmfare Awards South. In 2006, he was honored with the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema and was presented with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University.
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the British television series The X Factor in 2008, and has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music.