List of Famous people born in August

Quinn is a Canadian professional soccer player, who is a midfielder for OL Reign and the Canada women's national soccer team.

Giorgia Whigham is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Beth in VH1's Scream, Amy Bendix in Netflix's The Punisher and as Kat in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why.

Noor Al-Hussein is the Queen dowager of Jordan as the widow of King Hussein. She was his fourth spouse and Queen consort between their marriage in 1978 and his death in 1999.

Kelley Maureen O'Hara is an American soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, and Olympic gold medalist. She currently plays as a defender for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States women's national soccer team. She previously played professionally for FC Gold Pride, Boston Breakers, Sky Blue FC, and Utah Royals FC.

Hidetaka Yoshioka is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and "Madadayo". He won the Japan Academy Award Best Actor in 2006 for "Always - Sunset on Third Street".

Simone Ashley Manuel is an American competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4x100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In winning the 100-meter freestyle, a tie with Penny Oleksiak of Canada, Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming and set an Olympic record and an American record.

Asuka Saitō is a Japanese idol singer, actress and fashion model of partial Burmese descent,. She is a first generation member of the Japanese girl group Nogizaka46 and a regular model for the fashion magazine sweet.

Patrick Balkany, born 16 August 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine is a French politician.

Peïlé Florentin Pogba is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and also plays for the Guinea national team. He is the older brother of Paul Pogba.

Pamela Ann Smart is an American woman who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, witness tampering and accomplice to first degree murder. In 1990, at age 22, Smart was accused of conspiring with her underaged sex partner, then 15-year-old William "Billy" Flynn, and three of his friends to have her 24-year-old husband Greggory Smart killed in Derry, New Hampshire. She is currently serving a life sentence at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, a maximum security prison in Westchester County, New York.