List of Famous people born in August

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.

Frank Terletzki is a German football coach and former player.

Nemat Talaat Shafik, Baroness Shafik, known as Minouche Shafik, is an Egyptian-born British-American economist who served as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from August 2014 to February 2017 and has served as the Director of the London School of Economics since September 2017.

Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl, is a badminton player from Russia.

Karsten Hansen is a Faroese politician who has served in various ministerial positions.

Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov is a Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist. He is currently Regents' Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona, director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute, and is on the committee of the Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award. Zakharov's research interests cover physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid state physics, optics, and general relativity.

Luis Antonio Marín Murillo is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back, and former captain of the Costa Rica national team. He is currently the manager of Alajuelense.