List of Famous people born in August

Mark Anatole Osborne is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Osborne played in the National Hockey League (NHL) primarily as a checking winger between 1981 and 1995. Osborne played in 919 games, tallying 212 goals and 531 points.

Ovidiu Victor Ganț is a Romanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2004, he was the sole representative in the European Parliament of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (DFDR), part of the European People's Party–European Democrats, and became an MEP on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union

Mark William Pocan is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. The district is based in the state capital, Madison. A member of the Democratic Party, Pocan is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and chair emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. From 1999 to 2013 he served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 78th district, succeeding Tammy Baldwin there, whom he also replaced in the House when Baldwin was elected to the Senate.

Günter "Baby" Sommer is a German jazz drummer.

Marlan Orvil Scully is an American physicist best known for his work in theoretical quantum optics. He is a professor at Texas A&M University and Princeton University. Additionally, in 2012 he developed a lab at the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative in Waco, Texas.

Judyann Elder is an American actress, director, and writer.