List of Famous people born in August

Luis Fernando Ochoa is an American musician, composer, record producer, art producer, sound engineer, arranger and backing vocalist known for his works with artists such as Shakira, Chayanne, and Ricky Martin.

Dennis Lehane is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring a couple of protagonists and other recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War. Of these, three were adapted as films of the same name: 2003's Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, which won several awards; 2007's Gone Baby Gone; and 2010's Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese.

Juan Engelberth Murillo Ortíz is a Venezuelan professional road racing cyclist.

Michael Lantieri went to school in Los Angeles, California with actor-director Ron Howard, wanting to be in films from an early age though as a director. However, he went to work in the special effects department of Universal Studios, staying for ten years and working on television series such as Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica before branching out on his own. Lantieri also worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and has provided effects for video games. He directed his own film, called Komodo, and has worked on numerous films with Steven Spielberg. One of his most famous films was Mars Attacks! where he had the job of creating lifelike animations. In addition, Lantieri developed special effects for Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. He was also part of the destruction of the Steve Bartman baseball.

John Whitaker Straw is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair.