List of Famous people born in August

Ana Girardot is a French actress. She is best known for her role of Lucy in the television series Les Revenants

Robert Huth is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is a three-time Premier League winner and has made the most Premier League appearances (322) by a German player.

Oliver Alexander Reinhard Petszokat, better known by his stage name Oli.P, is a German singer, actor and television presenter.

Jacques-Antoine Granjon born in Marseille (France) on 9 August 1962 in Marseille, is a French entrepreneur and CEO of Veepee.

Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has twice served as Leader of the Opposition. He has held the position since May 2020, and has been President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) since November 2018 and Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition since February 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since October 2018 and the Deputy Prime Minister from 1993 to 1998 and Finance Minister from 1991 to 1998 when he was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the major party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition then.

Stéphane Richard is a French businessman and the Chief Executive and Chairman of the worldwide mobile phone network Orange.

Daniel Jeffery Henderson is a retired American mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, who last competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight and Middleweight champion of Pride Fighting Championships. Henderson was the Brazil Open '97 Tournament Champion, the UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament Champion, the Rings: King of Kings 1999 Tournament Champion and the Pride Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion. Henderson also challenged for the UFC Middleweight Championship (2x), the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship. Henderson was the first mixed martial artist to hold two titles in two different weight classes concurrently in a major MMA promotion. At the time of his retirement after UFC 204, he was the oldest fighter on the UFC roster.

Jessica Brooke Capshaw is an American actress. She is known for her role as Jamie Stringer in The Practice and Arizona Robbins on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. She was introduced in Grey's Anatomy's fifth season as an attending surgeon and the new head of pediatric surgery. Originally contracted to appear in three episodes, Capshaw's contract was extended to the remainder of the fifth season, with her becoming a series regular in the sixth season.

Kara Louise Tointon is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Dawn Swann in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2010, she won the BBC competition series Strictly Come Dancing, and in 2015, she appeared as Maria in the ITV live production of The Sound of Music Live.

Shaun Peter Murphy is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting.