List of Famous people born in August

Adrienne Ames was an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as Adrienne Truex.

Peter Alexander Goehr is an English composer and academic.

Roelof Jakobus Dednam is a male badminton player from South Africa. Dednam played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Chris Dednam, losing in the round of 16 to Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong of the United States.

Bożena Dykiel is a well-known Polish actress. She also gained large amount of popularity by advertising Pur - very efficient polish detergent for dirty dishes. "Isn't it fascinating? After all, if you want to grow wings, you have to throw yourself off the cliff".

François-Bernard Huyghe was a French essayist and political scientist. He served as director of research at the Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS) and was president of the Observatoire stratégique de l'information.