List of Famous people born in August

Jean-Christophe Menu is a French underground cartoonist, graphic designer, comics scholar and publisher, son of the Egyptologist Bernadette Menu. He is best known for being one of the founders of L'Association, an influential comic book and art book publishing company from France often regarded as one of the key figures in the independent comic movement around the world.

Yury Viktorovich Postrigay is a Russian canoeist, who won Men's K-2 200 metres Gold Medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics with Alexander Dyachenko.

Edward Daniel McKeever MBE is a British kayak athlete. He is a former European, World and Olympic champion.

Jennifer Jenkins DeLonge is an American entrepreneur, product and interior designer based in Southern California. She was married to former Blink-182 band member Tom DeLonge.

Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician who was the Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008 and a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for five years.

Yoshio Ishida is a professional Go player.

Claudine Lepage is a member of the Senate of France, representing the constituency of French citizens living abroad. She is a member of the Socialist Party.