List of Famous people born on August 7th

Folker Bohnet was a German actor, theatre director and playwright. He played in the 1959 film Die Brücke directed by Bernhard Wicki while still a student in Berlin. Later, he focused on comedy for the stage, as actor, director and author of plays, touring internationally. He was a regular director and actor at the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg.

Sabine Leidig is a German politician. Born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, she represents The Left. Sabine Leidig has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2009.

Carolina van den Heuvel-de Blank, known as Ien van den Heuvel, was a Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) politician.

Paul van Rietvelde is a Scottish badminton player. Paul competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jean-Claude Touche was a French musician, organist and composer.