List of Famous people born on August 21st

Stijn Steels is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step. He is the nephew of former professional cyclist Tom Steels.

Jiří Paroubek is a Czech politician, who was the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from April 2005 to August 2006. He was also the leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from 2006 until his resignation following the 2010 legislative election.

Loretta Devine is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, she had a recurring role as Dormitory Director, Stevie Rallen on NBC’s “A Different World”, Marla Hendricks in the Fox drama series Boston Public, and for her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. She had a role in the series Everybody Hates Chris as Rochelle's mother. In film, Devine appeared in Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, Hoodlum, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, What Women Want, Kingdom Come, Crash, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Class Act, For Colored Girls, This Christmas, First Sunday, Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Jumping the Broom. She also played Cynthia Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show.

Josée Chouinard is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1996 Champions Series Final bronze medallist and a three-time Canadian national champion. She finished in the top ten at two Winter Olympics.

Karin Rehnqvist is a Swedish composer and conductor of classical music. She composes chamber music, orchestral works, music for the stage, and particularly vocal music, incorporating elements of folk music such as the vocal technique of Kulning. In 2009 she was appointed the first female professor of composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry, better known as Paul Chowdhry, is a British comedian of Indian descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. He was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats and Comedy World Cup. In December 2012, he was one of the acts on an episode of Live at the Apollo. In 2016, he was one of the contestants of the comedy show Taskmaster. In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in The Russell Howard Hour. In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series Devils. He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.

Lindy Hemming is a Welsh costume designer, who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 1999 film Topsy-Turvy.