List of Famous people named August

Johann August Nauck was a German classical scholar and critic. His chief work was the Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF).

August Krakau was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 7th Mountain Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

August Ritter was a German civil engineer.

Karl Friedrich August Gutzmer (1860–1924) was a German mathematician who was chairman of some German commissions about improvement of the teaching of mathematics.

August Wenzinger (1905–1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas.

August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj was a German violinist and teacher.

August Starek is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager. He is also known as "Gustl Starek" and "der Schwarze Gustl".

August Michaelis was a German chemist and discovered the Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction.

August, Graf von Vécsey or August Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskeő was an Imperial Austrian general of Hungarian descent who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He won a notable award in 1806 and became a general officer in 1809. That year, he commanded a brigade at Wagram during the War of the Fifth Coalition. His brigade was defeated by superior numbers at Feistritz in September 1813. He led his troops during the subsequent Italian campaign in 1813 and 1814. He was promoted to higher rank in 1820 and 1840.