List of Famous people named August

August Herman Pfund was an American physicist, spectroscopist, and inventor.

August "Bubi" Momberger was a German racing driver and engineer, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing events for various manufacturers between 1926 and 1934. During the 1934 Grand Prix season – the first season of the infamous Silver Arrows period of German dominance of Grand Prix racing, that would last until the outbreak of WWII – he drove for the Auto Union Rennabteilung, and was the first driver of a Silver Arrows car to take a podium finish in a major race. During the season he took a further second-placed finish, and posted two fastest laps, but worsening arthritis and a deteriorating relationship with the Auto Union team manager forced him into retirement before the end of the year. Following his retirement from racing, Momberger returned to his engineering training and rose steadily through the ranks of the German automobile industry, eventually becoming technical director of the Borgward company's Goliath division in Bremen.

August Zaleski was a Polish economist, freemason, politician, and diplomat. Twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, he served as the 6th President of Poland in the 2nd Polish Government in Exile.

Augustinus Franciscus Henri Falise was a Dutch sculptor and medailleur. Next to smaller sculptures he designed large monuments of public figures in stone or messing which are still present in many towns in the Netherlands.

August Karl Friedrich Christian von Goeben, was a Prussian infantry general, who won the Iron Cross for his service in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.

August Sicard von Sicardsburg was an Austrian architect. He is best remembered as the co-architect of the Vienna State Opera, together with Eduard van der Nüll.