- Aug 1 Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress, born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 1 Caroline Shaw, American violinist, singer, and Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Partita for 8 Voices), born in Greenville, North Carolina
- Aug 2 Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer, born in Vila do Conde, Portugal
- Aug 2 Grady Sizemore, American baseball player, born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 5 LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete and bobsledder,born in Des Moines, Iowa
- Aug 5 Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
- Aug 5 Tobias Regner, German rock singer, born in Teisendorf, Bavaria, Germany
- Aug 6 Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
- Aug 6 Karl Davies, British actor
- Aug 6 Justin Germano, American baseball player
- Aug 6 Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
- Aug 6 Ryan Sypek, American actor
- Aug 7 Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer, born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Aug 7 Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player, born in Larissa, Greece
- Aug 8 David Florence, British canoeist
- Aug 9 Tyson Gay, American sprinter, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Aug 10 Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
- Aug 11 Alan Halsall, British actor
- Aug 12 Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
- Aug 13 Shani Davis, American speed skater (Olympic gold 2006, 10), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 13 Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor (Captain America: The Winter Soldier; I, Tonya), born in Constanța, Romania
- Aug 13 Sarah Sanders, American political operative, Trump's White House Press Secretary (2017-19), born in Hope, Arkansas
- Aug 13 Ibram X. Kendi, American author and antiracist activist, born in Queens, New York
- Aug 15 Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
- Aug 16 Cam Gigandet, American actor, born in Tacoma, Washington
- Aug 16 Joleon Lescott, English footballer, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Aug 17 Phil Jagielka, English footballer (Sheffield United), born in Sale, England
- Aug 17 Cheeleader Melissa [Melissa Anderson], American professional wrestler, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 17 Mark Salling, American actor and musician (Glee), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
- Aug 19 Erika Christensen, American actress (Parenthood), born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 19 J. J. Hardy, American baseball player, born in Tuscon, Arizona
- Aug 19 Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter, born in Ekeren, Belgium
- Aug 19 Melissa Fumero [Gallo], American actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
- Aug 19 Stipe Miocic, American mixed martial artist (UFC), born in Euclid, Ohio
- Aug 20 Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian football goalkeeper, born in Palmital, Brazil
- Aug 20 Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian football midfielder, born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- Aug 20 Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer (Australia national soccer team), born in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
- Aug 20 Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Aug 23 Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer, born in Vallejo, California
- Aug 23 YTCracker [Bryce Case, Jr.], American hip-hop artist, born in La Mirada, California
- Aug 23 Scott Palguta, American soccer player, born in Toms River, New Jersey
- Aug 23 Laurin Talese, American jazz singer and songwriter ("This Love"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 24 Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer, born in Sandviken, Sweden
- Aug 26 David Long, New Zealand dance and soundtrack composer (Peter Jackson's films)
- Aug 26 John Mulaney, American comedian, writer and actor (Saturday Night Live), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 28 Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Aug 28 Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer, born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- Aug 28 Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer, born in Dundee, Scotland
LeAnn Rimes
Aug 28 (Margaret) LeAnn Rimes [Cibrian], American country singer ("Blue"; "How Do I Live"), born in Jackson, Mississippi
Andy Roddick
Aug 30 Andy Roddick, American tennis player (2003 US Open), born in Austin, Texas
- Aug 31 Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
- Aug 31 José Reina, Spanish footballer
- Aug 31 Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver
- Aug 31 Ian Crocker, American swimmer
- Aug 31 Chris Duhon, American basketball player
- Aug 31 Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
- Aug 31 Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player
- Aug 31 Patrick Nuo, Swiss pop singer, born in Lucerne, Switzerland
- Aug 31 G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer
About August 1982
How Old? 39 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No