- Aug 1 Bastian Schweinsteiger, German football player (Chicago Fire, German national team), born in Kolbermoor, West Germany
- Aug 1 Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress (Hit the Floor), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ryan Lochte (38 years old)
Aug 3 American swimmer (12-time Olympic medalist), born in Rochester, New York
- Aug 3 Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer (Bengaluru FC), born in Secunderabad, India
- Aug 3 Yasin Avci, Danish footballer, born in Tire, Turkey
- Aug 4 Helene Fischer, Russian-German pop singer (Farbenspiel), born in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
- Aug 8 Devon McTavish, American footballer
- Aug 8 Martrez Milner, American football player
- Aug 9 Saori Horii, Japanese gravure idol, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 10 Cyrille Aimée, French jazz singer ("Let's Get Lost"), born in Samois-sur-Seine, Fontainebleau
- Aug 10 Fridolijn, Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Aug 10 Mariel Rodriguez [Maria Padilla], Filipina-American TV host, born in the Philippines
- Aug 10 Ryan Eggold, American actor (New Amsterdam), born in Lakewood, California
- Aug 11 Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant
- Aug 11 Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
- Aug 11 Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (Olympic gold men's doubles 2008 [with Hendra Setiawan]; World Championships gold 2007; World Cup gold 2006), born in Jakarta, Indonesia (d. 2021)
- Aug 11 Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
- Aug 12 Marian Rivera, Philippine actress
- Aug 13 Baby Blue [Diamond Blue Smith], American rapper (Pretty Ricky - "Grind With Me"), born in Miami, Florida
- Aug 13 Boone Logan, American baseball player, born in San Antonio, Texas
- Aug 13 Heath Pearce, American soccer defender (35 caps; FC Nordsjælland, NY Red Bulls), born in Modesto, California
- Aug 13 James Morrison [Catchpole], British singer, songwriter and guitarist ("You Give Me Something"; "Broken Strings"), born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England
- Aug 13 Niko Kranjčar, Croatian soccer midfielder (81 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, QPR), born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Aug 14 Clay Buchholz, American baseball player, born in Nederland, Texas
- Aug 14 Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Kelowna, Canada
- Aug 14 Nick Grimshaw, English DJ and television presenter, born in England, United Kingdom
- Aug 15 Edward "Ted" Dwane, British folk-rock double bassist (Mumford & Sons), born in London
- Aug 15 Opal Tometi, Nigerian American civil rights activist (co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter)
- Aug 17 Dee Brown, American basketball player (2005 Sporting News National Player of the Year), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Aug 17 Garrett Wolfe, American professional footbal player, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 18 Robert Huth, German footballer, born in Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
- Aug 19 Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer, born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
- Aug 19 Simon Bird, British comic actor (The Inbetweeners -"Will"; Friday Night Dinner - "Adam"), born in Guildford, Surrey, England
- Aug 20 Golan Yosef, Dutch actor and dancer, born in Gouda, Netherlands
- Aug 20 Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor (Crying Out Love in the Center of the World), born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 21 Alizée Jacotey, French pop singer ("Moi... Lolita"), born in Ajaccio, France
- Aug 21 B. J. Upton, American baseball player, born in Norfolk, Virginia
- Aug 21 Melissa Schuman, American actress (Love Don't Cost a Thing), born in San Clemente, California
- Aug 21 Neil Dexter, South African-born English cricketer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Aug 21 Vestards Šimkus, Latvian concert pianist, improviser, and composer born in Jūrmala, Latvia
- Aug 22 Lee M. J. Camp, English footballer, born in Derby, England
- Aug 23 Glen Johnson, English soccer right-back (54 caps; Liverpool, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Stoke City), born in London, England
- Aug 23 Joe Talbot, Welsh punk-rock singer-songwriter (Ides), born in Newport, Wales
- Aug 24 Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor, born in Mississauga, Canada
- Aug 27 David Bentley, English footballer, born in Peterborough, England
- Aug 27 Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
- Aug 28 Denmark Vessey, American rapper and record producer (Martin Lucid Dream), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 30 Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
- Aug 31 Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer (US Masters 2011), born in Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Aug 31 Matti Breschel, Danish road cyclist
- Aug 31 Rajkummar Rao, Indian film actor (Shahid), born in Gurgaon, India
- Aug 31 Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
About August 1984
How Old? 38 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: Yes