- Aug 1 Tempestt Bledsoe, actress (Vanessa Huxtable-Cosby Show), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 1 Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
- Aug 1 Les Hill, Australian Actor
- Aug 2 Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant WV, Miss America-WV (1997)
- Aug 2 Kia Goodwin, actress (Tiffany Holloway-227), born in Livingston, New Jersey
- Aug 3 Kari Litton, Pontotoc Miss, Miss America (Mississippi-Top 10-1997)
- Aug 6 Vera Farmiga, American actress
- Aug 8 Senta Moses, American actress
- Aug 9 Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor
- Aug 11 Nigel Harman, British actor (Eastenders), born in London
- Aug 12 Jonathan Coachman, American professional wrestler and executive
- Aug 12 Grey DeLisle, American voice actress
- Aug 14 Romane Bohringer, French actress (Savage Nights), born in Pont-Sainte-Maxene, France
- Aug 22 Jennifer Makris, Miss USA-New Jersey (1997, top 10)
- Aug 22 Kristen Wiig, American comedian and actress (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters), born in Canandaigua, New York
- Aug 23 Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
- Aug 24 Barret Oliver, actor (Never Ending Story, Secret Garden)
- Aug 24 Dave Chappelle, American actor and comedian, born in Washington, D.C.
- Aug 24 Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor, born in Port Richmond, New York
- Aug 25 Fatih Akin, Turkish-German film director
- Aug 27 Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler
- Aug 27 Cory Bowles, Canadian actor
- Aug 28 Matthew John Armstrong, American actor
- Aug 29 Leigh Sherer, Jasper Alabama, Miss America (Alabama-Top 10-1996)