- Aug 1 Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress (Vanessa Huxtable-Cosby Show), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 1 Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor (Open Your Eyes), born in Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Aug 1 Les Hill, Australian actor (Underbelly), born in Randwick, Australia
- Aug 2 Kia Goodwin, American actress (Tiffany Holloway-227), born in Livingston, New Jersey
- Aug 6 Vera Farmiga, American actress
- Aug 8 Senta Moses, American actress
- Aug 9 Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor Trainspotting; Grey's Anatomy -"Owen Hunt", born in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
- 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-Maxence, France
- Aug 22 Kristen Wiig, American comedian and actress (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters), born in Canandaigua, New York
- Aug 23 Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model, born in Thane, India
- Aug 24 Barret Oliver, American actor (The Neverending Story, Secret Garden), born in Los Angeles, California
- 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 (American Dreams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 30 Lisa Ling, American journalist (CNN), born in Sacramento, California
About August 1973
How Old? 47 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No