Editing 1947 (section)

===August===
[[File:PM Kishida meeting with PM Ibrahim of Malaysia (cropped, 3to4 portrait).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anwar Ibrahim]]]]
[[File:Cindy Williams.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Cindy Williams]]]]
[[File:Barbara Bach - 1978.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Barbara Bach]]]]
[[File:TempleGrandin.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Temple Grandin]]]]
[[File:The_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand%2C_Mr._Somchai_Wangsawat_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_13%2C_2008_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Somchai Wongsawat]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet
** [[Leoluca Orlando]], Italian politician
* [[August 4]] – [[Hubert Ingraham]], Bahamian politician<ref>{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Barry |title=The statesman's yearbook : the politics, cultures and economies of the world |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke, UK |year=2011 |isbn=9781349590513 |page=170}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – [[Graham Lovett]], English footballer (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Franciscus Henri]], Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
* [[August 8]] 
** [[Terangi Adam]], Nauruan politician
** [[George Costigan]], British actor, screenwriter
** [[Ken Dryden]], Canadian NHL goaltender, author and politician 
* [[August 9]] – [[John Varley (author)|John Varley]], American science-fiction author
* [[August 10]]
** [[Ian Anderson]], British rock musician (''[[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'')
** [[Drupi]], Italian singer
** [[Anwar Ibrahim]], 10th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
* [[August 11]] 
** [[Diether Krebs]], German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d. [[2000]])
** [[Wilma van den Berg]], Dutch sprinter<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/wilma-van-gool-14362430 |title=Wilma VAN GOOL |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] 
** [[Maddy Prior]], English folk singer
** [[Danielle Steel]], American romance novelist<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul T. Hellmann |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2006 |page=780 |isbn=9781135948597}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] – [[Raakhee]], Indian actress
* [[August 16]]
** [[Carol Moseley Braun]], African-American politician 
** [[Marc Messier]], Canadian actor
* [[August 17]] – [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)|Mohamed Abdelaziz]], Sahrawi politician
* [[August 20]] – [[José Wilker]], Brazilian actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Mary Simon]], [[Governor General of Canada]]
* [[August 22]]
** [[Cindy Williams]], American actress (''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'') (d. [[2023]])
** [[Peter Irniq]], Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut
* [[August 23]] – [[Willy Russell]], British playwright
* [[August 24]] – [[Roger De Vlaeminck]], Belgian cyclist
* [[August 26]] – [[Nicolae Dobrin]], Romanian footballer (d. [[2007]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Barbara Bach]], American actress 
* [[August 28]]
** [[Emlyn Hughes]], English footballer (d. [[2004]]) 
** [[Liza Wang]], Hong Kong actress
** [[Alice Playten]], American actress (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 29]] 
** [[James Hunt]], British 1976 [[Formula 1]] world champion (d. [[1993]])
** [[Temple Grandin]], American animal welfare and autism expert
** [[Jah Lloyd]], Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d. [[1999]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Allan Rock]], Canadian politician, diplomat
* [[August 31]]
** [[Ramón Castellano de Torres]], Spanish painter
** [[Somchai Wongsawat]], 26th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]