Editing 1961 (section)

===August===
[[File:President Barack Obama (cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Barack Obama]]]]
[[File:Lauren Tom Photo Op Animate! Raleigh 2025 (cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Lauren Tom]]]]
[[File:Mercedes Aráoz Fernández.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mercedes Aráoz]]]]
[[File:Brad Gilbert (3904645258) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brad Gilbert]]]]
[[File:John Key February 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Key]]]]
[[File:Koji kondo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Koji Kondo]]]]
[[File:Primer Vicepresidente del Congreso Participó en Actos Conmemorativos por Aniversario De Lima (6909941107).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Manuel Merino]]]]
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[[File:Billy Ray Cyrus 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Billy Ray Cyrus]]]]
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Danny Blind]], Dutch footballer
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Pete de Freitas]], English musician and producer (d. [[1989]])
* [[August 3]]
** [[Art Porter Jr.]], American jazz saxophonist (d. [[1996]])
** [[Molly Hagan]], American actress
** [[Nick Harvey]], English politician
* [[August 4]]
** [[Pumpuang Duangjan]], Thai megastar singer and actress (d. [[1992]])
** [[Robin Carnahan]], [[Secretary of State of Missouri]]
** [[Barack Obama]], 44th [[President of the United States]]
** [[Lauren Tom]], American actress and voice artist
* [[August 5]]
** [[Mercedes Aráoz]], 1st [[Vice President of Peru]]
** [[Janet McTeer]], English actress
** [[Hishamuddin Hussein]], Malaysian politician
** [[Mark O'Connor]], American musician 
** [[Tawny Kitaen]], American actress (d. [[2021]])
* [[August 7]]
** [[Ileen Getz]], American actress (d. [[2005]])
** [[Brian Conley]], English actor, comedian, singer and presenter
** [[Yelena Davydova]], Soviet gymnast
** [[Maggie Wheeler]], American actress
* [[August 8]]
** [[The Edge]], Irish rock guitarist ([[U2]])
** [[Bruce Matthews (American football)|Bruce Matthews]], American football player
** [[Rikki Rockett]], American rock drummer ([[Poison (American band)|Poison]])
* [[August 9]]
**[[Brad Gilbert]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccaasports.org/HOF/1990/gilbert_brad?view=bio|title=CCCAA|website=CCCAA}}</ref>
**[[John Key]], 38th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
**[[Andy Brickley]], American professional hockey player and color commenter 
* [[August 10]] 
** [[Beatrice Alda]], American actress and filmmaker
** [[Nicolas Berggruen]], German-American billionaire investor and philanthropist
* [[August 11]] 
** [[Suniel Shetty]], Indian actor, producer and entrepreneur
** [[Jukka Tapanimäki]], Finnish game programmer (d. [[2000]])
** [[David Brooks (commentator)|David Brooks]], Canadian-American journalist, editor, and commentator
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Lawrence (musician)|Lawrence]], English musician 
* [[August 13]] 
** [[Mahesh Anand]], Indian actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Dawnn Lewis]], American voice actress
** [[Koji Kondo]], Japanese [[video game composer]] ([[Nintendo]])
* [[August 14]] 
** [[Susan Olsen]], American actress
** [[Beatriz Argimón]], Uruguayan politician 
* [[August 15]] 
** [[Suhasini Maniratnam]], Indian actress
** [[Gary Kubiak]], American football player and coach
* [[August 16]]
** [[Elpidia Carrillo]], Mexican-American actress
** [[Urara Takano]], Japanese voice actress
** [[Angela Smith (South Yorkshire politician)|Angela Smith]], British politician 
** [[Aziz Akhannouch]], 17th [[Prime Minister of Morocco]]  
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Uwe Schmitt]], German sprinter and hurdler (d. [[1995]])
* [[August 18]]
** [[Huw Edwards (journalist)|Huw Edwards]], [[BAFTA]] award-winning Welsh journalist and presenter
** [[Bob Woodruff]], American television journalist and activist
* [[August 19]] 
** [[Tony Longo]], American actor (d. [[2015]])
** [[Caspar Bowden]], British privacy advocate (d. [[2015]])
* [[August 20]] 
** [[Plamen Nikolov (footballer born 1961)|Plamen Nikolov]], Bulgarian footballer
** [[Linda Manz]], American actress (d. [[2020]])
** [[Manuel Merino]], Peruvian politician, 68th [[President of Peru]]
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Stephen Hillenburg]], American marine biologist, cartoonist and animator (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 22]] 
** [[Roland Orzabal]], British musician and songwriter
** [[Andrés Calamaro]], Argentine musician and composer
* [[August 23]]
** [[Bhupesh Baghel]], Indian politician and current [[Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh]]
** [[Alexandre Desplat]], French film composer
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Jared Harris]], English actor
* [[August 25]]
** [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], American actor and singer
** [[Benjamin Bwalya]], Zambian footballer and coach (d. [[1999]])
* [[August 27]] 
** [[Tom Ford]], American fashion designer and film director
** [[Yolanda Adams]], American gospel singer
* [[August 28]] 
** [[Jennifer Coolidge]], American actress and comedian
** [[Deepak Tijori]], Indian actor and director
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Brian Mitchell (boxer)|Brian Mitchell]], South African boxer
* [[August 31]] 
** [[:ms:Saleem|Saleem]], Malaysian singer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Anri]], Japanese singer-songwriter