Meghan Markle (42 years old)
Aug 4 American former actress (Suits), Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 5 Jesse Williams, American actor (Grey's Anatomy), director and activist, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 5 Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress (47 Ronin), born in Toshima, Japan
- Aug 6 Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer (Hamilton), born in New York City
- Aug 8 Kaori Iida, Japanese pop singer and actress (Morning Musume; Dream Morning Musume), born in Hokkaidō, Japan
- Aug 11 Fiona Sit, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer ("Madonna's Kiss"), and actress, born in British Hong Kong
- Aug 14 Ray William Johnson, American comedian, writer, and youtuber (Equals Three; Your Favorite Martian), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Aug 15 Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress (Running Man), born in Pohang, South Korea
- Aug 17 Kristin Holt, American television personality (American Idol), born in Plano, Texas
- Aug 20 Ben Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian-The Chronicles of Narnia), born in London
- Aug 24 Chad Michael Murray, American actor (One Tree Hill), born in Buffalo, New York
- Aug 24 Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer and actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Aug 24 Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, American model, born in New Jersey
- Aug 25 Bobby Berk, American interior designer and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 25 Rachel Bilson, American actress
- Aug 26 Petey Williams, Canadian professional wrestler (Lucha Libre USA), born in Windsor, Ontario
- Aug 27 Demetria McKinney, American actress (House of Payne), born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- Aug 29 Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), New Zealand actor, born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Aug 31 Joe Swanberg, American filmmaker (mumblecore film movement), born in Detroit, Michigan
About August 1981
How Old? 42 or 43 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No