Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. August averages 45.1 notable people and 1.13 billionaires per date, ranking #6 and #3 of 12 respectively, with $488B of combined reported wealth (#4 of 12). See the full month table.
Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world.
Born August 30. Reported estimate as of July 2023; not a live figure.
Who is born in August
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,398 people we list, by documented field.
Authors26% (364 people)
Actors24% (334 people)
Creators19% (263 people)
Athletes18% (254 people)
Entrepreneurs18% (249 people)
Politicians16% (230 people)
Scientists16% (222 people)
Countries
135 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States462 (462 people)
France115 (115 people)
United Kingdom101 (101 people)
Japan66 (66 people)
Italy44 (44 people)
Germany40 (40 people)
Sweden29 (29 people)
About these numbers
Counts cover the people on the public page for each August date, every one traced to a Wikidata record. Billionaires need a dated estimate of at least $1B from Forbes, Bloomberg, the Sunday Times Rich List, Hurun or a filing; combined wealth adds the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2025. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-07. Read the methodology.
