Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. August averages 48.9 notable people and 2.71 billionaires per date, ranking #7 and #1 of 12 respectively, with $1074B of combined reported wealth (#4 of 12). See the full month table.
$265Breported estimate as of August 2026 · Bloomberg
Sergey Mikhailovich Brin is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role in 2019.
Born August 21. Reported estimate as of August 2026; not a live figure.
Who is born in August
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,516 people we list, by documented field.
Authors24% (365 people)
Entrepreneurs22% (341 people)
Actors22% (334 people)
Creators17% (264 people)
Athletes17% (256 people)
Politicians16% (244 people)
Scientists15% (225 people)
Countries
141 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States491 (491 people)
France120 (120 people)
United Kingdom102 (102 people)
Japan68 (68 people)
Italy47 (47 people)
Germany42 (42 people)
Sweden33 (33 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 September 2026. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Read the methodology.
