- Aug 1 Mancini [Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino], Brazilian footballer, born in Itapinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Aug 2 Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Aug 3 Dominic Moore, Canadian NHL hockey player, 2003-18 (New York Rangers and 9 other teams), and broadcast analyst, born in Thornhill, Ontario
- Aug 5 Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer, born in Malé, Maldives
- Aug 5 Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player (Twente), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Aug 5 Wayne Bridge, English premier league footballer, born in Southampton, England
- Aug 6 Danny Collins, Welsh soccer defender (12 caps; Sunderland, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest), born in Chester, England
- Aug 8 Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
- Aug 11 Lee Suggs, American football player, born in Roanoke, Virginia
- Aug 14 Roy Williams, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals), born in Redwood City, California
- Aug 17 Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer, born in Makkinga, Netherlands
- Aug 17 Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Aug 18 Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker, born in Preveza, Greece
- Aug 18 Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer, born in San Fernando Partido, Argentina
- Aug 18 Jeremy Shockey, American football Tight End, born in Ada, Oklahoma
- Aug 18 Rob Nguyen, Australian racing driver, born in Brisbane, Australia
- Aug 19 Paul Parry, Welsh footballer, born in Cheptow, wales
- Aug 21 Burney Lamar, American race car driver, born in West Sacramento, California
- Aug 21 Paul Menard, American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Aug 22 Nicolas Macrozonaris, French Canadian track-and-field athlete, born in Laval, Canada
- Aug 22 Roland Benschneider, German footballer, born in Neuruppin, Germany
- Aug 23 Rex Grossman, American football player, born in Bloomington, Indiana
- Aug 25 Neal Musser, American baseball player
- Aug 28 T.J. Beam, American baseball player, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Aug 29 Chris Simms, American NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos), born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Aug 29 David West, American basketball player, born in Teaneck, New Jersey
- Aug 29 Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer, born in Nairobi, Kenya
About August 1980
How Old? 43 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: Yes
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