Athletes and Sports Stars Born in August 1984

Aug 1 Bastian Schweinsteiger, German soccer midfielder (121 caps; Bayern Munich 342 games; Chicago Fire), born in Kolbermoor, Germany
Aug 2 Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer, born in Pescia, Italy

Ryan Lochte (39 years old)

Aug 3 American swimmer (12-time Olympic medalist), born in Rochester, New York

Aug 3 Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer (Bengaluru FC), born in Secunderabad, India
Aug 3 Yasin Avci, Danish footballer, born in Tire, Turkey
Aug 8 Martrez Milner, American football player
Aug 11 Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
Aug 11 Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (Olympic gold men's doubles 2008 [with Hendra Setiawan]; World Championships gold 2007; World Cup gold 2006), born in Jakarta, Indonesia (d. 2021)
Aug 11 Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
Aug 13 Boone Logan, American baseball player, born in San Antonio, Texas
Aug 13 Heath Pearce, American soccer defender (35 caps; FC Nordsjælland, NY Red Bulls), born in Modesto, California
Aug 13 Niko Kranjčar, Croatian soccer midfielder (81 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, QPR), born in Zagreb, Croatia
Aug 14 Clay Buchholz, American baseball player, born in Nederland, Texas
Aug 14 Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Kelowna, Canada
Aug 17 Dee Brown, American basketball player (2005 Sporting News National Player of the Year), born in Jackson, Mississippi
Aug 18 Robert Huth, German footballer, born in Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
Aug 19 Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer, born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
Aug 21 B. J. Upton, American baseball player, born in Norfolk, Virginia
Aug 21 Neil Dexter, South African-born English cricketer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Aug 22 Lee Camp, English soccer goalkeeper (9 caps Northern Ireland; Nottingham Forest, QPR, Rotherham United, Birmingham City), born in Derby, England
Aug 23 Glen Johnson, English soccer right-back (54 caps; Liverpool, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Stoke City), born in London, England
Aug 27 David Bentley, English footballer, born in Peterborough, England
Aug 27 Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
Aug 30 Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Aug 31 Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer (US Masters 2011), born in Johannesburg, Gauteng
Aug 31 Ted Ligety, American alpine skier (2x Olympic Golds), born in Salt Lake City, Utah