August (name)

August is both a given name and surname developed from the Latin, Augustus. Derived from the Latin word augere, meaning "to increase", Augustus had the meaning "esteemed" or "venerable" and was a title given to Roman emperors.

Persons with the given name August

 * August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (1655–1715), German prince
 * August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652–1689), German noble
 * August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1784–1853), German noble and general of the Napoleonic Wars
 * August Aichhorn (1878–1949), Austrian educator and psychoanalyst
 * August Alle (1890–1952), Estonian writer
 * August Allebé (1838–1927), Dutch painter
 * August Alsina (born 1992), American singer
 * August Ames (1994–2017), American adult film actress
 * August Annist (1899–1972), Estonian literary and folklore scholar, writer and translator
 * August Bebel (1840–1913), German social-democrat
 * August Blom (1869–1947), Danish film director
 * August Bogusch (1890–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes
 * August Bournonville (1805–1879), Danish ballet master and choreographer
 * August Brooksbank (born 2021), son of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank
 * August Coppola (1934–2009), American academic
 * August Dvorak (1894–1975), American educational psychologist and professor
 * August Eigruber (1907–1947), Austrian-born Nazi hanged for war crimes
 * August Getty (born 1994), American fashion designer
 * August Horch (1868−1951), German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi
 * August Jakobson (1904–1963), Estonian writer and politician
 * August Jerndorff (1846–1906), Danish painter
 * August Kastra (1878–1941), Estonian journalist and a trade union leader
 * August Kippasto (1887–1973), Estonian wrestler
 * August Kitzberg (1855–1927), Estonian writer
 * August Kleinzahler (born 1949), American poet
 * August Krogh (1874–1949), Danish professor
 * August Kohver (1889–1942), Estonian agronomist and politician
 * August Kubizek (1888–1956), Austrian composer, early friend of Adolf Hitler
 * August Kukk (1908–1988), Estonian wrestler
 * August Lass (1903–1962), Estonian footballer
 * August Leskien (1840–1916), German linguist
 * August Liivik (1903–1942), Estonian sport shooter
 * August Gustafsson Lohaprasert (born 1993), Thai footballer
 * August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal
 * August Mälk (1900–1987), Estonian writer and politician
 * August Maramaa (1881–1941), Estonian politician
 * August Maturo (born 2007), American actor
 * August Meyszner (1886–1947), Austrian Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
 * August S. Narumi (1919–1994), American-Japanese Bronze Wolf recipient
 * August Neo (1908–1982), Estonian wrestler
 * August Oberhauser (1895–1971), Swiss footballer
 * August Pikker (1889–1976), Estonian wrestler
 * August Rei (1886–1963), Estonian politician
 * August Saabye (1823–1916), Danish sculptor
 * August Sang (1914–1969), Estonian poet and literary translator
 * August Sangret (1913–1943), Canadian soldier executed for murder
 * August Schellenberg (1936–2013), Canadian First Nation actor
 * August Schmidhuber (1901–1947), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
 * August Spies (1855–1887), American anarchist
 * August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish writer, playwright and painter
 * August Traksmaa (1893–1942), Estonian Army General and diplomat
 * August Vaga (1893–1960), Estonian botanist
 * August Volberg (1896–1982), Estonian architect and educator
 * August Warberg (1842–1915), Swedish actor
 * August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist
 * August Wesley (1887–1942), Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary
 * August Wilson (1945–2005), American playwright
 * August Winding (1835–1899), Danish pianist and composer

Persons with the surname August

 * Bille August (born 1948), Danish film director
 * Bonnie August (1947–2003), American fashion designer
 * Carl August (disambiguation), the name of several people
 * Edward August (1860–1935), member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922
 * Ernest August (disambiguation), the name of several people
 * John August (born 1970), American screenwriter
 * Joseph August, American Cinematographer
 * Leo August (1914–1997), American philatelist, stamp dealer and publisher
 * Pernilla August (born 1958), Swedish actress, married to Bille August
 * Tyler August (born 1983), American politician
 * Alba August (born 1993), Danish-born Swedish actress and singer

Fictional characters

 * August Walker, character from Mission: Impossible – Fallout, played by actor Henry Cavill
 * Dan August, fictional detective played by actor Burt Reynolds
 * August, character from Tales from the Borderlands
 * August Horn of Årnäs, character from Young Royals
 * August, the mascot of the 1997 World Games.

Masculine variants

 * Ágastas (Irish)
 * Ágost (Hungarian)
 * Agostino (Italian)
 * Ágúst (Icelandic)
 * Águstas (Irish)
 * Agusto (Spanish)
 * Ağustos (Turkish)
 * Oğuz (Turkish)
 * Aogust (Breton)
 * August (Catalan, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish)
 * Augustas (Lithuanian)
 * Auguste (French)
 * Augusti (Albanian)
 * Augusto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
 * Augusts (Latvian)
 * August (Indonesian)
 * Augustu (Sicilian)
 * Augustus (Dutch, Latin)
 * Aukusti (Finnish)
 * Austu (Sardinian)
 * Ávgos (Sami)
 * Avgust (Slovenian)
 * Awgust (Sorbian)
 * Августин (Avgust in, Avhust) (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian)
 * Αύγουστος (Avgoustos) (Greek)
 * אוגוסטוס (Hebrew)

Diminutive and pet forms

 * Agge (Swedish)
 * Ago (Estonian)
 * Aku (Finnish)
 * Augi (German)
 * Augie (English)
 * Auke (Frisian)
 * Ësti (Luxembourgish)
 * Gus (English, Scottish)
 * Gusse (Danish)
 * Gust (Luxembourgish)
 * Gusta (Czech)
 * Gustek (Slovenian)
 * Gustík (Czech)
 * Gustelj (Slovenian)
 * Gusti (Luxembourgish, German, Slovenian)
 * Guto (Portuguese)
 * Gustl (German, Slovenian)
 * Guus (Dutch)
 * Kusti (Finnish)

Feminine variants

 * Ágústa (Icelandic)
 * August (English)
 * Augusta (Danish, Dutch, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian)
 * Auguste (English, German, French)
 * Augustė (Lithuanian)
 * Augustia (English)
 * Agustina (Indonesian)
 * Auguszta (Hungarian)
 * Avgusta (Slovenian)

Diminutive and pet forms

 * Aukje (Frisian)
 * Gussie (English)
 * Gusta (Dutch)
 * Guusje (Dutch)
 * Gussy (German)
 * Gus
 * Auggie