August is both a given name and surname developed from the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...

. 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 August Alle ( – 8 July 1952) was an Estonian writer.Endel Nirk, Arthur Robert Hone, Oleg Mutt, ''Estonian Literature: Historical Survey with Biobibliographical Appendix'', Published by Perioodika, 1987, p. 215. Early life August Alle was the ...

(1890–1952), Estonian writer * August Allebé (1838–1927), Dutch painter *

August Alsina August Anthony Alsina Jr.(April 8, 2013)R&B Singer August Alsina Talks Working With The Dream, Preps Def Jam Debut, ''Life + Times'' (confirms middle name; other sources confirm he is a "junior") (born September 3, 1992) is an American hip hop ...

(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 Ferdinand August Bebel (; 22 February 1840 – 13 August 1913) was a German socialist activist and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Bebel, a woodworker by trade, co-founded the Sa ...

(1840–1913), German social-democrat * August Björklund (born 2002), Finnish footballer * August Blom (1869–1947), Danish film director * August Bogusch (1890–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes *

August Bournonville August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the ne ...

(1805–1879), Danish ballet master and choreographer * August Brooksbank (born 2021), son of

Princess Eugenie of York Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank ( ; Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Cha ...

and

Jack Brooksbank Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (born 3 May 1986) is a British marketing executive who is married to Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles III. Early life and family Brooksbank was born on 3 May 1986 at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth, L ...

August Coppola August Floyd Coppola (February 16, 1934 – October 27, 2009) was an American academic, author, film executive, and advocate for the arts of the Coppola family. Early life and family August Coppola was the son of composer and flautist Carmine ...

(1934–2009), American academic * August Dvorak (1894–1975), American educational psychologist and professor *

August Eigruber August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-Gusen c ...

(1907–1947), Austrian-born Nazi hanged for war crimes * August Getty (born 1994), American fashion designer *

August Horch August Horch (12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi. Beginnings Horch was born in Winningen, Rhenish Prussia. His initial ...

(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 Kirsimägi (1905–1933), Estonian writer *

August Kitzberg August Kitzberg ( in Laatre Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 10 October 1927 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer. Life Until 1863, August Kitzberg was known as August Kits. He grew up in Niitsaadu farmstead in Penuja village, A ...

(1855–1927), Estonian writer * August Kleinzahler (born 1949), American poet *

August Krogh Schack August Steenberg Krogh (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within seve ...

(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 August Leskien (; 8 July 1840 – 20 September 1916) was a German linguist who studied comparative linguistics, particularly relating to the Baltic and Slavic languages. Biography Leskien was born in Kiel. He studied philology at the universiti ...

(1840–1916), German linguist * August Liivik (1903–1942), Estonian sport shooter * August Gustafsson Lohaprasert (born 1993), Thai footballer *

August von Mackensen Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire ...

(1849–1945), German field marshal * August Mälk (1900–1987), Estonian writer and politician * August Maramaa (1881–1941), Estonian politician *

August Maturo August Maturo (born August 28, 2007) is an American actor. He is best-known for his performance as List of Girl Meets World characters#Auggie Matthews, Auggie Matthews on the Disney Channel sitcom ''Girl Meets World'' and his recurring role as ...

(born 2007), American actor *

August Meyszner August Edler von Meyszner (3 August 1886 – 24 January 1947) was an Austrian Gendarmerie officer, right-wing politician, and senior ''Ordnungspolizei'' (order police) officer who held the post of Higher SS and Police Leader in the Germ ...

(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 August Rei ( – 29 March 1963) was an Estonian politician. He served as State Elder of Estonia from 1928 to 1929, and as Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Estonian government-in-exile from 1945 to 1963. Early life and educati ...

(1886–1963), Estonian politician *

August Saabye August Vilhelm Saabye (7 August 1823 – 12 November 1916), also known as August Wilhelm Saabye, was a Danish sculptor. Early life and education Saabye was born in Skivholme, , Aarhus, the son of vicar Erhard Saabye (1778–1851) and Susan ...

(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 Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 pla ...

(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 August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (; 17 January 18345 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist. Fellow German Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Charl ...

(1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist * August Wesley (1887–1942), Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary *

August Wilson August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called '' ...

(1945–2005), American playwright * August Winding (1835–1899), Danish pianist and composer * August Wolfinger (born 1949), Liechtenstein alpine skier

Persons with the surname August

* Alba August (born 1993), Danish-born Swedish actress and singer *

Bille August Bille August (; born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film ''Pelle the Conqueror'' won the , Academy Awards, Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Awar ...

(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) Ernest Augustus or Ernst August may refer to: Royalty House of Hanover *Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (1629–1698), father of King George I of Great Britain * Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, son of the ...

, the name of several people * Joe August (1931–1992), American blues and R&B singer and songwriter *

John August John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films '' Go'' (1999), '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000), '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), '' Big Fish'' (2003), '' ...

(born 1970), American screenwriter * Joseph August (1890–1947), American cinematographer * Leo August (1914–1997), American philatelist, stamp dealer and publisher * Lynn August (1948–2025), American zydeco accordionist, keyboard player, singer and bandleader *

Pernilla August Pernilla August (; born 13 February 1958), also known as Pernilla Östergren Pernilla Wallgren, and Pernilla Wallgren-Östergren, is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. She was a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman and ...

(born 1958), Swedish actress, married to Bille August * Tyler August (born 1983), American politician

Fictional characters

* August Pullman, main character in R.J. Palacio's '' Wonder'' and ''

Wonder (film) ''Wonder'' is a 2017 American Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age drama, family drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Steven Conrad and Jack Thorne. It is based on Wonder (Palacio novel), the 2012 novel by R. J. ...

'' * August Walker, character from Mission: Impossible – Fallout, played by actor

Henry Cavill Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill ( ; born 5 May 1983) is a British actor. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Superman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), beginning with '' Man of Steel'' (2013) and reprising the role in '' Batman v S ...

* August Wayne Booth, a recurring character in

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...

TV show ''

Once Upon A Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 in storytelling in the English language and has started many narrative ...

*August Zabladowski, a character from the 1953

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

fantasy film Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually Magic (paranormal), magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The Film genre, genre is considered a form of speculative fic ...

'' The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.'' *

Dan August ''Dan August'' is an American drama series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 23, 1970, to April 8, 1971. Burt Reynolds played the title character. Reruns of the series aired in prime time on CBS from May to October ...

, fictional detective played by actor

Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor most famous during the 1970s and 1980s. He became well known in television series such as ''Gunsmoke'' (1962–1965), '' Hawk'' (1966) and '' Dan Augus ...

* August, character from

Tales from the Borderlands ''Tales from the Borderlands'' is an episodic interactive comedy graphic adventure sci-fi video game based on the '' Borderlands'' series. It was developed by Telltale Games under license from Gearbox Software, the developer of the ''Borderland ...

* August Horn of Årnäs, character from

Young Royals ''Young Royals'' is a Swedish teen drama romance television series created by Lisa Ambjörn, Lars Beckung, and Camilla Holter for the streaming service Netflix. Set at the fictional elite boarding school Hillerska, the plot primarily follows ...

* August, the mascot of the

1997 World Games The 1997 World Games (, ), the fifth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Lahti, Finland on August 7–17, 1997. The opening and closing ceremonies took place at the Lahti Sport Centre. Sports The 1997 World Games progra ...

Masculine variants

*Ágastas ( Irish) *Ágost ( Hungarian) * Agostino (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

) * Ágúst ( Icelandic) *Águstas ( Irish) *Agusto (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

) *Ağustos ( Turkish) *Oğuz ( Turkish) *Aogust (

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

) *August ( Catalan, Danish, English,

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish) *Augustas ( Lithuanian) * Auguste ( French) *Augusti (

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

) * Augusto (

, Portuguese,

) * Augusts ( Latvian) *August ( Indonesian) *Augustu ( Sicilian) *

( Dutch,

) *Aukusti ( Finnish) *Austu ( Sardinian) *Ávgos (

Sami Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise ne ...

) * Avgust ( Slovenian) *Awgust ( Sorbian) *Августин ( Avgustin, Avhust) ( Bulgarian, Macedonian,

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, Serbian, Ukrainian) *Αύγουστος (Avgoustos) (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

) *אוגוסטוס (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

)

Diminutive and pet forms

*Agge ( Swedish) *Ago (

...

) *Aku ( Finnish) *Augi (

) *Augie ( English) *Auke ( Frisian) *Ësti (

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. The language is standardized and officiall ...

) * Gus ( English,

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

) *Gusse ( Danish) *Gust (

) *Gusta (

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

) *Gustek ( Slovenian) *Gustík (

) *Gustelj ( Slovenian) *Gusti (

, Slovenian) *Guto ( Portuguese) * Gustl (

, Slovenian) *Guus ( Dutch) *Kusti ( Finnish)

Feminine variants

*Ágústa ( Icelandic) *August ( English) * Augusta ( Danish, Dutch, English,

, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian) * Auguste ( English,

, French) *Augustė ( Lithuanian) *Augustia ( English) *Agustina ( Indonesian) *Auguszta ( Hungarian) *Avgusta ( Slovenian)

Diminutive and pet forms

*Aukje ( Frisian) *Gussie ( English) *Gusta ( Dutch) *Guusje ( Dutch) *Gussy (

) *Gus *Auggie

References

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