August

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 Me