August as First Name

August Samuel Bergamo            Origin/Culture/Country: American
August Samuel Bergamo: (February 14, 1917 - August 19, 1974) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1944 and 1945. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he stood 5'9" and weighed 165 lbs.

August Rodney Mancuso            Origin/Culture/Country: American
August Rodney Mancuso: (December 5, 1905 - October 26, 1984), nicknamed "Blackie", was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1928, 1930-32, 1941-42), New York Giants (1933-38, 1942-44), Chicago Cubs (1939), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945).

August Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: American
August Wilson: Wilson's literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays—two of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama—dubbed "The Pittsburgh Cycle". Each is set in a different decade, depicting the comedy and tragedy of the African-American experience in the 20th century. "This cycle," notes the theater critic Christopher Rawson, "is unprecedented in American theater for its concept, size, and cohesion."

August William Derleth            Origin/Culture/Country: American
August William Derleth: was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as H. P. Lovecraft's primary publisher, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, Derleth was a prolific writer in several genres, including historical fiction and detective fiction.

August Mike Michalske            Origin/Culture/Country: American
August Mike Michalske: was an American football player. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964.Originally a member of the short-lived New York Yankees National Football League team from 1927 to 1928, Michalske arrived in Green Bay in 1929 for the first of what would be nine seasons with the team

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