Meaning of name August

The names of some famous persons by the name August (or its variants) are:

Dr. August Dvorak, born on 5 May, a famous inventor. Dr. August Dvorak's background: An educational psychologist and professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He and his brother-in-law, Dr. William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout in the 1930s as a replacement for the QWERTY keyboard layout. In the 1940s, Dvorak designed keyboard layouts for people with the use of one hand.

Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, born on 7 September, a famous chemist. Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz's background: A German organic chemist. One of the most prominent chemists in Europe from the 1850s until his death, especially in the theoretical realm, he was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure.

Schack August Steenberg Krogh, born on 15 November, a famous scientist. Schack August Steenberg Krogh's background: A Danish professor with partly Romani background (Romani mother) at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing the Krogh Principle.

In 1920 August Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the mechanism of regulation of the capillaries in skeletal muscle. Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries.