- Aug 1 Keto Losaberidze, Georgian archer (Olympic gold USSR women's individual 1980; World C'ship gold team 1973, 81), born in Tqibuli, Georgia (d. 2022)
- Aug 1 Kurmanbek Bakiyev, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan (2005-10), born in Masadan, Kyrgyzstan
- Aug 1 Nigel Finch, English TV director and film-maker, born in Tenterden, Kent (d. 1995)
- Aug 2 "Fat" Larry James, American R&B drummer and bandleader (Fat Larry's Band), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
- Aug 2 Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
- Aug 2 James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 2 Madeleine Smith, English actress (Vampire Lovers), born in Sussex, England
- Aug 3 Morris "B. B." Dickerson, American bassist (War - "Why Can't We Be Friends?"; "Low Rider"), born in Torrence, California (d. 2021)
- Aug 3 Reed Waller, American comic book author (Omaha the Cat Dancer)
- Aug 3 Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet ice hockey defenceman (2x Olympic gold), born in Gorky, Soviet Union (d. 2012)
- Aug 4 John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
- Aug 6 Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
- Aug 6 Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
- Aug 6 Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
- Aug 6 Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
- Aug 7 Carlo Novi, Mexican songwriter and saxophone player (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2010)
- Aug 7 Tim Renwick, British rock guitarist (Sutherland Brothers & Quiver), born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
- Aug 7 Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese political leader, born in Moukhtara, Lebanon
- Aug 8 Airrion Love, American singer (Stylistics - "16 Bars")
- Aug 8 Bela Magyari, Hungarian cosmonaut
- Aug 8 Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
- Aug 8 Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
- Aug 9 Brie Howard-Darling, American musician (Boxing Gandhis; Fanny), artist and cake designer, born in Stockton, California
- Aug 9 Jonathan Kellerman, American writer (Alex Delaware novels), born in New York City
- Aug 9 Ted Simmons, American Baseball HOF catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Silver Slugger Award 1980; St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves), born in Highland Park, Michigan
- Aug 10 Gene Johnson, American country singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle"), born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania
- Aug 11 Eric Carmen, rocker (All by Myself), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 11 Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Aug 11 Sandra Scheuer, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1970)
- Aug 11 Tim Hutchinson, American politician (Rep-R-Arkansas 1997-2003), born in Bentonville, Arkansas
- Aug 12 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
- Aug 12 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
- Aug 12 Mark Knopfler, British singer-songwriter, guitarist (Dire Straits - "Walk Of Life"; "Sultans Of Swing"; The Notting Hillbillies), and film score composer (Local Hero; Princess Bride), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Aug 12 Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician
- Aug 13 Bobby Clarke, Canadian NHL player and coach (Philadelphia Flyer), born in Flin Flon, Manitoba
- Aug 13 Cliff Fish, English bassist (Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died"), born in Ripley, Derbyshire
- Aug 13 Peter Visclosky, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana, 1985-2021), born in Gary, Indiana
- Aug 13 Sheralee, American vocalist (Your Hit Parade, 1974-75), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Aug 14 Bob Backlund, American wrestler, born in Princeton, Minnesota
- Aug 14 John Tarrant, 1st Australian born Zen teacher, born in Tasmania, Australia
- Aug 15 Ann Ryerson, American actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin), born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- Aug 15 Beverly Burns, American pilot and 1st woman to captain a Boeing 747, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug 15 Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994
- Aug 15 Kate Taylor, American singer and songwriter ("It's In His Kiss"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 15 Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor, born in Bangor, Wales
- Aug 16 Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, American rock guitarist (The Tubes - "Talk To Ya Later"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Aug 16 Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor (Zinda Bhaag, Masoom, Paar), born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
- Aug 17 Norm Coleman, American politician (Senator(R)-Minnesota 2003-09), born in New York City
- Aug 17 Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston - "More Than A Feeling"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 18 John O'Leary, Irish golfer (Irish Open 1982; Ryder Cup 1975; director European Tour 1985-2019), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2020)
- Aug 18 Nigel Griggs, British rock bassist (Split Enz; Khan; Octopus), born in Hatfield, England
- Aug 20 Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
- Aug 20 Katiana Balanika [Aikaterini Athaniti], Greek actress (On Air) and singer
- Aug 20 Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 1988)
- Aug 20 Norman Featherstone, South African cricketer, born in Que, Que, Southern Rhodesia
- Aug 20 Phil Lynott, Irish rock singer and bass player (Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back In Town"), born in West Bromwich, England. (d. 1986)
- Aug 21 Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 22 Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire, born in Byumba, Rwanda
- Aug 22 Diana Nyad, American journalist and long-distance swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979), born in NYC, New York
- Aug 22 Doug Bair, American baseball player, born in Defiance, Ohio
- Aug 22 Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer (The Blue Tower), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Aug 23 Christopher Blake, English actor (Alexa), born in Chingford, London
- Aug 23 Geoff Capes, British shot putter, born in Holbeach, England
- Aug 23 John Bauldie, British music journalist (The Telegraph (magazine); Q), born in Bolton, England (d. 1996)
- Aug 23 Norah Ellen O'Neill, first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air (1974), born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 23 Rick Springfield [Springthorpe], Australian singer ("Speak to the Sky"; "Jessie's Girl") and actor (General Hospital, 1981-83 and 2004-08 - "Noah Drake"), born in Balmain, New South Wales
- Aug 23 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Aug 23 Woody Paul [Paul Chrisman], American singer (Riders in the Sky), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Aug 24 Anna Lee Fisher [Tingle], American chemist, emergency physician and astronaut (STS 51-A), born in St Albans, New York
- Aug 24 Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown - "Frank"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 24 Stephen Paulus, American composer (To Be Certain of the Dawn) and co-founder of the American Composer's Forum, born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 2014)
- Aug 25 (Reinhold) Mack, German audio engineer (Electric Light Orchestra) and record producer (Queen; Sparks), born in West Germany
- Aug 25 Fariborz Lachini, Iranian film score composer, born in Tehran, Iran
- Aug 25 Gene Simmons [Chaim Witz], Israeli-American rock guitarist (KISS, Rock and Roll All Nite), born in Tirat Carmel, Israel
- Aug 25 Henry Paul, American southern rock and county guitarist and singer (Outlaws - "Green Grass And High Tides"; Blackhawk), born in Kingston, New York
- Aug 25 John Savage, American actor (The Deer Hunter; Maria's Lovers: The Onion Fields), born in Old Bethpage, New York
- Aug 25 Martin Amis, British novelist (London Fields; The Rachel Papers), born in Oxford, England
- Aug 26 Bob Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), born in Newport, Rhode Island
- Aug 26 John Baldwin, American light middleweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1968), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 26 Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz musician ("Seduced"; "Theme to Mr. Belvedere"), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2019)
- Aug 26 Virginia Vallejo, Colombian journalist, writer and TV presenter, born in Cartago, Colombia
- Aug 27 Andrew McKay, conservative MP
- Aug 27 Doug Tewell, American golfer (PGA Senior C'ship 2000, The Tradition 2001), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Aug 27 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist and educator, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1992)
- Aug 27 Jeff Cook, American country music guitarist, singer and fiddler (Alabama - "Mountain Music"), born in Fort Payne, Alabama (d. 2022)
- Aug 28 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
- Aug 28 Dennis Davis, American jazz, rock and funk drummer (Roy Ayers; David Bowie, 1975-80; Stevie Wonder), born in New York City (d. 2016)
- Aug 28 Hugh Cornwell, Britsh punk singer-songwriter (The Stranglers - "Dreamtime"), born in Tufnell Park, North London, England
- Aug 28 Imogen Cooper, British concert pianist, born in North London, England
- Aug 28 Martin Lamble, British folk-rock drummer (Fairport Convention, 1966-69), born in St. John's Wood, London, England (d. 1969)
- Aug 29 Peter Wiegold, British composer (Earth & Stars; Kafka's Wound), born in Ilford, Essex, England
- Aug 29 Stan Hansen, American pro wrestler, 1973-2001 (most successful gaijin in Japanese pro wrestling history), born in Knox City Texas
- Aug 30 Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
- Aug 30 Don Boudria, Canadian politician (MP for Glengarry–Prescott–Russell), born in Hull, Quebec, Canada
- Aug 30 Peter Maffay, Romanian-German musician, born in Brașov, Romania
- Aug 30 Ted Ammon, American financier and investment banker, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Aug 31 Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), born in Anaheim, California (d. 2021)
Richard Gere (73 years old)
Aug 31 American actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 31 Rick Roberts, American singer-songwriter (Flying Burrito Brothers; Firefall - "You Are The Woman"), born in Clearwater, Florida
About August 1949
How Old? 73 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No