- Aug 4 Robert Hayden, African-American poet (Those Winter Sundays), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1980)
- Aug 8 Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author
- Aug 8 Robert Stafford, American politician (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88), born in Rutland, Vermont (d. 2006)
- Aug 9 Herman Talmadge, American politician (70th Governor of Georgia), born in McRae, Georgia (d. 2002)
- Aug 11 Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955)
- Aug 13 Albert Oram, Baron Oram, British Labour politician, born in Winchester, England (d. 1999)
- Aug 13 Makarios III [Michail Moeskos], Greek Cypriot clergyman and politician, born in Panayia, Paphos, Cyprus (d. 1977)
Menachem Begin
Aug 16 Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Brest, Belarus, Russian Empire (d. 1992)
Menachem Begin
- Aug 17 Mark Felt, American FBI official and Watergate secret informant known as "Deep Throat", born in Twin Falls, Idaho (d. 2008)
- Aug 19 Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92)
- Aug 19 John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (d. 2004)
- Aug 21 Victor Rosow, Russian dramatist, born in Yaroslavl (d. 2004)
- Aug 22 Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian nuclear physicist, born in Marina di Pisa, Italy (d. 1993)
- Aug 22 Robert Martineau, British bishop of Blackburn (d. 1999)
- Aug 23 Stanley Kitchen, British chartered accountant
- Aug 25 Walt Kelly, American cartoonist and animator (Pogo), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
- Aug 26 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier
- Aug 27 Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID, born in Ashton Upon Mersey, England (d. 1995)
- Aug 27 Donald M. MacKinnon, Scottish philosopher, born in Oban, Scotland (d. 1994)
- Aug 27 Stewart Crawford, British diplomat
- Aug 28 Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist essayist/dramatist, born in Thamesville, Ontario (d. 1995)
- Aug 28 John Terence Reese, British bridge master, born in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 1996)
- Aug 30 Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China (d. 2007)
- Aug 31 Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curacao (1951-67)
- Aug 31 Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank Observatory, born in Oldland Common, Bristol (d. 2012)
About August 1913
How Old? 107 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No