James Baldwin
Aug 2 James Baldwin, American author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1987)
James Baldwin
- Aug 3 Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2003)
- Aug 3 Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (PvdA), born in Voorschoten, Netherlands (d. 2011)
- Aug 12 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988)
- Aug 13 John Milne, British CEO (Blue Circles Industries), born in Manchester
Phyllis Schlafly
Aug 15 Phyllis Schlafly, right-wing crusader, Eagle Forum president, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2016)
Phyllis Schlafly
- Aug 15 Robert Oxton Bolt, English playwright (A Man for All Seasons, Doctor Zhivago), born in Sale, Manchester (d. 1995)
- Aug 17 Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian
- Aug 17 John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Kunst & Vliegwerk)
- Aug 17 Evan Connell, American author (The Patriot), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2013)
- Aug 18 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12]
- Aug 21 Gerald D. Lascelles, son of English princess Mary, born in Goldsborough Hall, Yorkshire (d. 1952)
- Aug 22 Peter Allsop, President of the Publishers Association (1975-77)
- Aug 23 Denis Sargan, British econometrician, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire (d. 1996)
- Aug 23 Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2005)
- Aug 23 Siti Hartinah Suharto, 2nd First Lady of Indonesia, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, born in Jaten village, Surakarta, Central Java (d. 1996)
- Aug 27 David Rowbotham, Australian poet and journalist, born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2010)
- Aug 28 Janet Frame, New Zealand novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2004)
- Aug 29 James W. Wood, American astronaut (Dynasoar), born in Paragould, Arkansas (d. 1990)