- Aug 1 Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
- Aug 2 Paul David Crews, SC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
- Aug 3 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
- Aug 3 Frank Schaeffer, American author
- Aug 4 Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
- Aug 8 Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
- Aug 9 Vicki Morgan, Colo Springs Colo, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl)
- Aug 9 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
- Aug 10 Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
- Aug 10 Pepsi Nunes, marine biologist
- Aug 13 Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
- Aug 13 Tom Marino, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania 2011-), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Aug 14 Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 30, 47, 64, 82, sk: 98)
- Aug 17 Kathryn C Thornton, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, 49, 61, 73), born in Montgomery, Alabama
- Aug 17 Thomas J Hennen, astronaut (STS 44), born in Albany, Georgia
- Aug 17 Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
- Aug 18 Elayne Boosler, comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 18 Nicholas John, dramaturge
- Aug 21 Jiří Paroubek, former Czech prime minister, born in Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Aug 24 Bob Corker, American politician (Senator from Tennessee), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Aug 26 Will Shortz, American crossword editor
- Aug 28 Rita Dove, American poet
- Aug 28 Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
- Aug 28 Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician
- Aug 29 Karen Hesse, American children's writer
- Aug 31 Herbert Reul, German politician