- Aug 5 Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, Commander of the International Space Station 2013), born in Magadan, Soviet Union
- Aug 6 Jim McGreevey, American politician
- Aug 11 Masayoshi Son, Korean-Japanese chief executive of SoftBank Mobile and chairman of Sprint Corporation, born in Tosu, Saga
- Aug 16 Phil Murphy, American financier and politician, Governor of New Jersey (2018-), born in Needham, Massachusetts
- Aug 19 Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
- Aug 21 Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars)
About August 1957
How Old? 63 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No