- Aug 3 Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer
- Aug 4 Paul Reynolds, British rock guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls), born in Liverpool, England
- Aug 7 Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer
- Aug 9 Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker
- Aug 10 Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad)
- Aug 17 Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n' Roses-Civil War)
- Aug 22 James Debarge, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Debarge), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
- Aug 25 Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker
- Aug 25 Vivian Campbell, Irish heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again), born in Belfast, Ireland
- Aug 29 Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer