- Aug 1 Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter), born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2006)
- Aug 1 Frank Hauser, British theatrical director (Oxford Playhouse), born in Cardiff (d. 2007)
- Aug 1 Maria Cole [née Hawkins], American jazz singer and wife of Nat King Cole, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- Aug 1 Paul Lambert, American character actor (Executive Suite, Spartacus), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1997)
- Aug 2 Lord Murray of Epping Forest [Lionel], British labour politician and union leader (General Secretary TUC), born in Hadley, Telford (d. 1984)
- Aug 2 Paul Laxalt, American politician (22nd Governor of Nevada), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2018)
- Aug 3 Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author, born in Norwich, New York (d. 2016)
- Aug 4 Charley Harper, American modernist artist, born in Frenchton, West Virginia (d. 2007)
- Aug 5 L. Tom Perry, American religious leader (LDS apostle), born in Logan, Utah (d. 2015)
- Aug 6 Doug Ford, American golfer (PGA Championship 1955, US Masters 1957), born in West Haven, Connecticut (d. 2018)
- Aug 6 Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (Laker airlines), born in Canterbury, England (d. 2006)
- Aug 8 Gertrude Himmelfarb, American conservative historian, born in New York City (d. 2019)
- Aug 8 Rory Calhoun [Francis Timothy McCown], American actor (Blue & Gray, How to Marry a Millionaire), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1999)
- Aug 8 Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (monokini - 1st women's topless swimsuit), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1985)
- Aug 9 Philip Larkin, English poet and writer (North Ship, Jill), born in Radford, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 1985)
- Aug 12 Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (Porridge), born in Paisley (d. 1987)
- Aug 15 Lukas Foss [Fuchs], German-American pianist, conductor and composer (Prairie), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2009)
- Aug 16 Ernie Freeman, American R&B and pop musician ("Raunchy"), session pianist, arranger, and music director (Reprise Records; Liberty Records), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1981)
- Aug 16 Louis Lomax, African-American author and journalist, born in Valdosta, Georgia (d. 1970)
- Aug 17 Paul Wiens, German writer, born in Königsberg, East Prussia (d. 1982)
- Aug 17 Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (brilliant England off-spinner early 50's), born in Bolton, England (d. 2011)
- Aug 18 Alain Robbe-Grillet, French novelist (Voyeur) and film maker, born in Brest, France (d. 2008)
- Aug 18 Eric William Hunter Christie, British lawyer and advocate for the Falkland Islands, born in Downe, England Kent (d. 1997)
- Aug 19 Douglas MacKenzie Davey, British occupational psychometrist (d. 1994)
- Aug 20 Tetsuzo Akutsu, Japanese surgeon who built the first artificial heart, born in Japan (d. 2007)
- Aug 22 Micheline Presle [Chassagne], French actress (Nea, Donkey Skin), born in Paris, France
- Aug 23 Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid), born in Sri Lanka (d. 2016)
- Aug 23 Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (8 World C'ship gold 1951-59), born in Karttula, Finland (d. 2015)
- Aug 23 George Kell, American Baseball HOF third baseman (10 x MLB All-Star; AL batting champion 1949; Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox), born in Swifton, Arkansas (d. 2009)
- Aug 23 Jack Boddy, British trade union leader, born in Norwich (d. 2004)
- Aug 23 Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
- Aug 23 Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter, television writer and producer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2011)
Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
Aug 24 American historian and activist (A People's History of the United States), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 24 René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec, born in Campbellton, Canada (d. 1987)
- Aug 25 Ivry Gitlis, Israeli classical violin virtuoso, born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate (d. 2020)
- Aug 25 Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer, songwriter and programmer, born in Hoogeveen, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- Aug 26 Irving R. Levine, American journalist (NBC News), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (d. 2009)
- Aug 26 Jay Pritzker, American entrepreneur (co-founder of Hyatt hotels), philanthropist, founder of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
- Aug 26 Lazar Nikolov, Bulgarian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 2005)
- Aug 29 Emile Habibi, Palestinian Israeli writer (The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist), born in Haifa (d. 1996)
- Aug 29 Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic, born in Brooklyn Heights, New York (d. 2008)
- Aug 29 Yorgos Sicilianos, Greek composer, born in Athens (d. 2005)
- Aug 30 Lionel Murphy, Australian politician, born in Kensington, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1986)
- Aug 30 Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), born in New York City (d. 2013)
About August 1922
How Old? 101 or 102 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
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