- Aug 2 Brian Cole, American rock vocalist and bassist (The Association - "Windy"; "Cherish"), dies of a drug overdose at 29
- Aug 2 Helen Hoyt, American poet, dies at 85
- Aug 2 Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
- Aug 2 Rudolph Ganz, Swiss-American pianist, conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1921-27), composer, and educator (Chicago Musical College, 1928-54), dies at 95
- Aug 3 Giannis "Yannis" Papaioannou, Greek musician and composer, dies at 64
- Aug 5 Frederic Tozere, American stage and screen actor (Stanley - "Mr. Phillips"), dies at 71
- Aug 5 Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
- Aug 7 Joi Lansing [Joyce Brown], American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer (Touch of Evil, Bob Cummings Show), dies of cancer at 43
- Aug 8 Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
- Aug 9 Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche), dies at 69
- Aug 9 Richard Elsasser, American composer and organist, dies at 45
- Aug 11 Max Theiler, South African-American virologist who developed vaccine for Yellow Fever (Nobel Prize 1951), dies at 73
- Aug 11 Rose Schneiderman, American socialist, feminist, trade union leader and secretary of labor for New York State (1937-44), dies at 90
George Weiss (1894-1972)
Aug 13 American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (NY Yankees GM 1947-60, 7 x World Series; NY Mets President 1961-66), dies at 78
- Aug 14 Jules Romains, French novelist, playwright and poet (Men of Good Will), dies at 86
- Aug 14 Oscar Levant, American actor (An American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
- Aug 14 Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), dies from a heart attack at 66
- Aug 15 Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer (Lilja), and painter, dies at 89
- Aug 15 Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter Boston Doves v Cincinnati Reds 1907), dies at 84
- Aug 16 John Barnes Chance, American composer, dies at 39
- Aug 17 Alexander Vampilov, Russian playwright (Elder Son), drowns at 34
- Aug 17 Raymond Brulez, Belgian author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
- Aug 20 A. M. Klein, Canadian modernist Jewish poet (Hath Not a Jew), dies at 63
- Aug 23 Balys Dvarionas, Lithuanian pianist, composer and educator, dies at 68
- Aug 24 [Carlos] Don Byas, American swing and be-bop jazz saxophonist, and bandleader, dies of lung cancer at 59
- Aug 25 Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
- Aug 25 Robert Denzler, Swiss concert pianist, conductor, champion of contemporary music, and composer, dies at 80
Francis Chichester (1901-1972)
Aug 26 English aviator and sailor (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire), dies at 70
- Aug 26 Jacques Gans, Dutch author and journalist, dies at 63
- Aug 28 William, English Prince of Gloucester and grandson of George V, dies in accident at 30
- Aug 29 Lale Andersen [Elisabeth Bunnenberg], German singer and actress (Der Pott), dies at 67
- Aug 29 René Leibowitz, Polish-French jazz pianist, classical composer, conductor, and educator, dies at 59
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