- Aug 2 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
- Aug 2 Rudolf Maros, Hungarian composer (Sirato/Lament; Euphonies), and pedagogue, dies at 65
- Aug 4 Bruce Goff, American Architect (b. 1904)
- Aug 5 Wanda Rotha, Austrian actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
- Aug 8 Eric Brandon, British auto racer (closely associated with development Cooper Car Company), dies at 62
- Aug 8 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
- Aug 8 Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
- Aug 8 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
- Aug 8 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer (De Weerlozen), dies at 63
- Aug 9 Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-French filmmaker (pinscreen animation) and artist, dies at 81
- Aug 11 Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63
- Aug 12 Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer, dies at 80
Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
Aug 12 American stage and screen actor (Mr. Roberts; 12 Angry Men; On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
- Aug 12 Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (WBC, lineal featherweight title 1980-82), dies in a traffic accident at 23
- Aug 12 Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907)
- Aug 13 Adam Ważyk [Ajzyk Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth), dies at 76
- Aug 13 Charles Walters, American actor, choreographer and director (Lili, Easter parade), dies of lung cancer at 70
- Aug 13 Joe E. Ross, American comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 68
- Aug 13 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), dies at 49
- Aug 14 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
- Aug 14 Thruston B. Morton, American republican politician (Sen-Ky, 1957-69), dies at 74
- Aug 15 (Axel) Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist (Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, 1955, for discovery of oxidoreductase enzymes), dies at 79 [1]
- Aug 17 Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies from cancer at 68
- Aug 17 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
- Aug 18 Beverly Bayne, American actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
- Aug 19 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- Aug 20 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), dies of bone cancer at 53
- Aug 21 Sobhuza II, Paramount Chief and Ngwenyama of Swaziland (1899-1982) who holds the record for the longest reign of any monarch in recorded history, dies at 83
- Aug 23 Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85
- Aug 23 Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman and heir to the Bloomingdale's department store, dies at 66
- Aug 23 Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies at 68
- Aug 24 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (Solar physics), dies at 99
- Aug 24 Jack Siedle, South African cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies at 79
- Aug 25 Hans van Tongeren, Dutch actor (Spetters), commits suicide at 27
- Aug 27 Anandamayi Ma [Nirmala Sundari], Indian spiritual leader, dies at 86
- Aug 28 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
- Aug 28 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Aug 29 Swedish actress (Casablanca, Gaslight), dies on her 67th birthday
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