- Aug 2 Kathryn Harrold, American actress (MacGruder & Loud), born in Tazewell, Virginia
- Aug 2 Ken Kutaragi, Japanese engineering technologist and businessman known as "The Father of the PlayStation" for overseeing Sony's development of the console, born in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 2 Mathieu Carriere, German actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames), born in Hanover, Germany
- Aug 3 Jo Marie Payton, American actress (Harriette-Family Matters), born in Albany, Georgia
- Aug 5 Holly Palance, American actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 6 Dorian Harewood, American actor American actor (The Jesse Owens Story; I'll Fly Away; 7th Heaven - "Rev. Hamilton"), born in Dayton, Ohio
- Aug 6 Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live)
- Aug 9 Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director (Love Potion)
- Aug 10 Patti Austin, American soul, pop, and jazz singer (with James Ingram - "Come To Me"), born in Harlem, New York
- Aug 10 Rémy Girard, Canadian actor (Les Invasions barbares), born in Jonquière, Quebec
- Aug 11 Glenn Jarrett, American auto racer (67 x NASCAR starts) and broadcaster (TNN, Speed Channel. MRN), born in Conover, North Carolina
- Aug 12 Jim Beaver, American actor (Supernatural; Deadwood), writer, and film historian, born in Laramie, Wyoming
- Aug 12 Kid Creole [August Darnell], American musician and actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 12 Simon Groom, British television presenter (Blue Peter, 1978-86), and producer (Angels & Devils; The Flying Scotsman), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
- Aug 15 Tess Harper, American actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies), born in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
- Aug 16 Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
- Aug 18 Candice Earley, American actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children), born in Fort Hood, Texas
- Aug 19 Jennie Bond, British journalist (BBC Royal Correspondent), born in Hitchin, England
- Aug 26 Benjamin Hendrickson, American stage and screen actor (As The World Turns, 1985-2006 - "Hal Munson"), born in Huntington, New York (d. 2006)
- Aug 27 Charles Fleischer, comedian (Roger Rabbit), born in Washington, D.C.
- Aug 27 Cynthia Potter, American diver (Olympic bronze 3m springboard 1976) and broadcaster (NBC Sports), born in Houston, Texas
About August 1950
How Old? 73 or 74 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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