- Aug 2 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2016)
- Aug 5 John Jarratt, Australian actor, director and producer (Picnic at Hanging Rock), born in Wollongong, Australia
- Aug 6 Catherine Hicks, American actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play), born in New York City
- Aug 6 Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
- Aug 8 Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
- Aug 8 Martin Brest, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 11 Vincent Bilodeau, Quebec actor and comedian
- Aug 13 Jeff Altman, American comedian and actor (Nurses; Pink Lady; Soul Man), born in Syracuse, New York
- Aug 14 Carl Lumbly, American actor (Cagney & Lacey, Alias), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Aug 14 Peter Blegvad, American avant-garde guitarist, lyricist (Slapp Happy), and cartoonist, born in New York City
- Aug 15 Ann Biderman, American film and television writer (Ray Donovan)
- Aug 17 Robert Joy, Canadian actor (Big Shots, CSI), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 19 Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine Academy Award-winning film composer (Brokeback Mountain), born in El Palomar, Argentina
- Aug 19 Lillian Müller Norwegian model, actress and Playboy playmate (Aug, 1975, Playmate of the Year 1976), born in Grimstad, Norway
- Aug 19 Randi Oakes, American actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs), born in Randalia, Iowa
- Aug 21 Char Margolis, American psychic medium and Dutch TV star, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 21 Harry Smith, TV co-anchor (CBS Morning Show), born in Hammond, Indiana
- Aug 22 Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese actor (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), born in Guangdong, China
- Aug 23 Mark Hudson, American television personality (The Hudson Brothers), musician, songwriter, and record producer (Aerosmith; Hanson; Ringo Starr; Ozzy Osbourne), born in Portland, Oregon
- Aug 30 Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer and actress (Flight of the Doves), born in Islington, London, England
- Aug 30 Timothy Bottoms, American actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden), born in Santa Barbara, California
About August 1951
How Old? 72 or 73 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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