Editing 1912 (section)

=== August ===
[[File:Salvador E. Luria ca.1969.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Salvador Luria]]]]
[[File:Gene kelly.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Gene Kelly]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R1220-401, Erich Honecker (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Erich Honecker]]]]
[[File:Edward Mills Purcell.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edward Mills Purcell]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Frank K. Edmondson]], American astronomer (d. [[2008]])
** [[Donald Seawell]], American theater producer, newspaper publisher (d. [[2015]])
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Palle Huld]], Danish actor (d. [[2010]])
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Fritz Hellwig]], German politician (CDU), [[European Commissioner for Science & Research]] (d. [[2017]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Raoul Wallenberg]], Swedish humanitarian (d. [[1947]])
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Jacques Delannoy]], French footballer (d. [[1958]])
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Võ Chí Công]], Vietnamese Communist politician (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Anne Brown]], American soprano (d. [[2009]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Jorge Amado]], Brazilian author (d. [[2001]])
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Norman Levinson]], American mathematician (d. [[1975]])
* [[August 13]]
** [[Ben Hogan]], American golfer (d. [[1997]])
** [[Salvador Luria]], Italian-born biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1991]])
* [[August 15]]
** [[Julia Child]], American television chef (d. [[2004]])
** [[Ustad Amir Khan]], Indian classical vocal singer (d. [[1974]])
** [[Naoto Tajima]], Japanese athlete (d. [[1990]])
* [[August 16]]
** [[Ted Drake]], English footballer (d. [[1995]])
** [[Wendy Hiller]], English actress (d. [[2003]])
** [[Edward J. York]], American air force colonel, participant of the [[Doolittle Raid]] (d. [[1984]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geneseeny.gov/departments/history/edward_joseph_(cichowski)_york.php|title=Edward Joseph (Cichowski) York|first=Susan L.|last=Conklin|newspaper=Genesee County, New York|access-date=2024-09-06}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Otto Ernst Remer]], German Wehrmacht officer (d. [[1997]])
* [[August 23]] 
** [[Nelson Rodrigues]], Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist (d. [[1980]])
** [[Gene Kelly]], American actor, dancer and film director (d. [[1996]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Gene Kelly {{!}} Biography, Movies, Songs, Singin' in the Rain, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gene-Kelly |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Erich Honecker]], East German politician (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[John Tinniswood]], British supercentenarian (d. [[2024]])
* [[August 27]]
** [[Gloria Guinness]], Mexican-born English fashion icon (d. [[1980]])
** [[José Laurel Jr.]], Filipino politician (d. [[1998]])
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Son Kitei]], Japanese athlete (d. [[2002]])
* [[August 30]]
** [[Edward Mills Purcell]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1997]])<ref>{{cite web |title=E. M. Purcell {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/E-M-Purcell |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Nancy Wake]], New Zealand-born World War II heroine (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Katsumi Tezuka]], Japanese actor (d. unknown)