Editing 1937 (section)

===August===
[[File:Manuel Pinto da Costa.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Manuel Pinto da Costa]]]]
[[File:Dustin Hoffman Cannes 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dustin Hoffman]]]]
* [[August 2]] – [[María Duval (Mexican actress)|María Duval]], Mexican actress and singer
* [[August 3]] – [[Andrés Gimeno]], Spanish tennis player (d. [[2019]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Manuel Pinto da Costa]], Santoméan politician, 1st [[List of Presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe|President of São Tomé and Príncipe]]
* [[August 6]] – [[Charlie Haden]], American jazz bassist (d. [[2014]])
* [[August 8]] 
** [[Dustin Hoffman]], American actor, director (''[[The Graduate]]'')
** [[S. Dhanabalan]], Singaporean politician
* [[August 11]] – [[Dieter Kemper]], German cyclist (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Bounnhang Vorachith]], 14th Prime Minister, 6th President of Laos
* [[August 18]] – [[Jean Alingué Bawoyeu]], [[Chad]]ian politician, former Prime Minister
* [[August 21]]
** [[Donald Dewar]], [[First Minister of Scotland]] (d. [[2000]])<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacAskill |first1=Ewen |title=Donald Dewar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=11 October 2000 |archive-date=9 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509053911/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Gustavo Noboa]], [[President of Ecuador]] (d. [[2021]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[Rima Melati]], Indonesian actress and singer (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1605006/indonesias-veteran-actress-rima-melati-passes-away-at-84|title=Indonesia's Veteran Actress Rima Melati Passes Away at 84|first=Laila|last=Afifa|date=June 23, 2022|website=Tempo}}</ref>
** [[Francesco Musso]], Italian Olympic boxer
* [[August 26]] – [[Gennady Yanayev]], former Soviet leader (d. [[2010]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Alice Coltrane]], African-American jazz harpist, organist, pianist and composer (d. [[2007]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Bruce McLaren]], New Zealand founder of McLaren Racing (d. [[1970]])<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Automobile Quarterly|title=Bruce McLaren|volume=40|issue=4|year=2000|page=72}}</ref>