Editing 1941 (section)

===August===
[[File:Martha Stewart (48926315347) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Martha Stewart]]]]
[[File:CrosbyDavid1983 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Crosby]]]]
[[File:Ibrahim Babangida (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ibrahim Babangida]]]]
[[File:Stevan Kragujevic, Slobodan Milosevic, portret.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Slobodan Milošević]]]]
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Ede Staal]], Dutch singer-songwriter (d. [[1986]])
* [[August 3]] 
** [[Martha Stewart]], American television personality, media entrepreneur
** [[Hage Geingob]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Namibia]], 3rd [[President of Namibia]] (d. [[2024]])
* [[August 4]]
** [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]], English actor and voice actor
** [[Ted Strickland]], American politician
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Gil Garcetti]], American politician
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Lyle Berman]], American poker player
* [[August 8]]
** [[Earl Boen]], American actor and voice actor (d. [[2023]])
** [[George Tiller]], American physician (d. [[2009]])
**[[Anri Jergenia]], 4th [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Shirlee Busbee]], American novelist
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Deborah Walley]], American actress (d. [[2001]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[Aïcha Chenna]], Moroccan women's rights activist (d. [[2022]])
** [[David Crosby]], American musician (''[[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]'') (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-crosby-dead-dies-byrds-crosby-stills-nash-1235495467/ | title=David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 | date=January 19, 2023 }}</ref>
** [[Connie Smith]], American singer
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Nangolo Mbumba]], 4th [[President of Namibia]]
* [[August 16]]
** [[Théoneste Bagosora]], Rwandan army officer, alleged planner of the [[Rwandan genocide]] (d. [[2021]])
** [[David Dickinson]], British antiques expert, television presenter
** [[Mark Mulvoy]], American sports journalist and writer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/mark-mulvoy-to-receive-elmer-ferguson-memorial-award|title='Groundbreaking' Mulvoy set to accept Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|date=November 5, 2023|website=[[National Hockey League]]|access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] 
** [[Ibrahim Babangida]], [[President of Nigeria]]
** [[Lothar Bisky]], German politician (d. [[2013]])
** [[Fritz Wepper]], German actor (d. [[2024]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Slobodan Milošević]], 3rd [[President of Yugoslavia]] and 1st [[President of Serbia]] (d. [[2006]])
* [[August 21]]
** [[Howard Lew Lewis]], English comedian, actor (d. [[2018]])
** [[Jackie DeShannon]], American singer, songwriter ("[[What the World Needs Now Is Love|What the World Needs Now]]")
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Ayşe Kulin]], Turkish writer
* [[August 27]] 
** [[Cesária Évora]], Cape Verdean singer (d. [[2011]])
** [[Yury Malyshev (cosmonaut)|Yury Malyshev]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1999]])
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[A. I. Katsina-Alu]], Nigerian judge (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Robin Leach]], English television personality (d. [[2018]])