Editing 1945 (section)

===August===
* [[August 1]] – [[Douglas Osheroff]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[August 4]] – [[Alan Mulally]], American businessman, CEO of the [[Ford Motor Company]]
* [[August 5]] – [[Loni Anderson]], American actress (''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'')
* [[August 8]] – [[Julie Anne Robinson]], British theatre, television, film director and producer
* [[August 9]] – [[Posy Simmonds]], English cartoonist
* [[August 12]] 
**[[Ron Mael]], American musician ([[Sparks (band)|Sparks]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7n515ucve20C&pg=PT17|title=Talent Is An Asset: The Story Of Sparks|first=Daryl|last=Easlea|date=April 7, 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857122377 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
**[[J. D. McClatchy]], American poet and literary critic (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[Steve Martin]], American actor and comedian  
** [[Valeriy Shmarov]], Ukrainian politician (d. [[2018]])
** [[Eliana Pittman]], Brazilian singer, actress
** [[Faustin Twagiramungu]], [[Prime Minister of Rwanda]] (d. [[2023]])
** [[Wim Wenders]], German film director, producer
* [[August 15]]
** [[Bobby Treviño]], Mexican baseball player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Miyuki Matsuhisa]], Japanese artistic gymnast
** [[Khaleda Zia]], Bangladesh politician, [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Khaleda Zia |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/khaleda-zia |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – [[Katri Helena]], Finnish singer
* [[August 19]] – [[Ian Gillan]], English rock singer ([[Deep Purple]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[David Chase]], American writer, director and television producer
** [[Ron Dante]], American rock singer-songwriter and record producer ([[The Archies]])
*[[August 24]] – [[Vince McMahon|Vincent K. "Vince" McMahon]], American professional wrestling promoter, chairman and CEO of [[WWE]]
* [[August 25]] – [[Daniel Hulet]], Belgian cartoonist (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Tom Ridge]], American politician
* [[August 27]] – [[Marianne Sägebrecht]], German film actress
* [[August 29]]
** [[Alyosha Abrahamyan]], Armenian football player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Wyomia Tyus]], American Olympic athlete
* [[August 31]]
** Sir [[Van Morrison]], Irish rock musician  
** [[Itzhak Perlman]], Israeli-born American violinist, conductor