Editing 1951 (section)

===August===
[[File:Mohamed Morsi-05-2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mohamed Morsi]]]]
[[File:Juan Manuel Santos in 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Juan Manuel Santos]]]]
[[File:Bass player queen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Deacon]]]]
[[File:Ierse zangeres Dana arriveert op Schiphol voor Eurovisie Song Festival . Dana, Bestanddeelnr 923-3512.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]]]
* [[August 2]] – [[Andrew Gold]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[10cc]], [[Wax (pop band)|Wax]]) (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 3]] – [[Marcel Dionne]], Canadian hockey player
* [[August 6]] – [[Catherine Hicks]], American actress
* [[August 8]]
** [[Louis van Gaal]], Dutch footballer and manager
** [[Mohamed Morsi]], Egyptian politician, 5th [[President of Egypt]] (d. [[2019]])
** [[Mamoru Oshii]], Japanese film director
** [[Randy Shilts]], American journalist and author (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Juan Manuel Santos]], [[President of Colombia]] and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* [[August 11]] – [[Katsumi Chō]], Japanese voice actor
* [[August 13]] – [[Dan Fogelberg]], American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. [[2007]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Carl Lumbly]], American actor
* [[August 15]] – [[Jim Allen (cricketer)|Jim Allen]], West Indian cricketer
* [[August 16]] – [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]], 13th [[President of Nigeria]] (d. [[2010]])
* [[August 19]] – [[John Deacon]], English rock bassist
* [[August 20]] – [[Greg Bear]], American author (d. [[2022]])
* [[August 21]]
** [[Eric Goles]], Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
** [[Chesley V. Morton]], American politician and securities arbitrator
* [[August 22]] – [[Chandra Prakash Mainali]], Nepalese politician
* [[August 23]]
** [[Jimi Jamison]], American musician ([[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]) (d. [[2014]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/03/jimi-jamison |title=Jimi Jamison obituary |first=Joel |last=McIver |work=The Guardian |date=September 3, 2014}}</ref>
** [[Akhmad Kadyrov]], President of Chechnya (d. [[2004]])
** [[Queen Noor of Jordan]], born Lisa Najeeb Halaby, American-born queen consort
* [[August 24]] – [[Orson Scott Card]], American writer<ref>{{cite book |last=Reid |first=Suzanne |title=Presenting young adult science fiction |publisher=Twayne Publishers Prentice Hall International |location=New York London England |year=1998 |isbn=9780805716535 |page=36}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] – [[Rob Halford]], English rock singer
* [[August 26]] – [[Edward Witten]], American mathematician, Fields medalist
* [[August 28]] – [[Wayne Osmond]], American pop singer (d. [[2025]])
* [[August 30]]
** [[Behgjet Pacolli]], 3rd [[President of Kosovo]].
** [[Dana Rosemary Scallon]], Irish singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest 1970]] winner and [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP)