Editing 1953 (section)

===August===
[[File:Hulk Hogan.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hulk Hogan]]]]
[[File:Carlos Mesa, ex-President of Bolivia (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Mesa]]]]
[[File:James-horner-07.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Horner]]]]
[[File:Hohlbein Wolfgang Autor floersheim main 290607.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wolfgang Hohlbein]]]]
[[File:Herta Müller (2019).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Herta Müller]]]]
[[File:Peter Horton at the 1988 Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Horton]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Robert Cray]], American musician
** [[Steven Krasner]], American sportswriter
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Butch Patrick]], American child actor and musician
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Antonio Tajani]], Italian politician, [[President of the European Parliament]]
* [[August 5]] 
** [[András Ligeti]], Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite web| url = https://index.hu/kultur/2021/09/21/ligeti-andras-bartok-klasszikus-zene-radiozenekar/| title = In memoriam Ligeti András| date = September 21, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Rick Mahler]], American baseball player (d. [[2005]])
* [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Nigel Mansell]], English 1992 [[Formula 1]] world champion
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Jean Tirole]], French [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]]-winning economist
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Hulk Hogan]], American professional wrestler
* [[August 12]]
** [[Carlos Mesa]], [[President of Bolivia]]
** [[Teddi Siddall]], American actress (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 14]] 
** [[Cliff Johnson (game designer)|Cliff Johnson]], American game designer
** [[James Horner]], American film composer (d. [[2015]])
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Kathie Lee Gifford]], American singer and actress
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Herta Müller]], German [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]]-winning writer
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Louie Gohmert]], American politician
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Benoît Régent]], French actor (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 20]]
** [[Peter Horton]], American actor and director
** [[Mike Jackson (Texas politician)|Mike Jackson]], member of the [[Texas Senate]]
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Géza Szőcs]], Hungarian poet and politician (d. [[2020]])
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Ron Holloway]], American tenor saxophonist
* [[August 26]]
** [[Edward Lowassa]], 8th Prime Minister of Tanzania (d. [[2024]])
** [[Pat Sharkey]], Irish footballer
* [[August 27]]
** [[Tamser Ali]], member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
** [[Alex Lifeson]], Canadian rock musician ([[Rush (band)|Rush]])
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Robert Parish]], American basketball player
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[György Károly]], Hungarian author (d. [[2018]])