Editing 1968 (section)

=== August ===
[[File:Konstanty Rokossowski, 1945.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Konstantin Rokossovsky]]]]
* [[August 3]] – [[Konstantin Rokossovsky]], Soviet officer, [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1896]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Luther Perkins]], American guitarist (b. [[1928]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Ye Gongchuo]], Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite news
 |work=The Paper
 |title=纪念｜叶恭绰逝世五十周年：衣被满天下 谁能识其恩
 |trans-title=Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Ye Gongchuo's Death: Who Can Recognize His Kindness When His Clothes and Bedding Are All Over the World?
 |language=zh
 |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465
 |last=Qijie
 |first=
 |author1-mask=Qijie (奇洁)
 |date=7 August 2018
|access-date=24 September 2024
|archive-date=24 September 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924202118/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465
}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] – [[Ratna Asmara]], Indonesian actress and director (b. [[1913]])
* [[August 19]] – [[George Gamow]], Soviet-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist (b. [[1904]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Stan McCabe]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1910]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Kay Francis]], American actress (b. [[1905]])
* [[August 27]]
** [[Robert Z. Leonard]], American film director (b. [[1889]])
** [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark]] (b. [[1906]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American soldier and planner (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{Cite web|website=Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States | title=Commander-in-Chief Major General Ulysses S. Grant III|url=https://suvcw.org/mollus/pcinc/usgrantIII.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505224904/https://suvcw.org/mollus/pcinc/usgrantIII.htm|access-date=2022-10-28| archive-date=May 5, 2006}}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – [[William Talman (actor)|William Talman]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Dennis O'Keefe]], American actor (b. [[1908]])