Editing 1978 (section)

=== August ===
[[File:Paulus VI, by Fotografia Felici, 1969.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pope Paul VI]]]]
[[File:Jomo Kenyatta 1966-06-15.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jomo Kenyatta]]]]
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Carlos Chávez]], Mexican composer (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlos-Chavez Carlos Chávez Mexican composer and conductor]</ref>
* [[August 6]]
** [[Pope Paul VI]] (b. [[1897]])
** [[Edward Durell Stone]], American architect (b. [[1902]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Emilio Núñez Portuondo]], Cuban diplomat and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Cuba]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[Jomo Kenyatta]], Kenyan activist, politician and statesman, 1st [[Prime Minister of Kenya]] and 1st [[President of Kenya]] (b. c.[[1897]])
** [[Ignazio Silone]], Italian writer and politician (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignazio-Silone Ignazio Silone Italian author]</ref>
* [[August 24]] – [[Louis Prima]], Italian-born American singer and actor (b. [[1910]])
* [[August 25]]
** [[Olivier Hussenot]], French actor (b. [[1913]])
** [[George E. Jonas]], American philanthropist (b. [[1897]])
* [[August 26]]
** [[Charles Boyer]], French actor (b. [[1899]])
** [[José Manuel Moreno]], Argentine football player (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 28]]
** [[Kofi Abrefa Busia]], Ghanese nationalist leader, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Ghana]] (b. [[1913]])
** [[Bruce Catton]], American Civil War historian, Pulitzer Prize winner (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bruce-Catton Bruce Catton American historian and journalist]</ref>
** [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], British actor (b. [[1927]])<ref>{{cite book|title=British Dramatists Since World War II: M-Z|publisher=Gale Research Company|year=1982|page=470}}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – [[Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer]], Dutch war hero, resistance fighter and humanitarian (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://www.tracesofwar.nl/persons/89206/Wijsmuller-Meijer-Geertruida.htm Wijsmuller-Meijer, Geertruida]</ref>