Aug 1 American spy captured by the USSR after his U-2 spy was shot plane in 1959, dies in a helicopter crash at 47
- Aug 3 Alfred Lunt, American actor (The Guardsman, Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 83
- Aug 3 Makarios III [Michail Moeskos], Cypriot clergyman (Archbishop of Cyprus, 1950-77), and politician (1st President of Cyprus, 1966-74), dies of a heart attack at 63
- Aug 4 Edgar Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932-function of neurons), dies at 87
- Aug 4 Emil Bloch, German Marxist philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92
- Aug 5 Charles Carson, British actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 91
- Aug 9 Edward Chapman, British actor (Things to Come, Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75
- Aug 9 George Kenney, American Air Force General (Commander of South West Pacific Area, 1942-45), dies at 88
- Aug 10 Vince Barnett, American actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
- Aug 11 John Howard Lawson, American scriptwriter and playwright (Blockade, Algiers, Sahara), dies at 82
- Aug 13 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies at 81
- Aug 14 Alexander Luria, Russian neuropsychologist (Higher Cortical Functions in Man), dies at 75
Aug 16 American King of Rock and Roll ("Hound Dog"; "Love Me Tender"; "Heartbreak Hotel"; "Suspicious Minds"), and actor (Jailhouse Rock; King Creole), dies at Graceland at 42, with the official cause of death being cardiac arrhythmia
- Aug 17 Petros John Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite), dies at 86
- Aug 21 Danny Lockin, American actor and dancer (Hello Dolly), dies after being stabbed at 34
- Aug 21 Octave van Aerschot, Dutch actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87
- Aug 22 Sebastian Cabot, British actor (Kismet; Family Affair - "Mr. French", Time Machine), dies at 59
- Aug 23 Naum Gabo [Pevsner], Russian-American sculptor (Stillife Flower), dies at 87
- Aug 24 Buddy O'Connor, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup 1944, 46 Montreal Canadiens; Hart Memorial Trophy & Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1948), dies at 61
- Aug 24 Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), dies at 65
- Aug 26 H. A. Rey, American author of popular constellation book, dies at 78
- Aug 26 Heinz Rottger, German composer, dies at 67
- Aug 27 George Merritt, English actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86
- Aug 29 Edward Sinclair, English actor (Dad's Army), dies at 63
- Aug 29 Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54
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