| 88681 | August 5 | Death | 2000 – Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910) |
| 88682 | August 5 | Death | 2000 – Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914) |
| 88683 | August 5 | Death | 2001 – Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) |
| 88684 | August 5 | Death | 2001 – Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948) |
| 88685 | August 5 | Death | 2002 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982) |
| 88686 | August 5 | Death | 2002 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916) |
| 88687 | August 5 | Death | 2002 – Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920) |
| 88688 | August 5 | Death | 2002 – Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
| 88689 | August 5 | Death | 2005 – Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936) |
| 88690 | August 5 | Death | 2005 – Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915) |
| 88691 | August 5 | Death | 2005 – Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (b. 1941) |
| 88692 | August 5 | Death | 2006 – Susan Butcher, American dog sled racer (b. 1954) |
| 88693 | August 5 | Death | 2007 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926) |
| 88694 | August 5 | Death | 2007 – Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943) |
| 88695 | August 5 | Death | 2008 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932) |
| 88696 | August 5 | Death | 2008 – Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929) |
| 88697 | August 5 | Death | 2009 – Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914) |
| 88698 | August 5 | Death | 2011 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954) |
| 88699 | August 5 | Death | 2011 – Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor (b. 1963) |
| 88700 | August 5 | Death | 2011 – Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder and model (b. 1989) |
| 88701 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
| 88702 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) |
| 88703 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984) |
| 88704 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916) |
| 88705 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Sister Boom Boom, American astrologer and drag queen performer (b. 1955) |
| 88706 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Kirk Urso, American soccer player (b. 1990) |
| 88707 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919) |
| 88708 | August 5 | Death | 2012 – Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960) |
| 88709 | August 5 | Death | 2013 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926) |
| 88710 | August 5 | Death | 2013 – Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966) |