| 89221 | August 7 | Birth | 1917 – Budd Lynch, Canadian-American sportscaster (d. 2012) |
| 89222 | August 7 | Birth | 1918 – Poni Adams, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 89223 | August 7 | Birth | 1918 – C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (d. 1985) |
| 89224 | August 7 | Birth | 1918 – Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (d. 2007) |
| 89225 | August 7 | Birth | 1921 – Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (d. 2014) |
| 89226 | August 7 | Birth | 1921 – Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor |
| 89227 | August 7 | Birth | 1924 – Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor (d. 2012) |
| 89228 | August 7 | Birth | 1925 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (d. 2003) |
| 89229 | August 7 | Birth | 1925 – M. S. Swaminathan, Indian geneticist and academic |
| 89230 | August 7 | Birth | 1926 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (d. 2015) |
| 89231 | August 7 | Birth | 1927 – Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 89232 | August 7 | Birth | 1927 – Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana |
| 89233 | August 7 | Birth | 1927 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 89234 | August 7 | Birth | 1927 – Carl Switzer, American actor and singer (d. 1959) |
| 89235 | August 7 | Birth | 1928 – Betsy Byars, American author and academic |
| 89236 | August 7 | Birth | 1928 – Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square |
| 89237 | August 7 | Birth | 1928 – Romeo Muller, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 89238 | August 7 | Birth | 1928 – James Randi, Canadian-American magician, actor, and author |
| 89239 | August 7 | Birth | 1928 – Herb Reed, American singer (The Platters) (d. 2012) |
| 89240 | August 7 | Birth | 1929 – Don Larsen, American baseball player |
| 89241 | August 7 | Birth | 1930 – Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (d. 2013) |
| 89242 | August 7 | Birth | 1930 – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer and educator |
| 89243 | August 7 | Birth | 1931 – Jack Good, British television producer |
| 89244 | August 7 | Birth | 1931 – Charles E. Rice, American scholar and author (d. 2015) |
| 89245 | August 7 | Birth | 1932 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (d. 1973) |
| 89246 | August 7 | Birth | 1932 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (d. 2011) |
| 89247 | August 7 | Birth | 1932 – Rien Poortvliet, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1995) |
| 89248 | August 7 | Birth | 1932 – Maurice Rabb, Jr., American ophthalmologist and academic (d. 2005) |
| 89249 | August 7 | Birth | 1933 – Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and manager |
| 89250 | August 7 | Birth | 1933 – Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) |