| 89611 | August 8 | Birth | 1919 – John David Wilson, English animator and producer (d. 2013) |
| 89612 | August 8 | Birth | 1920 – Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (d. 2006) |
| 89613 | August 8 | Birth | 1920 – Carol Lambrino, Romanian son of Carol II of Romania (d. 2006) |
| 89614 | August 8 | Birth | 1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997) |
| 89615 | August 8 | Birth | 1921 – William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 89616 | August 8 | Birth | 1921 – Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) |
| 89617 | August 8 | Birth | 1921 – Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian pathologist and academic (d. 2001) |
| 89618 | August 8 | Birth | 1921 – Esther Williams, American swimmer, actress, and singer (d. 2013) |
| 89619 | August 8 | Birth | 1922 – Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 89620 | August 8 | Birth | 1922 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (d. 1985) |
| 89621 | August 8 | Birth | 1922 – Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic |
| 89622 | August 8 | Birth | 1922 – Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (d. 1988) |
| 89623 | August 8 | Birth | 1925 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003) |
| 89624 | August 8 | Birth | 1925 – Ginny Tyler, American voice actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 89625 | August 8 | Birth | 1926 – Richard Anderson, American actor and producer |
| 89626 | August 8 | Birth | 1927 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994) |
| 89627 | August 8 | Birth | 1927 – Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (d. 2002) |
| 89628 | August 8 | Birth | 1928 – Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player |
| 89629 | August 8 | Birth | 1928 – Simón Díaz, Venezuelan singer-songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 89630 | August 8 | Birth | 1929 – Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (d. 2013) |
| 89631 | August 8 | Birth | 1929 – Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (d. 2004) |
| 89632 | August 8 | Birth | 1930 – Joan Mondale, American wife of Walter Mondale, 32nd Second Lady of the United States (d. 2014) |
| 89633 | August 8 | Birth | 1930 – Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 89634 | August 8 | Birth | 1930 – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 89635 | August 8 | Birth | 1931 – Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher |
| 89636 | August 8 | Birth | 1932 – Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia |
| 89637 | August 8 | Birth | 1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Old Dogs) |
| 89638 | August 8 | Birth | 1933 – Joe Tex, American singer-songwriter (d. 1982) |
| 89639 | August 8 | Birth | 1933 – Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007) |
| 89640 | August 8 | Birth | 1934 – Keith Barron, English actor |