| 89671 | August 8 | Birth | 1948 – Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut |
| 89672 | August 8 | Birth | 1948 – Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher |
| 89673 | August 8 | Birth | 1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor and singer |
| 89674 | August 8 | Birth | 1949 – Ricardo Londoño, Colombian race car driver (d. 2009) |
| 89675 | August 8 | Birth | 1950 – Sarah Dunant, English author and critic |
| 89676 | August 8 | Birth | 1950 – Willie Hall, American drummer and producer (The Blues Brothers, The Bar-Kays, and Booker T. & the M.G.'s) |
| 89677 | August 8 | Birth | 1950 – Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation |
| 89678 | August 8 | Birth | 1950 – Lucjan Lis, Polish-German cyclist (d. 2015) |
| 89679 | August 8 | Birth | 1951 – Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 89680 | August 8 | Birth | 1951 – Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer |
| 89681 | August 8 | Birth | 1951 – Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt |
| 89682 | August 8 | Birth | 1951 – Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 89683 | August 8 | Birth | 1951 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994) |
| 89684 | August 8 | Birth | 1951 – Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager |
| 89685 | August 8 | Birth | 1952 – Anton Fig, South African-American drummer (Spider, Frehley's Comet, and Booker T. & the M.G.'s) |
| 89686 | August 8 | Birth | 1952 – Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author |
| 89687 | August 8 | Birth | 1952 – Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager |
| 89688 | August 8 | Birth | 1952 – Robin Quivers, American radio host, actress, and author |
| 89689 | August 8 | Birth | 1952 – Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer |
| 89690 | August 8 | Birth | 1953 – Mark Lazarowicz, English politician |
| 89691 | August 8 | Birth | 1953 – Nigel Mansell, English race car driver |
| 89692 | August 8 | Birth | 1953 – Don Most, American actor and director |
| 89693 | August 8 | Birth | 1954 – Nick Holtam, English bishop |
| 89694 | August 8 | Birth | 1955 – Diddú, Icelandic singer-songwriter |
| 89695 | August 8 | Birth | 1955 – Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager |
| 89696 | August 8 | Birth | 1955 – Michael Roe, Irish race car driver |
| 89697 | August 8 | Birth | 1955 – Branscombe Richmond, American actor, stuntman, and producer |
| 89698 | August 8 | Birth | 1956 – Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Madness) |
| 89699 | August 8 | Birth | 1956 – David Grant, English singer (Linx) |
| 89700 | August 8 | Birth | 1956 – Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress |