| 90811 | August 11 | Birth | 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992) |
| 90812 | August 11 | Birth | 1922 – John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 90813 | August 11 | Birth | 1923 – Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015) |
| 90814 | August 11 | Birth | 1925 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006) |
| 90815 | August 11 | Birth | 1925 – Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer |
| 90816 | August 11 | Birth | 1926 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 90817 | August 11 | Birth | 1926 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-English lawyer |
| 90818 | August 11 | Birth | 1927 – Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor |
| 90819 | August 11 | Birth | 1927 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007) |
| 90820 | August 11 | Birth | 1930 – Paul Soles, Canadian actor and producer |
| 90821 | August 11 | Birth | 1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright |
| 90822 | August 11 | Birth | 1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003) |
| 90823 | August 11 | Birth | 1932 – Geoffrey Cass, English businessman |
| 90824 | August 11 | Birth | 1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia |
| 90825 | August 11 | Birth | 1932 – John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter |
| 90826 | August 11 | Birth | 1933 – Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d. 2007) |
| 90827 | August 11 | Birth | 1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999) |
| 90828 | August 11 | Birth | 1933 – Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor |
| 90829 | August 11 | Birth | 1934 – Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015) |
| 90830 | August 11 | Birth | 1936 – Andre Dubus, American author and educator (d. 1999) |
| 90831 | August 11 | Birth | 1936 – Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 90832 | August 11 | Birth | 1936 – Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic |
| 90833 | August 11 | Birth | 1937 – Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011) |
| 90834 | August 11 | Birth | 1937 – Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014) |
| 90835 | August 11 | Birth | 1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003) |
| 90836 | August 11 | Birth | 1940 – Lennie Pond, American race car driver |
| 90837 | August 11 | Birth | 1941 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (d. 2013) |
| 90838 | August 11 | Birth | 1942 – Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds) |
| 90839 | August 11 | Birth | 1943 – Jim Kale, Canadian bass player (The Guess Who) |
| 90840 | August 11 | Birth | 1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan |