| 94921 | August 21 | Birth | 1928 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet) (d. 1999) |
| 94922 | August 21 | Birth | 1928 – Bud McFadin, American football player (d. 2006) |
| 94923 | August 21 | Birth | 1929 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014) |
| 94924 | August 21 | Birth | 1929 – X. J. Kennedy, American poet and author |
| 94925 | August 21 | Birth | 1929 – Marie Severin, American illustrator |
| 94926 | August 21 | Birth | 1930 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002) |
| 94927 | August 21 | Birth | 1930 – Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 94928 | August 21 | Birth | 1932 – Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015) |
| 94929 | August 21 | Birth | 1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 94930 | August 21 | Birth | 1933 – Janet Baker, English soprano and educator |
| 94931 | August 21 | Birth | 1933 – Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994) |
| 94932 | August 21 | Birth | 1933 – Barry Norman, English author and critic |
| 94933 | August 21 | Birth | 1934 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2001) |
| 94934 | August 21 | Birth | 1934 – Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (d. 2015) |
| 94935 | August 21 | Birth | 1935 – Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013) |
| 94936 | August 21 | Birth | 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999) |
| 94937 | August 21 | Birth | 1936 – Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator |
| 94938 | August 21 | Birth | 1937 – Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (d. 2000) |
| 94939 | August 21 | Birth | 1937 – Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador |
| 94940 | August 21 | Birth | 1937 – Robert Stone, American journalist and author (d. 2015) |
| 94941 | August 21 | Birth | 1938 – Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (The Regents) (d. 2015) |
| 94942 | August 21 | Birth | 1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The New Christy Minstrels and The First Edition) |
| 94943 | August 21 | Birth | 1939 – James Burton, American guitarist (TCB Band) |
| 94944 | August 21 | Birth | 1939 – Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, 3rd President of Botswana |
| 94945 | August 21 | Birth | 1939 – Harold Reid, American singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers) |
| 94946 | August 21 | Birth | 1939 – Clarence Williams III, American actor |
| 94947 | August 21 | Birth | 1940 – Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2013) |
| 94948 | August 21 | Birth | 1940 – Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist |
| 94949 | August 21 | Birth | 1943 – Patrick Demarchelier, French-American photographer |
| 94950 | August 21 | Birth | 1943 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (d. 2014) |