| 95971 | August 23 | Death | 1963 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra) (b. 1900) |
| 95972 | August 23 | Death | 1966 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) |
| 95973 | August 23 | Death | 1967 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918) |
| 95974 | August 23 | Death | 1967 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883) |
| 95975 | August 23 | Death | 1974 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888) |
| 95976 | August 23 | Death | 1975 – Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913) |
| 95977 | August 23 | Death | 1977 – Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890) |
| 95978 | August 23 | Death | 1982 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) |
| 95979 | August 23 | Death | 1987 – Didier Pironi, French race car driver (b. 1952) |
| 95980 | August 23 | Death | 1989 – Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944) |
| 95981 | August 23 | Death | 1989 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927) |
| 95982 | August 23 | Death | 1990 – David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910) |
| 95983 | August 23 | Death | 1994 – Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
| 95984 | August 23 | Death | 1995 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898) |
| 95985 | August 23 | Death | 1995 – Dwayne Goettel, Canadian keyboard player (Skinny Puppy, Psyche, and Hilt) (b. 1964) |
| 95986 | August 23 | Death | 1996 – Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (b. 1904) |
| 95987 | August 23 | Death | 1997 – Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922) |
| 95988 | August 23 | Death | 1997 – John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) |
| 95989 | August 23 | Death | 1999 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926) |
| 95990 | August 23 | Death | 1999 – James White, Irish author (b. 1928) |
| 95991 | August 23 | Death | 2000 – John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (b. 1932) |
| 95992 | August 23 | Death | 2001 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (b. 1919) |
| 95993 | August 23 | Death | 2001 – Peter Maas, American journalist and author (b. 1929) |
| 95994 | August 23 | Death | 2002 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922) |
| 95995 | August 23 | Death | 2003 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946) |
| 95996 | August 23 | Death | 2003 – Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913) |
| 95997 | August 23 | Death | 2003 – John Geoghan, American priest (b. 1935) |
| 95998 | August 23 | Death | 2003 – Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917) |
| 95999 | August 23 | Death | 2003 – Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (b. 1944) |
| 96000 | August 23 | Death | 2005 – Brock Peters, American actor and producer (b. 1927) |