| 96161 | August 24 | Birth | 1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004) |
| 96162 | August 24 | Birth | 1919 – Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (d. 2004) |
| 96163 | August 24 | Birth | 1919 – Drs. P, Swiss-Dutch singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015) |
| 96164 | August 24 | Birth | 1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (d. 2013) |
| 96165 | August 24 | Birth | 1921 – Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 96166 | August 24 | Birth | 1921 – Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009) |
| 96167 | August 24 | Birth | 1922 – René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) |
| 96168 | August 24 | Birth | 1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 96169 | August 24 | Birth | 1923 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 96170 | August 24 | Birth | 1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor (d. 1990) |
| 96171 | August 24 | Birth | 1924 – Jimmy Gardner, English actor (d. 2010) |
| 96172 | August 24 | Birth | 1926 – Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (d. 2009) |
| 96173 | August 24 | Birth | 1927 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014) |
| 96174 | August 24 | Birth | 1927 – David Ireland, Australian author and playwright |
| 96175 | August 24 | Birth | 1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 96176 | August 24 | Birth | 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004) |
| 96177 | August 24 | Birth | 1929 – Betty Dodson, American author and educator |
| 96178 | August 24 | Birth | 1930 – Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (d. 1993) |
| 96179 | August 24 | Birth | 1932 – Robert D. Hales, American captain and religious leader |
| 96180 | August 24 | Birth | 1932 – Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2009) |
| 96151 | August 24 | Birth | 1909 – Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 96152 | August 24 | Birth | 1911 – Viktor Barna, Hungarian-English table tennis player (d. 1972) |
| 96153 | August 24 | Birth | 1911 – Lofty England, English engineer and manager (d. 1995) |
| 96154 | August 24 | Birth | 1911 – Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer (d. 2000) |
| 96155 | August 24 | Birth | 1911 – Michel Pablo, Egyptian-Greek Trotskyist leader (d. 1996) |
| 96156 | August 24 | Birth | 1913 – Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (d. 2009) |
| 96157 | August 24 | Birth | 1915 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (d. 1987) |
| 96158 | August 24 | Birth | 1916 – Léo Ferré, Monegasque-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993) |
| 96159 | August 24 | Birth | 1916 – Hal Smith, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |
| 96160 | August 24 | Birth | 1917 – Dennis James, American game show host and actor (d. 1997) |