| 98971 | August 31 | Birth | 1948 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (d. 1982) |
| 98972 | August 31 | Birth | 1948 – Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer |
| 98973 | August 31 | Birth | 1948 – Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 98974 | August 31 | Birth | 1948 – Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager |
| 98975 | August 31 | Birth | 1948 – Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter (Scorpions) |
| 98976 | August 31 | Birth | 1949 – Richard Gere, American actor, singer, and producer |
| 98977 | August 31 | Birth | 1949 – Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 98978 | August 31 | Birth | 1951 – Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic |
| 98979 | August 31 | Birth | 1952 – Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator |
| 98980 | August 31 | Birth | 1952 – Herbert Reul, German politician |
| 98981 | August 31 | Birth | 1953 – Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver |
| 98982 | August 31 | Birth | 1953 – György Károly, Hungarian poet and author |
| 98983 | August 31 | Birth | 1953 – Jimmy McKenna, Scottish actor |
| 98984 | August 31 | Birth | 1953 – Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer |
| 98985 | August 31 | Birth | 1954 – Caroline Cossey, English model and actress |
| 98986 | August 31 | Birth | 1955 – Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor |
| 98987 | August 31 | Birth | 1955 – Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic |
| 98988 | August 31 | Birth | 1955 – Edwin Moses, American hurdler |
| 98989 | August 31 | Birth | 1955 – Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player (The Waterboys and The Saw Doctors) |
| 98990 | August 31 | Birth | 1955 – Gary Webb, American journalist and author (d. 2004) |
| 98991 | August 31 | Birth | 1956 – Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator |
| 98992 | August 31 | Birth | 1956 – Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director (Rats & Star) |
| 98993 | August 31 | Birth | 1957 – Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster |
| 98994 | August 31 | Birth | 1957 – Gina Schock, American drummer, songwriter, and actress (The Go-Go's and Edie and the Eggs) |
| 98995 | August 31 | Birth | 1957 – Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook) |
| 98996 | August 31 | Birth | 1958 – Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman |
| 98997 | August 31 | Birth | 1958 – Stephen Cottrell, English bishop |
| 98998 | August 31 | Birth | 1958 – Julie Brown, American actress, singer, producer, and screenwriter |
| 98999 | August 31 | Birth | 1959 – Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 99000 | August 31 | Birth | 1959 – Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013) |