| 86731 | August 1 | Birth | 1893 – Alexander of Greece (d. 1920) |
| 86732 | August 1 | Birth | 1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927) |
| 86733 | August 1 | Birth | 1899 – Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 86734 | August 1 | Birth | 1900 – Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965) |
| 86735 | August 1 | Birth | 1901 – Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925) |
| 86736 | August 1 | Birth | 1903 – Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995) |
| 86737 | August 1 | Birth | 1905 – Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993) |
| 86738 | August 1 | Birth | 1907 – Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977) |
| 86739 | August 1 | Birth | 1910 – James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (d. 1974) |
| 86740 | August 1 | Birth | 1910 – Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963) |
| 86741 | August 1 | Birth | 1910 – Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (d. 2003) |
| 86742 | August 1 | Birth | 1911 – Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985) |
| 86743 | August 1 | Birth | 1912 – Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 86744 | August 1 | Birth | 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 86745 | August 1 | Birth | 1914 – Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (d. 1997) |
| 86746 | August 1 | Birth | 1914 – Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (d. 2015) |
| 86747 | August 1 | Birth | 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 86748 | August 1 | Birth | 1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014) |
| 86749 | August 1 | Birth | 1916 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 86750 | August 1 | Birth | 1918 – T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (d. 2013) |
| 86751 | August 1 | Birth | 1918 – Richard Pearson, Welsh-English actor (d. 2011) |
| 86752 | August 1 | Birth | 1919 – Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009) |
| 86753 | August 1 | Birth | 1920 – Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992) |
| 86754 | August 1 | Birth | 1920 – Jeffrey Segal, English actor (d.2015) |
| 86755 | August 1 | Birth | 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009) |
| 86756 | August 1 | Birth | 1921 – Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990) |
| 86757 | August 1 | Birth | 1922 – Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006) |
| 86758 | August 1 | Birth | 1923 – Val Bettin, American actor |
| 86759 | August 1 | Birth | 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 86760 | August 1 | Birth | 1924 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015) |