| 87268 | August 2 | Birth | 1937 – John Salt, English painter |
| 87269 | August 2 | Birth | 1938 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 87270 | August 2 | Birth | 1938 – Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician |
| 87241 | August 2 | Birth | 1925 – John Dexter, English director and producer (d. 1990) |
| 87242 | August 2 | Birth | 1925 – John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 87243 | August 2 | Birth | 1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (d. 2013) |
| 87244 | August 2 | Birth | 1927 – Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic |
| 87245 | August 2 | Birth | 1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990) |
| 87246 | August 2 | Birth | 1929 – Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer (d. 2014) |
| 87247 | August 2 | Birth | 1929 – John Gale, English director and producer |
| 87248 | August 2 | Birth | 1929 – K. M. Peyton, English author and educator |
| 87249 | August 2 | Birth | 1929 – Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013) |
| 87250 | August 2 | Birth | 1929 – David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda |
| 87251 | August 2 | Birth | 1930 – Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003) |
| 87252 | August 2 | Birth | 1931 – Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic |
| 87253 | August 2 | Birth | 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 87254 | August 2 | Birth | 1931 – Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (d. 2014) |
| 87255 | August 2 | Birth | 1931 – Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer (d. 2007) |
| 87256 | August 2 | Birth | 1932 – Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (d. 2006) |
| 87257 | August 2 | Birth | 1932 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013) |
| 87258 | August 2 | Birth | 1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence |
| 87259 | August 2 | Birth | 1934 – Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and astronaut |
| 87260 | August 2 | Birth | 1935 – Amidou, Moroccan-French actor (d. 2013) |
| 87261 | August 2 | Birth | 1935 – Betty Brosmer, American model and author |
| 87262 | August 2 | Birth | 1935 – Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010) |
| 87263 | August 2 | Birth | 1936 – Anthony Payne, English composer and author |
| 87264 | August 2 | Birth | 1937 – Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman |
| 87265 | August 2 | Birth | 1937 – Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist |
| 87266 | August 2 | Birth | 1937 – Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Band and The Call) |
| 87267 | August 2 | Birth | 1937 – Gundula Janowitz, Austrian operatic soprano |