| 87301 | August 2 | Birth | 1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author |
| 87302 | August 2 | Birth | 1948 – James Street, American football and baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 87303 | August 2 | Birth | 1948 – Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 87304 | August 2 | Birth | 1949 – James Fallows, American journalist and author |
| 87305 | August 2 | Birth | 1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and astronaut |
| 87306 | August 2 | Birth | 1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher |
| 87307 | August 2 | Birth | 1950 – Kathryn Harrold, American actress |
| 87308 | August 2 | Birth | 1950 – Lance Ito, American lawyer and judge |
| 87309 | August 2 | Birth | 1950 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian activist (d. 1994) |
| 87310 | August 2 | Birth | 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax) (d. 2011) |
| 87311 | August 2 | Birth | 1951 – Steve Hillage, English guitarist (Uriel, Gong, Khan, and System 7) |
| 87312 | August 2 | Birth | 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fandango, Brazen Abbot, and Hughes Turner Project) |
| 87313 | August 2 | Birth | 1951 – Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Leather Nun and Blue for Two) |
| 87314 | August 2 | Birth | 1951 – Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden |
| 87315 | August 2 | Birth | 1953 – Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter (Corbeau) |
| 87316 | August 2 | Birth | 1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist (Runrig) |
| 87317 | August 2 | Birth | 1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor and singer |
| 87318 | August 2 | Birth | 1953 – Anthony Seldon, English historian and author |
| 87319 | August 2 | Birth | 1954 – James Charles Kopp, American murderer |
| 87320 | August 2 | Birth | 1954 – Ken MacLeod, Scottish blogger and author |
| 87321 | August 2 | Birth | 1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager |
| 87322 | August 2 | Birth | 1955 – Caleb Carr, American historian and author |
| 87323 | August 2 | Birth | 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor |
| 87324 | August 2 | Birth | 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer and manager |
| 87325 | August 2 | Birth | 1956 – Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author |
| 87326 | August 2 | Birth | 1956 – Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer and actress |
| 87327 | August 2 | Birth | 1957 – Farhat Basir Khan, Indian photographer and academic |
| 87328 | August 2 | Birth | 1957 – Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter |
| 87329 | August 2 | Birth | 1957 – Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Garbage and Spooner) |
| 87330 | August 2 | Birth | 1958 – Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer and manager |