| 87451 | August 2 | Death | 1889 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) |
| 87452 | August 2 | Death | 1890 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813) |
| 87453 | August 2 | Death | 1903 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847) |
| 87454 | August 2 | Death | 1903 – Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850) |
| 87455 | August 2 | Death | 1913 – Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851) |
| 87456 | August 2 | Death | 1920 – Ormer Locklear, American pilot and actor (b. 1891) |
| 87457 | August 2 | Death | 1921 – Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873) |
| 87458 | August 2 | Death | 1922 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847) |
| 87459 | August 2 | Death | 1923 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865) |
| 87460 | August 2 | Death | 1929 – Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882) |
| 87461 | August 2 | Death | 1934 – Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847) |
| 87462 | August 2 | Death | 1937 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900) |
| 87463 | August 2 | Death | 1939 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883) |
| 87464 | August 2 | Death | 1943 – Marika Papagika, Greek singer (b. 1890) |
| 87465 | August 2 | Death | 1945 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863) |
| 87466 | August 2 | Death | 1955 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901) |
| 87467 | August 2 | Death | 1955 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and academic (b. 1879) |
| 87468 | August 2 | Death | 1963 – Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901) |
| 87469 | August 2 | Death | 1967 – Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886) |
| 87470 | August 2 | Death | 1970 – Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891) |
| 87471 | August 2 | Death | 1972 – Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942) |
| 87472 | August 2 | Death | 1972 – Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911) |
| 87473 | August 2 | Death | 1972 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887) |
| 87474 | August 2 | Death | 1973 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
| 87475 | August 2 | Death | 1974 – Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893) |
| 87476 | August 2 | Death | 1976 – László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905) |
| 87477 | August 2 | Death | 1976 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890) |
| 87478 | August 2 | Death | 1978 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899) |
| 87479 | August 2 | Death | 1978 – Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890) |
| 87480 | August 2 | Death | 1979 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947) |