| 87841 | August 3 | Death | 1971 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (b. 1882) |
| 87842 | August 3 | Death | 1972 – Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913) |
| 87843 | August 3 | Death | 1973 – Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895) |
| 87844 | August 3 | Death | 1974 – Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888) |
| 87845 | August 3 | Death | 1975 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901) |
| 87846 | August 3 | Death | 1977 – Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913) |
| 87847 | August 3 | Death | 1977 – Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892) |
| 87848 | August 3 | Death | 1979 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) |
| 87849 | August 3 | Death | 1979 – Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907) |
| 87850 | August 3 | Death | 1983 – Carolyn Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1930) |
| 87851 | August 3 | Death | 1990 – Betty Amann, German-American actress (b. 1905) |
| 87852 | August 3 | Death | 1995 – Ida Lupino, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918) |
| 87853 | August 3 | Death | 1995 – Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (b. 1933) |
| 87854 | August 3 | Death | 1996 – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939) |
| 87855 | August 3 | Death | 1997 – Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) |
| 87856 | August 3 | Death | 1998 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934) |
| 87857 | August 3 | Death | 1999 – Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953) |
| 87858 | August 3 | Death | 1999 – Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921) |
| 87859 | August 3 | Death | 2000 – Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921) |
| 87860 | August 3 | Death | 2001 – Christopher Hewett, English-American actor and director (b. 1922) |
| 87861 | August 3 | Death | 2002 – Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress and singer (b. 1922) |
| 87862 | August 3 | Death | 2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954) |
| 87863 | August 3 | Death | 2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908) |
| 87864 | August 3 | Death | 2004 – Bob Murphy, American sportscaster (b. 1924) |
| 87865 | August 3 | Death | 2005 – Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920) |
| 87866 | August 3 | Death | 2006 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love) (b. 1945) |
| 87867 | August 3 | Death | 2006 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915) |
| 87868 | August 3 | Death | 2007 – John Gardner, English author (b. 1926) |
| 87869 | August 3 | Death | 2007 – Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Collective Consciousness Society and The Beefeaters) (b. 1948) |
| 87870 | August 3 | Death | 2008 – Skip Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1939) |