| 88441 | August 5 | Birth | 1936 – Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright |
| 88442 | August 5 | Birth | 1937 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003) |
| 88443 | August 5 | Birth | 1937 – Carla Lane, English screenwriter and producer |
| 88444 | August 5 | Birth | 1937 – Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (d. 2010) |
| 88445 | August 5 | Birth | 1939 – Roger Clark, English race car driver (d. 1998) |
| 88446 | August 5 | Birth | 1939 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands |
| 88447 | August 5 | Birth | 1940 – Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor |
| 88448 | August 5 | Birth | 1940 – Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2013) |
| 88449 | August 5 | Birth | 1941 – Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 88450 | August 5 | Birth | 1941 – Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010) |
| 88451 | August 5 | Birth | 1941 – Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer (Return to Forever) |
| 88452 | August 5 | Birth | 1942 – Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records |
| 88453 | August 5 | Birth | 1943 – Nelson Briles, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2005) |
| 88454 | August 5 | Birth | 1943 – Sammi Smith, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 88455 | August 5 | Birth | 1944 – Christopher Gunning, English composer |
| 88456 | August 5 | Birth | 1945 – Loni Anderson, American actress |
| 88457 | August 5 | Birth | 1945 – Csaba Giczy, Hungarian canoe racer |
| 88458 | August 5 | Birth | 1945 – John Monks, English union leader and politician |
| 88459 | August 5 | Birth | 1946 – Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach |
| 88460 | August 5 | Birth | 1946 – Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (Ekseption and Trace) (d. 2006) |
| 88461 | August 5 | Birth | 1946 – Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby player and coach |
| 88462 | August 5 | Birth | 1946 – Ron Silliman, American poet and blogger |
| 88463 | August 5 | Birth | 1946 – Erika Slezak, American actress |
| 88464 | August 5 | Birth | 1946 – Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona |
| 88465 | August 5 | Birth | 1947 – Angry Anderson, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (Rose Tattoo, The Party Boys, and Buster Brown) |
| 88466 | August 5 | Birth | 1947 – Bernie Carbo, American baseball player and hairdresser |
| 88467 | August 5 | Birth | 1947 – France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic |
| 88468 | August 5 | Birth | 1947 – Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The McCoys) |
| 88469 | August 5 | Birth | 1947 – Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) |
| 88470 | August 5 | Birth | 1948 – Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager |