| 89851 | August 8 | Death | 1898 – Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) |
| 89852 | August 8 | Death | 1902 – James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836) |
| 89853 | August 8 | Death | 1902 – John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853) |
| 89854 | August 8 | Death | 1909 – Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842) |
| 89855 | August 8 | Death | 1911 – William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830) |
| 89856 | August 8 | Death | 1921 – Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861) |
| 89857 | August 8 | Death | 1928 – Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871) |
| 89858 | August 8 | Death | 1930 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874) |
| 89859 | August 8 | Death | 1934 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863) |
| 89860 | August 8 | Death | 1940 – Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892) |
| 89861 | August 8 | Death | 1944 – Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881) |
| 89862 | August 8 | Death | 1944 – Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914) |
| 89863 | August 8 | Death | 1947 – Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872) |
| 89864 | August 8 | Death | 1950 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879) |
| 89865 | August 8 | Death | 1959 – Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902) |
| 89866 | August 8 | Death | 1961 – Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (b. 1894) |
| 89867 | August 8 | Death | 1962 – Elizabeth Ann Duncan, American murderer (d. 1904) |
| 89868 | August 8 | Death | 1964 – Cengiz Topel, Turkish lieutenant and pilot (d. 1934) |
| 89869 | August 8 | Death | 1965 – Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916) |
| 89870 | August 8 | Death | 1969 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896) |
| 89871 | August 8 | Death | 1971 – Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907) |
| 89872 | August 8 | Death | 1972 – Andrea Feldman, American actress (b. 1948) |
| 89873 | August 8 | Death | 1973 – Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939) |
| 89874 | August 8 | Death | 1973 – Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898) |
| 89875 | August 8 | Death | 1974 – Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter (b. 1894) |
| 89876 | August 8 | Death | 1974 – Baldur von Schirach, German soldier and youth leader (b. 1907) |
| 89877 | August 8 | Death | 1975 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928) |
| 89878 | August 8 | Death | 1979 – Esther Marion Armstrong, American wife of Edwin Howard Armstrong (b. 1898). |
| 89879 | August 8 | Death | 1979 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910) |
| 89880 | August 8 | Death | 1980 – Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910) |