| 95131 | August 21 | Death | 1971 – George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941) |
| 95132 | August 21 | Death | 1974 – Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937) |
| 95133 | August 21 | Death | 1978 – Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907) |
| 95134 | August 21 | Death | 1979 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910) |
| 95135 | August 21 | Death | 1982 – Sobhuza II of Swaziland (b. 1899) |
| 95136 | August 21 | Death | 1983 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932) |
| 95137 | August 21 | Death | 1988 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (The Dawn) (b. 1963) |
| 95138 | August 21 | Death | 1988 – Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912) |
| 95139 | August 21 | Death | 1989 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945) |
| 95140 | August 21 | Death | 1992 – Dai Vernon, Canadian-American magician (b. 1894) |
| 95141 | August 21 | Death | 1993 – Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (b. 1938) |
| 95142 | August 21 | Death | 1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) |
| 95143 | August 21 | Death | 1995 – Chuck Stevenson, American racing driver (b. 1919) |
| 95144 | August 21 | Death | 1997 – Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921) |
| 95145 | August 21 | Death | 2000 – Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (The Screamers) (b. 1948) |
| 95146 | August 21 | Death | 2000 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930) |
| 95147 | August 21 | Death | 2000 – Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928) |
| 95148 | August 21 | Death | 2001 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927) |
| 95149 | August 21 | Death | 2003 – Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946) |
| 95150 | August 21 | Death | 2003 – Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Wesley Willis Fiasco) (b. 1963) |
| 95151 | August 21 | Death | 2004 – Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916) |
| 95152 | August 21 | Death | 2005 – Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957) |
| 95153 | August 21 | Death | 2005 – Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934) |
| 95154 | August 21 | Death | 2005 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936) |
| 95155 | August 21 | Death | 2005 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925) |
| 95156 | August 21 | Death | 2006 – Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (b. 1916) |
| 95157 | August 21 | Death | 2006 – Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) |
| 95158 | August 21 | Death | 2006 – S. Yizhar, Israeli author and politician (b. 1916) |
| 95159 | August 21 | Death | 2007 – Siobhan Dowd, English author and activist (b. 1960) |
| 95160 | August 21 | Death | 2007 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918) |