| 95521 | August 22 | Death | 1940 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851) |
| 95522 | August 22 | Death | 1940 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861) |
| 95523 | August 22 | Death | 1942 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880) |
| 95524 | August 22 | Death | 1946 – Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883) |
| 95525 | August 22 | Death | 1950 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888) |
| 95526 | August 22 | Death | 1951 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884) |
| 95527 | August 22 | Death | 1953 – Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916) |
| 95528 | August 22 | Death | 1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French paleographer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
| 95529 | August 22 | Death | 1960 – Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897) |
| 95530 | August 22 | Death | 1960 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (b. 1898) |
| 95531 | August 22 | Death | 1963 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877) |
| 95532 | August 22 | Death | 1965 – Ellen Church, American flight attendant (b. 1904) |
| 95533 | August 22 | Death | 1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903) |
| 95534 | August 22 | Death | 1970 – Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895) |
| 95535 | August 22 | Death | 1973 – Louise Huff, American actress (b. 1895) |
| 95536 | August 22 | Death | 1974 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908) |
| 95537 | August 22 | Death | 1976 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913) |
| 95538 | August 22 | Death | 1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902) |
| 95539 | August 22 | Death | 1977 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor and singer (b. 1918) |
| 95540 | August 22 | Death | 1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894) |
| 95541 | August 22 | Death | 1979 – James T. Farrell, American author and poet (b. 1904) |
| 95542 | August 22 | Death | 1980 – James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899) |
| 95543 | August 22 | Death | 1986 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883) |
| 95544 | August 22 | Death | 1987 – Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909) |
| 95545 | August 22 | Death | 1989 – Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933) |
| 95546 | August 22 | Death | 1989 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942) |
| 95547 | August 22 | Death | 1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924) |
| 95548 | August 22 | Death | 1991 – Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937) |
| 95549 | August 22 | Death | 1994 – Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
| 95550 | August 22 | Death | 1994 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (b. 1914) |