| 96001 | August 23 | Death | 2006 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (Big Bop Nouveau) (b. 1928) |
| 96002 | August 23 | Death | 2007 – Robert Symonds, American actor (b. 1926) |
| 96003 | August 23 | Death | 2008 – Ruth Cohen, American actress (b. 1930) |
| 96004 | August 23 | Death | 2008 – John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919) |
| 96005 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Col Campbell, New Zealand radio and television host (b. 1933) |
| 96006 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (b. 1964) |
| 96007 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1942) |
| 96008 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958) |
| 96009 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934) |
| 96010 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946) |
| 96011 | August 23 | Death | 2012 – Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (b. 1920) |
| 96012 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955) |
| 96013 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – David Garrick, English singer (b. 1945) |
| 96014 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925) |
| 96015 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924) |
| 96016 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951) |
| 96017 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987) |
| 96018 | August 23 | Death | 2013 – Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927) |
| 96019 | August 23 | Death | 2014 – Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989) |
| 96020 | August 23 | Death | 2014 – Inga Juuso, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1945) |
| 96021 | August 23 | Death | 2014 – Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994) |
| 96022 | August 23 | Death | 2014 – Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921) |
| 96023 | August 23 | Death | 2014 – Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932) |
| 96024 | August 23 | Death | 2014 – Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949) |
| 96025 | August 23 | Death | 2015 – Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (b. 1921) |
| 96026 | August 23 | Death | 2015 – Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (b. 1930) |
| 96027 | August 23 | Death | 2015 – Yosi Piamenta, Israeli-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) |
| 96028 | August 23 | Death | 2015 – Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (b. 1971) |
| 96029 | August 23 | Death | 2015 – Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914) |
| 96030 | August 23 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Éogan of ArdstrawPhilip BenitiusRose of LimaTydfilAugust 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |