| 98941 | August 31 | Birth | 1936 – Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (d. 2014) |
| 98942 | August 31 | Birth | 1937 – Warren Berlinger, American actor |
| 98943 | August 31 | Birth | 1937 – Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013) |
| 98944 | August 31 | Birth | 1938 – Martin Bell, English journalist and politician |
| 98945 | August 31 | Birth | 1939 – Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter (The Crickets) |
| 98946 | August 31 | Birth | 1940 – Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986) |
| 98947 | August 31 | Birth | 1940 – Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (The Crusaders) (d. 2015) |
| 98948 | August 31 | Birth | 1940 – Larry Hankin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 98949 | August 31 | Birth | 1940 – Robert Morris, English actor |
| 98950 | August 31 | Birth | 1940 – Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 98951 | August 31 | Birth | 1940 – Jack Thompson, Australian actor and producer |
| 98952 | August 31 | Birth | 1941 – William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman |
| 98953 | August 31 | Birth | 1941 – Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012) |
| 98954 | August 31 | Birth | 1943 – Leonid Ivashov, Russian general |
| 98955 | August 31 | Birth | 1944 – Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher |
| 98956 | August 31 | Birth | 1944 – Liz Forgan, English journalist |
| 98957 | August 31 | Birth | 1944 – Christine King, English historian and academic |
| 98958 | August 31 | Birth | 1944 – Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer |
| 98959 | August 31 | Birth | 1944 – Jos LeDuc, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (d. 1999) |
| 98960 | August 31 | Birth | 1945 – Lee Bryant, American actress |
| 98961 | August 31 | Birth | 1945 – Van Morrison, Irish singer-songwriter (Them) |
| 98962 | August 31 | Birth | 1945 – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor |
| 98963 | August 31 | Birth | 1945 – Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac and Paris) (d. 2012) |
| 98964 | August 31 | Birth | 1946 – Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician |
| 98965 | August 31 | Birth | 1946 – Jerome Corsi, American theorist and author |
| 98966 | August 31 | Birth | 1946 – Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach |
| 98967 | August 31 | Birth | 1947 – Mona Marshall, American voice actress and singer |
| 98968 | August 31 | Birth | 1947 – Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman |
| 98969 | August 31 | Birth | 1947 – Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator |
| 98970 | August 31 | Birth | 1947 – Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand |