| 87661 | August 3 | Birth | 1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor and producer |
| 87662 | August 3 | Birth | 1940 – James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010) |
| 87663 | August 3 | Birth | 1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles) |
| 87664 | August 3 | Birth | 1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia |
| 87665 | August 3 | Birth | 1943 – Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician and academic |
| 87666 | August 3 | Birth | 1943 – Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden |
| 87667 | August 3 | Birth | 1943 – Steven Millhauser, American author and academic |
| 87668 | August 3 | Birth | 1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973) |
| 87669 | August 3 | Birth | 1945 – Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist |
| 87670 | August 3 | Birth | 1946 – Robert Ayling, English businessman |
| 87671 | August 3 | Birth | 1946 – Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 87672 | August 3 | Birth | 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004) |
| 87673 | August 3 | Birth | 1946 – John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer |
| 87674 | August 3 | Birth | 1947 – Ralph Wright, English footballer |
| 87675 | August 3 | Birth | 1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France |
| 87676 | August 3 | Birth | 1949 – Philip Casnoff, American actor and director |
| 87677 | August 3 | Birth | 1949 – B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (War) |
| 87678 | August 3 | Birth | 1949 – Sue Slipman, English politician |
| 87679 | August 3 | Birth | 1950 – Linda Howard, American author |
| 87680 | August 3 | Birth | 1950 – John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 87681 | August 3 | Birth | 1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer |
| 87682 | August 3 | Birth | 1950 – Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia |
| 87683 | August 3 | Birth | 1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 87684 | August 3 | Birth | 1951 – Jay North, American actor |
| 87685 | August 3 | Birth | 1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager |
| 87686 | August 3 | Birth | 1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, and Keats) |
| 87687 | August 3 | Birth | 1954 – Michael Arthur, English physician and academic |
| 87688 | August 3 | Birth | 1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer and manager |
| 87689 | August 3 | Birth | 1955 – Corey Burton, American voice actor |
| 87690 | August 3 | Birth | 1956 – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny, and Dead Men Walking) |