| 88021 | August 4 | Birth | 1935 – Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (d. 1997) |
| 88022 | August 4 | Birth | 1935 – Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013) |
| 88023 | August 4 | Birth | 1936 – Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (d. 2005) |
| 88024 | August 4 | Birth | 1937 – David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011) |
| 88025 | August 4 | Birth | 1938 – Ellen Schrecker, American historian and academic |
| 88026 | August 4 | Birth | 1939 – Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office |
| 88027 | August 4 | Birth | 1939 – Frank Vincent, American actor and producer |
| 88028 | August 4 | Birth | 1940 – Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician |
| 88029 | August 4 | Birth | 1940 – Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (Bread and The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2009) |
| 88030 | August 4 | Birth | 1940 – Frances Stewart, English economist and academic |
| 88031 | August 4 | Birth | 1940 – Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004) |
| 88032 | August 4 | Birth | 1941 – Martin Jarvis, English actor |
| 88033 | August 4 | Birth | 1941 – Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio |
| 88034 | August 4 | Birth | 1942 – Don S. Davis, American actor and painter (d. 2008) |
| 88035 | August 4 | Birth | 1942 – Cleon Jones, American baseball player |
| 88036 | August 4 | Birth | 1942 – David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005) |
| 88037 | August 4 | Birth | 1943 – Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias |
| 88038 | August 4 | Birth | 1943 – Georgina Hale, English actress and singer |
| 88039 | August 4 | Birth | 1943 – Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary |
| 88040 | August 4 | Birth | 1943 – Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer |
| 88041 | August 4 | Birth | 1944 – Amjad Islam Amjad, Pakistani poet, screenwriter, and songwriter |
| 88042 | August 4 | Birth | 1944 – Richard Belzer, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 88043 | August 4 | Birth | 1944 – Orhan Gencebay, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor |
| 88044 | August 4 | Birth | 1944 – Allan McCollum, American sculptor and academic |
| 88045 | August 4 | Birth | 1944 – Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician |
| 88046 | August 4 | Birth | 1945 – Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor |
| 88047 | August 4 | Birth | 1945 – Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman |
| 88048 | August 4 | Birth | 1946 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (d. 1994) |
| 88049 | August 4 | Birth | 1946 – Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist |
| 88050 | August 4 | Birth | 1947 – Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers) |