- Aug 1 Chris Barnard, Welsh footballer, born in Cardiff, Wales
- Aug 5 Bernie Carbo, American MLB player, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 6 Ken Riley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (First-Team All-Pro 1983; Cincinnati Bengals) and coach (Florida A&M 1994-2003), born in Bartow, Florida (d. 2020)
- Aug 6 Tony Dell, cricketer (Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 & 74)
- Aug 7 Kerry Melville Reid, Australian tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Australian Open doubles 1968, 77; Wimbledon doubles 1978), born in Sydney, Australia
- Aug 8 José Cruz, Puerto Rican-American baseball left fielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros), born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Ken Dryden (76 years old)
Aug 8 Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (6 x Stanley Cup; 5 x Vezina Trophy; Conn Smythe Trophy 1971; Montreal Canadiens) and executive, politician, born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Aug 10 Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler (5 Tests, 14 wickets; Derbyshire CCC), born in Dronfield, England
- Aug 11 Sergey Kovalneko, USSR, basketball (Olympic bronze 1968)
- Aug 12 Sam Rosen, American sportscaster, born in Ulm, Germany
- Aug 16 John Howard, American Olympic cyclist (1985 land speed record 152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT), born in Springfield, Missouri
- Aug 18 Viacheslav Semenov, Ukrainian soccer midfielder (11 caps USSR; FC Zorya Luhansk, FC Dynamo Kyiv), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2022)
- Aug 19 Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
- Aug 24 Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian racing cyclist, born in Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium
- Aug 27 Ed Herrmann, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974 Chicago White Sox; caught Larry Dierker no-hitter 1975 Houston Astros), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)
- Aug 27 John Morrison, cricketer ("Mystery" NZ batsman 1973-82)
- Aug 29 Bob Lutz, American tennis player (US Open doubles 1968, 74, 78, 80; Australian Open 1970 [Stan Smith]), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Aug 29 James Hunt, English auto racer (Formula 1 World Drivers Champion 1976), born in Belmont, Surrey (d. 1993)
About August 1947
How Old? 76 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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