Marcel Dionne (72 years old)
Aug 3 Canadian NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers), born in Drummondville, Quebec
- Aug 7 Gary Hall, American swimmer (Olympic silver 400m medley 1968, 200m butterfly 1972, bronze 100m butterfly 1976; 5 x WR), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Aug 8 Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
- Aug 12 Hector Rodriguez, Cuban judoka (Olympic gold 1976)
- Aug 13 Gwen Cheeseman, American field hockey goalie (Olympic bronze, 1984), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Aug 15 John Childs, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Gloucestershire CCC, Essex CCC), born in Plymouth, England
- Aug 17 Alan Minter, English boxer (world middleweight champion 1980), born in Crawley, England (d. 2020)
- Aug 18 Greg Pruitt, American football running back (LA Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 21 Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder (Olympic gold x 4 GDR 1976, 80), born in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany (d. 2022)
- Aug 21 John Stearns, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1977, 79, 80, 82; New York Mets), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2022)
- Aug 27 Don Pooley Jr, American golfer (US Senior Open 2002), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Aug 31 Mario Boljat, Croatian soccer defender-midfielder (5 caps; Hajduk Split, Schalke 04), born in Split, Croatia (d. 2024)
About August 1951
How Old? 72 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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