- Aug 2 Linda Fratianne, American figure skater (Olympic silver 1980), born in Northridge, Los Angeles
- Aug 3 Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spin bowler (5 Tests, 10 wickets; 11 ODIs), born in Kanpur, India
- Aug 3 Tim Mayotte, American tennis player (Olympic silver 1988), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Aug 6 Dale Ellis, American NBA basketball guard/forward, 1983-2000 (Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets, and 5 other teams), born in Marietta, Georgia
- Aug 8 Cheyne Horan, Australian surfer (World C'ship runner-up 1978, 79, 81, 82), born in Sydney, Australia
- Aug 9 Viorel Turcu, Romanian soccer midfielder (7 caps; FC Argeș Pitești, Steaua București, FC Olt Scornicești), born in Popești, Romania (d. 2020)
- Aug 10 Kenny Perry, American golfer (4 Champions Tour major titles; US Senior Open 2013, 17; 14 PGA Tour titles), born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
- Aug 11 Leora "Sam" Jones, American US team handball player (Olympic-92), born in Mt. Olive, North Carolina
- Aug 12 Laurent Fignon, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1983, 84; Giro d'Italia 1989; FICP World #1 1989), born in Paris, France (d. 2010)
- Aug 13 Phil Taylor, English darts player (BDO World Champion 1990, 92; PDC World Champion 1995-2002, 04-06, 09-10, 13), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England
- Aug 14 Broderick Thompson, American NFL offensive lineman (Denver Broncos), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Aug 15 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, tennis player (Denver-1985), born in San Francisco, California
- Aug 15 Ron van de Berg, Dutch soccer player (Sparta), born in Rotterdam
- Aug 17 Johnny Bumphus, American boxer (WBA super lightweight title 1984), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2020)
- Aug 19 Bobby Hebert, American sportscaster and NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons), born in Cut Off, Louisiana
- Aug 19 Morten Andersen, Danish Pro Football HOF placekicker (5 × First-team All-Pro; 7 × Pro Bowl; NO Saints, Atlanta Falcons; NFL record most games played: 382), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Aug 19 Ron Darling, American baseball pitcher (NY Mets), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Aug 20 Mark Langston, American MLB pitcher (California Angels), born in San Diego, California
Cal Ripken Jr (63 years old)
Aug 24 American Baseball HOF shortstop (19 x MLB All Star; MLB record consecutive game streak 2,632; AL MVP 1983, 91; Baltimore Orioles), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
- Aug 24 Kim Christofte, Danish footballer (Denmark national team 1984-92), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Aug 27 Damon Keeve, heavyweight (209+ lbs) judoka (Olympics 1992, 96), born in San Francisco, California
- Aug 31 Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper, born in Turnu, Romania
About August 1960
How Old? 63 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: Yes
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