- Aug 11 Norman Marshall, West Indian cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago), dies at 83
Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)
Aug 13 American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), dies at 89
- Aug 15 Sam Pollock, Canadian NHL hockey general manager, 9X Stanley Cups (Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78), dies at 81
- Aug 25 Ray Jones, English footballer, dies when he crashed his car into a bus 3 weeks after getting his driver's license at 18
- Aug 26 Roy McLean, South African cricketer (prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests), dies at 77
- Aug 29 Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian soccer striker (33 caps; Zanaco FC), dies from heart failure at 28
- Aug 29 Richard Jewell, American security guard (central figure in 1996 Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta bombing), dies from kidney failure at 44
- Aug 31 Gay Brewer, American golfer (US Masters 1967), dies of lung cancer at 75
- Aug 31 Willie Cunningham, Irish soccer defender (30 caps Northern Ireland; St Mirren, Leicester City, Dunfermline) and manager (Dunfermline, Falkirk, St Mirren), dies at 77