- Aug 5 Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test), dies at 79
- Aug 6 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 86
- Aug 10 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 50; Auckland), dies at 85
- Aug 15 Jay Adams, American skateboarder (Z-Boys; Skateboarding HOF), dies of a heart attack at 53
- Aug 15 Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player, dies at 81
- Aug 15 Licia Albanese, Italian-American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1940-66), dies at 105
- Aug 21 Roy Miller, West Indian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; Jamaica), dies at 89
- Aug 29 Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver (World Rally Championship 1979), dies from cancer at 70
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