1 August
50th anniversary of the Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega.
10 August
100 years since the birth of the American actress Rhonda Fleming.
10 August
100 years since the death of the Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida.
14 August
60th anniversary of the French actress Emmanuelle Beart.
18 August
90th anniversary of the Polish director and actor Roman Polanski.
25 August
90th anniversary of jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter.
28 August
200th annivesary of the Scotish painter Wiliam Simpson.
29 August
100 years since the birth of the British actor and director Richard Attenborough.
