- Aug 1 Joe Elliott, English heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard - "Hysteria"; "Rock of Ages"), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Aug 1 Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician (Ground Zero), born in Yokohama, Japan
- Aug 3 Martin Atkins, British rock drummer (Nine Inch Nails), born in Coventry, England
- Aug 5 Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive - "Spin Me Round"), born in Bebington, England (d. 2016)
- Aug 6 Joyce Sims, American R&B singer-songwriter ("All and All"; "Come into My Life"), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2022)
- Aug 9 Diane Williams, American country singer (Girls Next Door - "Slow Boat to China"), born at Hahn Air Force Base, near Kirchberg Germany
- Aug 9 Kurtis Blow [Walker], American rapper (Krushgroove - "The Breaks"), born in New York City
- Aug 10 Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin), born in Labrador, Newfoundland
- Aug 10 Mark Price, English drummer (All About Eve, Tin Huey), born in Nelson, England
- Aug 11 Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter (Soda Stereo), born in Barracas, Argentina (d. 2014)
- Aug 11 Martin Smolka, Czech contemporary classical composer (Observing the Heavens; Annunciation), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Aug 13 (Dante) "Danny" Bonaduce, American actor, fictional bassist (Partridge Family - "Danny"), and radio personality, born in Broomall, Pennsylvania
- Aug 13 Mark Nevin, British folk-rock guitarist (Fairground Attraction - "Find My Love"; "Perfect"), born in Ebbw Vale, Wales
- Aug 13 Mickey Bradley, Irish punk rock bassist (The Undertones - "My Perfect Cousin"), and radio host, born in Derry, Northern Ireland
- Aug 19 Ivan Neville, American funk-rock and R&B keyboardist, singer, and songwriter (Dumpstaphunk), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Aug 19 René Moore, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer (René & Angela - "I'll Be Good"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 19 Steve Grimmett, British heavy metal singer (Grim Reaper), born in Swindon, England
- Aug 22 Juan Croucier, Cuban-American heavy metal bassist and songwriter (Ratt - "Round & Round"), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Aug 29 (Sadenia) "Eddi" Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter (Fairground Attraction - "Find My Love"), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Aug 29 Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese violinist and composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
- Aug 31 Tony DeFranco, Canadian pop singer (The DeFranco Family - "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat"), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
About August 1959
How Old? 64 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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