- Aug 4 Terri Lyne Carrington, American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer, composer, producer (Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue), and educator (Berklee), born in Medford, Massachusetts
- Aug 5 Jeff Coffin, American musician (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones; Dave Matthews Band), born in Massachusetts
- Aug 5 Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboardist, and progressive rock and video game music composer, born in Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 6 Yuki Kajiura, Japanese film, anime, and video game music composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 7 Johnny Solinger, American rock singer-songwriter (Skid Row, 1999 -2015), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
- Aug 7 Raúl Malo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer (The Mavericks), born in Miami, Florida
- Aug 8 Aaron Abeyta, American punk rock guitarist and trumpet player (NOFX), born in Sacramento, California
- Aug 9 Kyle Keiderling, American rock bassist (Bang Tango), born in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 10 Akiko Pavolka, Japanese-American jazz singer, composer (House Of Illusion), and educator, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 10 Toumani Diabaté, Malian traditional musician, world music and flamenco kora (21-string lute/harp mash-up) player, born in Gallé, Mali
- Aug 13 Hayato Matsuo, Japanese video game and anime composer, born in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Aug 17 Glen Goldsmith, British singer-songwriter ("What You See Is What You Get"), born in High Wycombe, England
- Aug 17 Steve Gorman, American rock drummer (Black Crowes - "Hard To Handle"), and radio personality, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
- Aug 18 Kōji Kikkawa, Japanese rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor, born in Hiroshima, Japan
- Aug 19 Johan Botha, South African operatic tenor, born in Rustenburg, South Africa (d. 2016)
- Aug 20 KRS-One [Lawrence Parker], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 25 Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1993)
Shania Twain (58 years old)
Aug 28 Canadian Grammy Award-winning country music singer ("You're Still The One"; "That Don't Impress Me Much"; "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!"), born in Windsor, Ontario
About August 1965
How Old? 58 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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