The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in August 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
August
1
Mary Carlisle, 104, American actress (College Humor, Doctor Rhythm, Dead Men Walk), last-surviving WAMPAS Baby Star. Rick Genest, 32, Canadian fashion model and actor (47 Ronin), suicide by jumping. Fakir Musafar, 87, American performance artist, lung cancer. Celeste Rodrigues, 95, Portuguese fado singer ("Lenda das Algas", "Já é tarde", "Fado Celeste"), stroke. Jakob Schönenberger, 86, Swiss businessman (Swiss National Bank) and politician, member of Council of States (1979–1991). Nancy Tuckerman, 89, American secretary, White House Social Secretary (1963–1963), complications from COPD. Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer ("Hrudayaraagam", "Mehboob", "Gazalmaala"), stomach cancer. Hannie van Leeuwen, 92, Dutch politician, Senator (1995–2007).
2
Neil Argo, 71, American composer (Wild America, Mission: Impossible), heart failure. Armand de Las Cuevas, 50, French cyclist (Movistar Team), suicide. Herbert King, 55, Colombian actor (Pasión de Gavilanes, Guajira, Loving Pablo), heart attack. Winston Ntshona, 76, South African actor (Marigolds in August) and playwright (The Island, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead), Tony winner (1975). Vladimír Plaček, 53, Czech politician and physician, Senator (since 2012). Daan Schrijvers, 76, Dutch footballer (national team, PSV Eindhoven, NAC Breda).
3
Matija Barl, 78, Slovene actor (Kekec). Carlos Buttice, 75, Argentine footballer (Unión Española, Bahia, CASLA). Ingrid Espelid Hovig, 94, Norwegian television chef and cookbook author. Moshé Mizrahi, 86, Israeli movie director (Madame Rosa, Every Time We Say Goodbye, The House on Chelouche Street), Oscar winner (1978), pneumonia. Tommy Peoples, 70, Irish fiddler (The Bothy Band). Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, 101, Polish Air Force officer (Warsaw Uprising) and brigadier general.
4
Lorrie Collins, 76, American rockabilly singer ("Just Because") and guitarist (Ricky Nelson, The Collins Kids), complications from a fall. Arsène Tchakarian, 101, Armenian-born French resistance fighter (FTP-MOI), heart attack. Masahiko Tsugawa, 78, Japanese actor (Otoko wa Tsurai yo, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Tampopo), heart failure.
5
Barry Chuckle, 73, English comedian (ChuckleVision) and actor, bone cancer. Robert Dugard, 76, English speedway rider (Eastbourne Eagles, Wimbledon Dons, West Ham Hammers) and promoter (Arlington Stadium), lung cancer. Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer-songwriter (at17), fall. Alan Rabinowitz, 64, American zoologist (Panthera Corporation), leukemia. Charlotte Rae, 92, American actress (The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, 101 Dalmatians: The Series) and comedienne, bone cancer. Piotr Szulkin, 68, Polish movie director (The War of the Worlds: Next Century, O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization).
6
Patricia Benoit, 91, American actress (Mister Peepers) and movie director (Stones in the Sun). Rosa Maria Carrasco i Azemar, 82, Spanish politician, co-founder of Democrats of Catalonia, stroke. Margaret Heckler, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1967–1983), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1983–1985) and Ambassador to Ireland (1986–1989), heart attack. Paul Laxalt, 96, American politician, Governor of Nevada (1967–1971) and U.S. Senator (1974–1987), complications from a fall. Joël Robuchon, 73, French chef (L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon) and cookbook writer (The Complete Robuchon), pancreatic cancer.