- Aug 7 Anthony Modderman, Dutch politician (Minister of Justice, 1879-83), dies at 46
- Aug 12 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist, dies at 65
- Aug 12 Helen Hunt Jackson, American author (Ramona), dies at 54
- Aug 20 Edouard J. A. Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42
- Aug 25 Reuben Fenton, American merchant and politician (22nd Governor of New York), dies at 66
- Aug 28 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, dies at 66