- Aug 1 Israel Zangwill, Jewish author (Children of The Ghetto) and Zionist leader, dies at 62
- Aug 14 John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
- Aug 22 Charles William Eliot, American University president (Harvard, 1869-1909), dies at 92
Rudolph Valentino
Aug 23 Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor and silent movie idol (The Sheik, Eagle), dies of a relapse of pleuritis in NY at 31
Rudolph Valentino