Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 6 Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
- Aug 24 André Cheron [Duval], French-American silent and sound screen character actor (The King of Kings; Anna Karenina; Wife vs. Secretary), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1952)
- Aug 26 Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (coined the term 'Cubism'), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1918)
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 15 Adelaide Neilson, English stage actress (Julia-The Hunchback), dies while horse riding at 32
