- Aug 1 Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle), German-born war photojournalist who covered the Spanish Civil War, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1937)
- Aug 2 Lawrence Josset, British engraver, born in Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1995)
- Aug 2 Lou Zara, American writer (Stump the Authors), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
- Aug 4 Hedda Sterne, Romanian born American artist, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)
- Aug 5 Jacquetta Hawkes, English archaeologist/author (A Country), (d. 1996)
- Aug 5 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist (Aniara)
- Aug 6 Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)
- Aug 6 William J Law, sailor
- Aug 8 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (1962)
- Aug 9 Robert van Gulik, Dutch diplomat and writer (Judge Dee), born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1967)
- Aug 10 Angus Campbell, American psychologist (Elections & Political Order)
- Aug 12 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (National Association of Women)
- Aug 12 Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970)
- Aug 15 Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70), born in Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria (d. 1964)
- Aug 17 Johan Manusama, Moluccan politician, born in Banjarmasin, Indonesia (d. 1995)
- Aug 18 Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
- Aug 19 Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher
- Aug 20 Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel), born in Kirkkonummi, Finland (d. 1961)
- Aug 25 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- Aug 25 Dorothea Tanning, American artist (Nachtmusik, 1943, Night Shadow, 1945), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 2012)
Mother Teresa
Aug 26 Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian-born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979), born in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (d. 1997)
Mother Teresa
- Aug 28 Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist (Nobel 1975), born in 's-Graveland, Netherlands (d. 1985)
- Aug 29 Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (WWII), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2018)
About August 1910
How Old? 110 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No