- Aug 6 Marcel Labey, French conductor and composer, born in Vésinet, France (d. 1968)
- Aug 9 Albert William Ketèlbey, British pianist and composer (In A Monastery Garden), born in Aston, Birmingham (d. 1959)
- Aug 9 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1947)
- Aug 12 Ettore Panizza, composer
- Aug 12 Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, born in Fano, Italy (d. 1944)
- Aug 15 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), born in London, England (d. 1912)