- Aug 13 John Ireland, English composer and pianist (Mai-Dun), born in Bowdon, Cheshire, England (d. 1962)
- Aug 23 Alfrēds Kalniņš, Latvian composer, born in Cēsis, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
- Aug 24 Rentaro Taki, Japanese pianist and composer, born in Tokyo (d. 1903)
- Aug 31 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer
- Aug 31 Alma Mahler, Viennese composer and Wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)