- Aug 3 Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962)
- Aug 12 Alexander Albrecht, composer
- Aug 15 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, Russian composer (A Symphonic Mystery, for Theremin and Orchestra), born in Rostov-on-Don (d. 1972)
- Aug 28 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, Finnish composer and organist, born in Rautavaara, Finland (d. 1960)