- Aug 6 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
- Aug 7 Gerhard Frommel, German composer and pedagogue, born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1984)
- Aug 15 Finn Videro, Danish organist and composer, born in Fuglebjerg, Næstved (d. 1987)
- Aug 21 Joachim Homs, Spanish composer, born in Barcelona (d. 2003)
About August 1906
How Old? 114 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No