Birthdays in Music
- Aug 3 Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Lawrence, Kansas (d. 1988)
- Aug 8 Benny Carter, American musician and composer (Easy Money, King Carter), born in NYC, New York
- Aug 14 Stanley Adams, American lyricist and songwriter (What a Diff'rence a Day Makes), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1994)
- Aug 16 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, Israeli composer, born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
- Aug 17 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer
- Aug 18 Enoch Light, American orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1978)
- Aug 18 Howard Swanson, American composer, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1978)
- Aug 18 Otto Mortensen, composer
- Aug 19 Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer
- Aug 20 Anatole Fistoulari, Ukrainian conductor, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1995)
About August 1907
How Old? 112 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation or the G.I. Generation
Leap Year: No