- Aug 2 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2005)
- Aug 8 Thomas Beversdorf, composer
- Aug 14 Georges Prêtre, French conductor known for interpretation, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
- Aug 17 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist
- Aug 19 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
- Aug 22 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, born in Lblin, Poland (d. 1986)
- Aug 23 Edvard Fliflet Braein, Norwegian composer (Ut mot havet), born in Kristiansund, Norway (d. 1976)
- Aug 24 Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- Aug 28 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
- Aug 28 Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer, born in Gouripur, Mymensingh, East Bengal (d. 2004)
- Aug 29 Dinah Washington, American singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1963)
- Aug 29 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter, born in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico (d. 2005)
- Aug 30 Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, born in Fairfield, Texas (d. 1972)
- Aug 31 Klaus Hashagen, composer
About August 1924
How Old? 95 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes