- Aug 2 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (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, composer
- Aug 23 Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer
- 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, composer
- Aug 29 Dinah Washington, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 29 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
- Aug 30 Kenny Dorham [McKinley], Fairfield, Texas, jazz trumpeter, (d. 1972)
- Aug 31 Klaus Hashagen, composer