Birthdays in Music
- Aug 2 Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1960)
- Aug 6 Cyril Mockridge, composer
- Aug 13 Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1982)
- Aug 19 Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer
- Aug 21 Blossom Rock [Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald], American actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
- Aug 26 Richard Hammond, American composer, born in England (d. 1980)
- Aug 27 Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor [o.s. 15-08]
Deaths in Music
- Aug 18 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88