Birthdays in Music
- Aug 2 Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1960)
- Aug 6 Cyril Mockridge, British composer for film and television (Miracle On 34th Street; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), born in London (d. 1979)
- Aug 9 Leonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1979)
- Aug 13 Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1982)
- Aug 19 Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer
- Aug 19 Walter Lang, Swiss composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1966)
- Aug 26 Richard Pindle Hammond, American composer, born in Kent, England (d. 1980)
- Aug 27 Leon Theremin, Russian-Soviet electronic musical instruments inventor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1993)
Deaths in Music
- Aug 18 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88