Birthdays in Music
- Aug 8 István Szelényi, Hungarian pianist and composer, born in Altsohl, Austria-Hungary (d. 1972)
- Aug 11 Jess Stacy, jazz pianist, born in Bird's Point, Missouri (d. 1995)
- Aug 13 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American musician and actor (An Innocent Affair, Wings), born in Olathe, Kansas (d. 1999)
- Aug 17 Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
- Aug 21 [William] Count Basie, jazz musician and band leader ( "One O'Clock Jump"), born in Red Bank, New Jersey (d. 1984)