- Aug 13 William Thomas Best, English organist and composer, born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England (d. 1897)
- Aug 27 Hermann Kipper, German music teacher and composer, born in Koblenz, Rhenis Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1910)
- Aug 28 Walter Cecil Macfarren, British pianist, teacher (Royal Academy, 1846-1903), conductor, and composer, born in London, England (d. 1905)
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