- Aug 5 Giovanni Rossi, Italian composer, born in Borgo San Donnino, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1886)
- Aug 17 George William Warren, American composer and organist, born in Albany, New York (d. 1902)
- Aug 26 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1892)
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