- Aug 11 Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), born in Janesville, Wisconsin (d. 1946)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Aug 22 French composer (La Mer; Clair de lune), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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