- Aug 5 Oskar Merikanto [Ala-Kanto], Finnish pianist, organist, and composer, born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1924)
- Aug 7 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor (Hebridean Symphony), born in London (d. 1946)
- Aug 14 Leone Sinigaglia, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1944)
- Aug 16 Charles Sanford Skilton, American composer (Suite Primeval), born in Northhampton, Massachusetts (d. 1941)
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