- Aug 9 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1947)
- Aug 10 Bill Johnson, American jazz double bassist and banjo player, born in Talladega, Alabama (d. 1972) [birthdate disputed]
- Aug 22 Edward Bairstow, English composer, born in Trinity Street, Huddersfield, England (d. 1946)
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