- Aug 5 Gertrude E Durden Rush, American composer, and playwright (Black Girls Burden), born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1962)
- Aug 10 Clarence Cameron White, American concert violinist, and composer (Ouanga!), born in Clarksville, Tennessee (d. 1960)
- Aug 11 Frederick Jerome Work, African-American composer, arranger (The Jubilee Singers), and music publisher, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1942)
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