- Aug 1 Vaclav Klicka, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1953)
- Aug 3 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, Ecuadorian composer and musicologist, born in Cotacachi, Ecuador (d. 1972)
- Aug 10 Max Kowalski, German pianist, singer, and composer (Pierrot Lunaire), born in Kowal, Russian Empire/Poland (d. 1956)
- Aug 18 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, French organist and opera composer (Le Bon Roi Dagobert), born in Paris (d. 1955)
- Aug 27 Jaroslav Křička, Czech composer, born in Kelč, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1969)
- Aug 31 Charles O'Neill, Canadian composer and bandmaster, born in Duntocher, near Glasgow, (d. 1964)
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