- Aug 2 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2005)
- Aug 3 (Elizabeth) "Connie" Converse, American folk singer-songwriter, born in Laconia, New Hampshire (disappeared 1974) [1]
- Aug 6 Ella Jenkins, American folk singer-songwriter, and ukulele player (Multicultural Children's Songs), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Aug 8 Thomas Beversdorf, American classical composer ("Of Walruses, Cheesecake, and Morse Code"), and educator (Indiana University, 1949-80), born in Yoakum, Texas (d. 1981)
- Aug 14 Georges Prêtre, French classical and opera conductor known for interpretation of Poulenc, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
- Aug 17 Laurence Deniz, Welsh jazz guitarist, and composer (Our Man In Havana), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1996)
- Aug 19 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
- Aug 22 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, born in Lblin, Poland (d. 1986)
- Aug 23 Edvard Fliflet Braein, Norwegian composer (Ut mot havet (Out To Sea); Anne Pedersdotter), born in Kristiansund, Norway (d. 1976)
- Aug 24 Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferante & Teicher - "Exodus"), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- Aug 28 (Margaret) "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer (The Merry Monahans; Here Come The Co-eds), and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
- Aug 28 Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer, born in Gouripur, Mymensingh, East Bengal (d. 2004)
- Aug 29 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter, born in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico (d. 2005)
- Aug 29 Dinah Washington [Ruth Lee Jones], American jazz, blues, pop, and R&B singer ("What a Diff'rence a Day Makes": "September In The Rain"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1963)
- Aug 30 Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, born in Fairfield, Texas (d. 1972)
- Aug 31 Klaus Hashagen, German composer (Ars Nova Ensemble Nürnberg), born in Java, Indonesia (d. 1998)
About August 1924
How Old? 99 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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