- Aug 1 Hermann Baumann, German classical horn player, composer and teacher, born in Hamburg, Germany
- Aug 5 Vern Gosdin, American country singer ("Set 'Em Up Joe"), born in Woodland, Alabama (d. 2009)
- Aug 10 James Carl Tenney, American composer, born in Silver City, New Mexico (d. 2006)
- Aug 13 Leifur Thórarinsson, Icelandic composer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 1998)
- Aug 15 Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2010)
- Aug 15 Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (Mirza, Cornichons), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1998)
- Aug 16 Ketty Lester [Revoyda Frierson], American singer/actress (Love Letters), born in Hope, Arkansas
- Aug 18 Ronnie Carroll, British singer (Walk Hand in Hand), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2015)
- Aug 19 Michael Naura, German jazz pianist, radio broadcaster, editor and anti-nuclear proliferation activist, born in Memel, Lithuania (d. 2017)
- Aug 20 "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, American country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2007)
- Aug 21 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 2015)
- Aug 22 John Chowning, American composer (Turenas), born in Salem, New Jersey
- Aug 23 Lojze Lebič, Slovenian composer (Myths and Apocrypha), peadagogue, and musicologist, born in Prevalje, Slovenia
- Aug 24 Roger Donald Dickerson, American pianist and composer (New Orleans Concerto), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Aug 29 Gene Allison, American R&B-singer ("You Can Make It If You Try"), born in Pegram, Tennessee (d. 2004)
- Aug 29 Jean-Pierre Guézec, French composer (Colorful Architectures), born in Dijon (d. 1971)
About August 1934
How Old? 89 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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