- Aug 2 Prospero Bisquertt, Chilean composer, dies at 78
- Aug 7 Armas Launis, Finnish composer, dies at 75
- Aug 9 Emil František Burian, Czech author and composer, dies at 55
- Aug 13 Henri Garat [Garascu], French actor (Congress Dances), and singer ("Les dieux s'amusent"), dies at 57
- Aug 15 "Blind" Willie McTell [McTier], American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist, dies at 61
- Aug 16 Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74
- Aug 16 Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne), dies at 80
- Aug 28 Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
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