- Aug 4 Arthur Haygarth, English cricket batsman (Middlesex & Surrey, cricket historian), born in Hastings, Sussex, England (d. 1903)
- Aug 9 Elisha P. Ferry, American politician (Governor of Washington, 1872-80, 1889-93), born in Monroe County, Michigan Territory (d. 1895)
- Aug 12 Frederick Ouseley, British organist, composer (The Martyrdom of St Polycarp), musicologist, and Anglican priest, born in London, England (d. 1889)
- Aug 13 Rodolphe Bresdin, French visionary engraver and lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain), born in Le Fresne-sur-Loire, France (d. 1885)
- Aug 21 Kate Loder, British composer and pianist, born in Bathwick Street, Bathwick, England (d. 1904)
- Aug 25 Henry Warner Birge, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1888)
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