- Aug 2 Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer, born in Hagby, Sweden (d. 1982)
- Aug 2 Rómulo Gallegos, 48th President of Venezuela (1948), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1969)
- Aug 3 Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
- Aug 4 Henri Cornet, French cyclist who won the second Tour de France, born in Desvres, France (d. 1941)
- Aug 6 Arthur Fields [Abraham Finkelstein], American singer-songwriter ("Aba Daba Honeymoon"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)
- Aug 7 (Mary) "Billie" Burke, American radio, stage, silent and sound film actress (Zieigfield Follies; The Wizard of Oz; Merrily We Live), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1970)
- Aug 8 Sara Teasdale, American lyric poet (Pulitzer Prize 1918 "Love Songs"), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1933)
- Aug 9 Maria "Mary" Beekman, Flemish actress (Genius Against Violence; Modern Landhaaien), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1957)
- Aug 10 Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935)
- Aug 12 Frank Swinnerton, English novelist and critic (Summer Storm, Sanctuary), born in London, England (d. 1982)
- Aug 13 Harry Dean, English cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), born in Burnley, Lancashire, England (d. 1957)
- Aug 16 Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American inventor and sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo), born in Luxembourg (d. 1967)
- Aug 23 Ogden L. Mills, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1927-1932), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1937)
- Aug 23 Will Cuppy, American humorist (The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody), born in Auburn, Indiana (d. 1949)
- Aug 26 Earl Derr Biggers, American author ("Charlie Chan" detective series), born in Warren, Ohio (d. 1933)
- Aug 27 Harry Antrim, American actor (Miracle on 34th St, Devil's Doorway), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
- Aug 27 Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), born in Revel, France (d. 1966)
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Aug 28 British-born New Zealand statesman and 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-49), born in Hill of Fearn, Scotland
- Aug 29 Ehm Welk [Thomas Trimm], German writer, born in Biesenbrow, Brandenburg (d. 1966)
- Aug 30 Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926), born in Fleräng, Valbo, Gävleborg, Sweden (d. 1971)
- Aug 31 George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1956)
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