Famous People Born in 1891

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 284

• Jan 1 Frank Pettingell, English actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out), born in Liverpool (d. 1966)
• Jan 3 Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and author (Kamen), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1938) [NS=Jan 15]
• Jan 4 Bryn Lewis, Welsh rugby union winger (2 caps; Newport, Cambridge University), born in Pontardawe, Wales (d. 1917)

• Jan 4 Edward Brooker, British politician (interim Premier of Tasmania, Dec 1947-Feb 1948), born in London England (d. 1948)
• Jan 6 Ted McDonald, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 43 wickets, BB 5/32; Tasmania, Victoria, Lancashire CCC), born in Launceston, Australia (d. 1937)
• Jan 7 Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (Their Eyes Were Watching God), born in Notasulga, Alabama (d. 1960)
• Jan 8 Alexander Gray, American actor (Sally, This is Music), born in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
• Jan 8 Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (Ballets Russes) and choreographer, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
• Jan 8 Storm Jameson, English writer (d. 1986)
• Jan 8 Walter Bothe, German subatomic particle physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1954), born in Oranienburg, Germany (d. 1957)
• Jan 9 August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), born in Kuiksilla, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
• Jan 10 Jos Speybrouck, Belgian drawer, born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 1956)
• Jan 15 Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (Noise of Time), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1938)
• Jan 15 Ray Chapman, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) and only MLB player to die from an injury received during a MLB game, born in Beaver Dam, Kentucky (d. 1920)
• Jan 17 Marjorie Gateson, American actress (One Man's Family), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1977)
• Jan 17 Walter Eucken, German economist (social market economy), born in Jena in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 1950)

• Jan 20 Mischa Elman, Russian-American concert violinist, born in Talnoye, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Talne, Ukraine (d. 1967)
• Jan 21 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (1st person to die during a modern Olympics - during 1912 marathon), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1912)
• Jan 21 Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1953)
• Jan 21 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
• Jan 22 Franz Alexander, Hungarian-American psychoanalyst (pioneered psychosomatic medicine), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
• Jan 22 Moïse Kisling, Polish-French painter (La Souris Boiteuse), born in Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)

• Jan 23 Jüri Lossmann, Estonian athlete (Olympic silver marathon 1920), born in Kabala, Estonia (d. 1984)
• Jan 24 Walter Model, German WWII field marshal and panzer commander (Battle of the Bulge), and WW1 junior officer (Second Battle of the Marne), born in Genthin, Germany (d. 1945)
• Jan 25 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (The Devil Rides Out), born in London, England (d. 1992)
• Jan 25 William Christian Bullitt Jr., 1st US ambassador to USSR, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)

• Jan 26 Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian Soviet war correspondent, writer (The Fall of Paris; The Thaw; People, Years, Life), editor, and poet, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1967)

• Jan 27 Ilja Ehrenburg, Soviet poet and writer (9th wave), born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1967)
• Jan 28 Bill Doak, American baseball pitcher (NL ERA leader 1914, 21; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
• Jan 28 Camille Melloy [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis), born in Melle (d. 1941)
• Jan 28 Karel Boleslav Jirak, Czech composer and pedagogue, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1972)

• Jan 31 Max Drischner, German organist, harpsichordist, kantor, and composer, born in Prieborn, Silesia (d. 1971)

• Feb 2 Frank Foyston, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Stanley Cup 1914 Toronto Blueshirts, 1917 Seattle Metropolitans, 1925 Victoria Cougars), born in Minesing, Ontario (d. 1966)
• Feb 3 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33) (d. 1981)
• Feb 4 Jüri Lossmann, Estonian marathon runner (Olympic-silver 1920), born in Kabala, Governorate of Livonia (d. 1984)
• Feb 4 [Madabhushi Ananthasayanam] M. A. Ayyangar, Indian politician (Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Bihar), born in Thiruchanoor, Madras, British India (d. 1978)

• Feb 5 Karl Ludwig Schmidt, German-Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1956)
• Feb 7 Ann Little [Mary Brooks], American actress, born in Mount Shasta, California (d. 1984)
• Feb 7 Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, born in Romni, Ukraine (d. 1982)
• Feb 9 Pietro Nenni, Italian socialist politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs 1946-47), born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1980)

• Feb 10 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British army officer (Governor-General of Canada 1945-52), born in London, England (d. 1969)
• Feb 11 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), born in Hillingdon, England (d. 1965)
• Feb 12 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), born in Potchefstroom, South Africa (d. 1969)
• Feb 12 Maurice Yvain, French operetta composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
• Feb 12 Max Terhune, American actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1973)
• Feb 13 Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), born near Anamosa, Iowa (d. 1942)
• Feb 13 Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985)
• Feb 16 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and advocate of scientific racism, born in Freiburg, German Empire (d. 1968)
• Feb 17 Georg Britting, German poet and writer (d. 1964)
• Feb 18 Chester Clute, American actor ("Arsenic and Old Lace"; "Too Many Girls"; "Niagara Falls"), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1956)
• Feb 19 J C White, English cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 49 wickets; 10-76 Somerset v Worcestershire 1921), born in Holford, England (d. 1961)
• Feb 20 Ivan Harold Browning, American stage and screen actor and singer (Shuffle Along - "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Brenham, Texas (d. 1978)
• Feb 22 Jan Wils, Dutch architect (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1972)
• Feb 22 Vlas Chubar, Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician, born in Fedorivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Imperial Russia (d. 1939)
• Feb 23 Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)
• Feb 26 Alan Bridge, American actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1957)
• Feb 27 Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (d. 2004)
• Feb 27 David Sarnoff, American radio and television pioneer (RCA, NBC), born in Uzlyany, Belarus, Russian Empire (d. 1971)
• Feb 27 Georges Migot, French composer, and poet (Les Agrestide; L'Arche), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
• Mar 3 Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (Luisa Fernanda), conductor, and music promoter, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1982)
• Mar 4 (Charles) "Dazzy" Vance, American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 x NL strike-out leader; World Series ,1934 St Louis Cardinals; NL MVP & Triple Crown of Pitching, 1924 Brooklyn Robins), born in Orient, Iowa (d. 1961)
• Mar 4 Lois Wilson (née Burnham), American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as "Lois W.", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• Mar 5 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, American comedian (Olsen & Johnson), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962)
• Mar 6 Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman's Agreement), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1979)
• Mar 7 Marcel Barger, Dutch Jewish cabaret performer (I keep Susy), born in Amsterdam (d. 1942 at Auschwitz)

• Mar 10 Jacob van Gelderen, Dutch economist (Kondratiev waves), sociologist and politician (SDAP) (d. 1940)
• Mar 10 Sam Jaffe, American actor (The Asphalt Jungle; Gunga Din; Dr Zorba), born in New York City (d. 1984)
• Mar 12 George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)
• Mar 12 Michael Polanyi, Hungarian-English chemist, economist and philosopher (claimed all knowledge relied on personal judgments), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
• Mar 14 Jan P. Strijbos, Dutch naturalist and writer (Wandering through South-Africa) (d. 1983)

• Mar 21 Jonathan Hale [Hatley], Canadian-American, actor (Blondie films; The Saint films), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1960)
• Mar 23 Catherine Murphy Urner, American singer and composer, born in Mitchell, Indiana (d. 1942)
• Mar 24 Charley Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations), born in Katwijk, Netherlands (d. 1955)
• Mar 24 John Knittel, Swiss writer, born in Dharwar, India (d. 1970)
• Mar 24 Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Soviet physicist (d. 1951)
• Mar 28 Karel Cruysberghs, Flemish religious writer, born in Meerhout, Belgium (d. 1976)
• Mar 28 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), born in Hatten, Germany (d. 1959)
• Mar 29 Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz), born in Neutitschein, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
• Mar 29 Ivan Goll, French-German writer (the Landless John), born in Saint-Dié (d. 1950)
• Mar 30 Jan Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1976)
• Mar 31 Andy Varipapa, American ten-pin bowler (BPAA All-Star champion 1947-48), born in Carfizzi, Italy (d. 1984)
• Mar 31 Erich Walter Sternberg, German-Israeli composer (co-founder of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1974)
• Mar 31 Ion Pillat, Romanian poet and senator (Umbra timpului), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1945)
• Mar 31 Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (Divine Lady; King of Kings; Big City), born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
• Apr 1 Frank Rankin, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame rover (Toronto Eatons, Toronto St. Michael's Majors) and coach (Toronto Granites-Canada Olympic gold 1924), born in Stratford, Ontario (d. 1932)
• Apr 2 Max Ernst, German-French surrealist painter and sculptor (founded surrealism), born in Brühl, German Empire (d. 1976)
• Apr 7 Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish carpenter, inventor, and toy maker (Lego Group), born in Filskov, Denmark (d. 1958)
• Apr 9 John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1958)
• Apr 10 Tim McCoy, American actor (westerns) and soldier, born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1978)
• Apr 13 Maurice Buckley, Australian soldier and winner of the Victoria Cross, born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1921)
• Apr 13 Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964)

• Apr 15 Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer, born in Sortavala, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1945)
• Apr 15 Wallace Reid, American actor, director and screenwriter referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover" (Every Inch a Man), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1923)
• Apr 19 Francoise Rosay [Françoise Bandy de Nalèche], French actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband), born in Paris, France (d. 1974)
• Apr 19 Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian playwright and poet (La Ronda), born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1985)
• Apr 20 Dave Bancroft, American Baseball HOF shortstop (World Series 1921, 22 NY Giants) and manager (Boston Braves), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 1972)
• Apr 21 František Suchý, Czech composer and folk song collector, born in Březové Hory, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1973)
• Apr 22 Belle Bennett, American actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask), born in Milaca, Minnesota (d. 1932)
• Apr 22 Ferdinando Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist (Sacco and Vanzetti Trial), born in Torremaggiore, Italy (d. 1927)
• Apr 22 Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician (Theory of Probability) and geophysicist, born in County Durham, England (d. 1989)
• Apr 22 Vittorio Jano, Italian automobile designer, born in San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1965)

• Apr 28 Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician ("Pony Blues"; "High Water Everywhere"), born in Hinds County, Mississippi [date disputed] (d. 1934)
• Apr 30 Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1920, 23), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1961)
• Apr 30 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik), born in Blije, Netherlands (d. 1966)
• May 3 Eppa Rixey Jr., American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL wins leader 1922; 266 career wins; Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds), born in Culpeper, Virginia (d. 1963)
• May 3 Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1969)
• May 4 Frederick Jacobi, American composer, born in San Francisco (d. 1952)
• May 4 J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), born in Amsterdam (d. 1958)
• May 7 Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
• May 11 Henry Morgenthau Jr., US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45) who helped design the New Deal and Lend Lease programs, born in New York City (d. 1967)
• May 13 Fritz Rasp, German actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), born in Bayreuth, Germany (d. 1976)
• May 14 Egon Kornauth, Austrian composer, born in Olmütz, Kingdom of Moravia, Austria-Hungarian (d. 1959)
• May 15 David Vogel, Russian-Hebrew poet, writer (Married Life; Before the Dark Gate; In the Sanatorium), and Holocaust victim, born in Sataniv, Russian Empire (d. 1944)
• May 15 Fritz Feigl, Austrian Brazilian chemist (spot tests), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
• May 15 Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian playwright and novelist (The Master and Margarita, Black Snow), born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1940)
• May 15 Nipo T. Strongheart, Native American activist, lecturer and film consultant (Pony Soldier), born in Yakima, Washington (d. 1966)
• May 16 Richard Tauber [Denemy], Austrian-British operatic tenor and film actor, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1948)
• May 17 Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, granddaughter of King Edward VII and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, born in East Sheen Lodge, Richmond, England (d. 1959)
• May 18 Rudolf Carnap, German American philosopher (German Logical Positivist), born in Ronsdorf, Germany (d. 1970)
• May 19 Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
• May 22 Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1963)
• May 22 Johannes R. Becher, German writer and politician, born in Munich (d. 1958)
• May 22 Lucien Cailliet, French-American clarinetist, composer, conductor (Allentown Band), arranger (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1919-1937), and teacher, born in Châlons-sur-Marne, France (d. 1985)
• May 22 Robert Gordon Sproul, American educator and college president (University of California), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1975)
• May 23 Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish poet, novelist, and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1951), born in Växjö, Sweden (d. 1974)
• May 24 Benedictus H. Danser, Dutch taxonomist and botanist, born in Schiedam, Netherlands (d. 1943)
• May 24 William F. Albright, American old testament scholar and archaeologist, born in Coquimbo, Chile (d. 1971)
• May 25 Robert Willem Pieter Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper), born in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands (d. 1956)
• May 27 Claude Champagne, Canadian composer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1965)
• May 30 Iman Jacob van den Bosch, Dutch WWII resistance fighter, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• Jun 2 Ernst Kunz, Swiss composer, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1980)
• Jun 2 Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
• Jun 3 Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1912-14), born in Ventura County, California (d. 1971)
• Jun 4 Erno Rapee, American conductor and composer (Radio City Music Hall), born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1945)
• Jun 6 István Kardos, Hungarian composer, born in Debrecen, Hungary (d. 1975)
• Jun 7 Athos Palma, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1951)
• Jun 7 Koos [Jacobus Jan] Vorrink, Dutch politician and socialist (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), born in Vlaardingen, Zuid, Holland, Netherlands (d. 1955)

• Jun 10 Al Dubin, Swiss-American lyricist ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"; "I Only Have Eyes For You"; "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me"), born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1945)
• Jun 13 Nell Craig, American actress (Dr. Kildare (films); The Queen of Sheba), born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1965)
• Jun 14 Joseph Forte, British-American actor (Reefer Madness; Life With Luigi), born in London, England (d. 1967)
• Jun 18 Annie "Mae" Busch, Australian actress (Foolish Wives), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1946)
• Jun 18 Con Conrad [Dober], American songwriter ("Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me"; "The Continental"), and theatrical producer, born in New York City (d. 1938)
• Jun 18 Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian and philosopher, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1980)
• Jun 20 John A. Costello, 3rd Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, born in Dublin (d. 1976)
• Jun 21 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, 1922-50), and music theorist (Lehrbuch des Dirigierens - Treatise on Conducting), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1966)
• Jun 21 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect (Nuove Struttura), born in Sondrio, Italy (d. 1979)
• Jun 22 Franz de Backer, Belgian writer (White Enemy; Ruben's Daughter), born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1961)
• Jun 22 Harry Seymour, American actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot), born in New York City (d. 1967)
• Jun 23 Vladislav Vančura, Czech writer (Rozmarné léto), born in Háj ve Slezsku, Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)
• Jun 24 Irving Pichel, American actor and director ("Madame Butterfly"; "Oliver Twist"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
• Jun 26 Heinrich Lemacher, German composer, born in Solingen, Dusseldorf, Germany (d. 1966)
• Jun 26 Sidney Coe Howard, American dramatist (Swords, Pulitzer 1925), born in Oakland, California (d. 1939)
• Jun 28 Carl Panzram, American serial killer and rapist, born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota (d. 1930)
• Jun 28 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
• Jun 28 Esther Forbes, American novelist (Johnny Tremain), born in Westborough, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
• Jun 30 Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler, born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin (d. 1966)
• Jun 30 Man Mountain Dean [Frank Simmons Leavitt], American professional wrestler, born in New York City (d. 1953)
• Jul 2 Gus Dorais, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Notre Dame), coach (Gonzaga, Detroit Lions), born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1954)
• Jul 5 John H. Northrop, American biochemist (crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1987)
• Jul 5 Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (Žedan kamen na studencu), born in Vrgorac, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1955)
• Jul 8 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1982)
• Jul 8 Josef Hora, Czech writer and poet (Working Day), born in Dobříň, Bohemia (d. 1945)
• Jul 13 Franco Casavola, Italian composer, music theorist, and futurist, born in Modugno, Italy (d. 1955)
• Jul 14 Henry Oscar, English stage and film actor (Saint in London), born in London (d. 1969)
• Jul 18 Gene Lockhart, American actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol), born in New York City (d. 1957)
• Jul 26 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian and honorary secretary of King Leopold III of Belgium, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1972)
• Jul 28 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)
• Jul 29 Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynaecologist (developed 1st reliable pregnancy test), born in Wronke, Germany (d. 1966)
• Jul 29 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Dutch politician, feminist and the 1st female member of the Council of State (1958-66), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1989)
• Aug 2 Arthur Bliss, English composer (Olympians), born in London, England (d. 1975)
• Aug 2 Mihail Jora, Romanian composer, born in Roman, Romania (d. 1971)
• Aug 2 Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1971)
• Aug 3 Leslie Henson, English comedian and actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey), born in Notting Hill, London (d. 1957)
• Aug 5 Donald Kerr, American actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat), born in Eagle Grove, Iowa (d. 1977)
• Aug 6 William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
• Aug 8 Adolf Busch, German-Swiss violinist (Busch Quartet, 1920-51), conductor (Lucerne Festival; Marlboro Festival), and composer, born in Siegen, Germany (d. 1952)
• Aug 9 (Marcus) "Max" Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, born in Amsterdam (d. 1967)
• Aug 10 Henry O'Neill, American actor ("Lady Killer"; "Nothing But Trouble"), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1961)
• Aug 12 John McDermott, American golfer (US Open 1911, 1912), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1971) [1]
• Aug 14 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, born in Oosterhout, Netherlands (d. 1984)

• Aug 21 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man 2004-2007, born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (d. 2007)
• Aug 22 Francis McDonald, American actor (Will-Adv of Champion), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky (d. 1968)
• Aug 22 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish-French-American painter and cubist sculptor, born in Druskininkai, Lithuania (d. 1973)
• Aug 24 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1969)
• Aug 24 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope), born in Halluin, France (d. 1960)
• Aug 25 Alberto Savinio [Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico], Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), born in Athens (d. 1952)
• Aug 25 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, Basque priest, organist and religious music composer, born in Yurre, Viscaya, Spain (d. 1928)

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