- Aug 1 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26), born in Witta, Queensland, Australia (d. 1965)
- Aug 2 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
- Aug 2 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Aug 3 Arnold Struycken, Dutch lawyer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Aug 3 Ernie Pyle, American journalist and war correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize, 1944), born in Dana, Indiana (d. 1945)
John T. Scopes (1900-1970)
Aug 3 American teacher convicted for teaching evolution (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), born in Paducah, Kentucky
- Aug 4 Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963-66), born in Pergamino, Argentina (d. 1983)
- Aug 4 Douglas L. Mays, English cartoonist (Punch), born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England (d. 1991)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002)
Aug 4 British consort of King George VI and Queen Mother after his death, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
- Aug 5 Bodi Rapp [Johanna Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano and teacher, born in Almelo, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Aug 6 Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
- Aug 8 Josephine Holt Bay, American 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange, born in Iowa (d. 1962)
- Aug 10 Arthur Porritt, New Zealand athlete (Olympic bronze 100m 1924) and 11th governor-general of New Zealand 1967-72, born in Wanganui, New Zealand (d. 1994)
- Aug 11 Alexander Mosolov, Soviet composer (Iron Foundry; Four Newspaper Advertisements; Signal), born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1973)
- Aug 11 Charles William Paddock, Texas, American athlete and 100m record breaker (Olympic-2 gold-1920) (d. 1943)
- Aug 11 Philip Phillips, American archaeologist focusing on the Lower Mississippi Valley, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
- Aug 12 Ignacio Prieto [Arrizubieta], Spanish composer, born in Gijón, Spain (d. 1980)
- Aug 13 Gordon Sparling, Canadian pioneering filmmaker (Canadian Cameo series - Canada's first major films with sound), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1994) [1]
- Aug 15 Estelle Brody, American actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Aug 16 Walter Kinsella, American actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), born in New York City (d. 1975)
- Aug 17 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1977)
- Aug 18 Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1964)
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990)
Aug 18 Indian diplomat and politician who was the 1st woman to hold a cabinet post in India, born in Allahabad, India
- Aug 18 Walter O'Keefe, American songwriter, radio and TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1983)
- Aug 19 Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
- Aug 20 Murt [Edward James] O'Donoghue, New Zealand snooker player (1st witnessed 147 break), born in Te Aroha, New Zealand (d. 1994)
- Aug 21 Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Let's Go), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1973)
- Aug 22 Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (Russian Language Dictionary), born in Kuvshinovo, Tver Oblast, Russia (d. 1964)
- Aug 23 Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American concert, opera, and electronic music composer (Johnny Spielt Auf: Orpheus and Eurydike; Fibonacci-Mobile), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
- Aug 23 Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer and songwriter (Morningtown Ride), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1978)
- Aug 24 Preston Foster, American actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), born in Ocean City, New Jersey (d. 1970)
- Aug 25 Hans Krebs, German-British doctor and research biochemist specializing in metabolic reactions (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1953), born in Hildesheim, Germany (d. 1981) [1]
- Aug 25 Mary Bruce, American tap dance teacher, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Aug 26 Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (rocket engines and gas turbines), born in Wedel, Germany (d. 1980)
- Aug 27 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, teacher, and conductor (Georgian State Orchestra, 1952-65), born in Kvemo-Khviti, Georgia (d. 1965)
- Aug 29 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building, Centre Pompidou), born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany (d. 1991)
- Aug 30 Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (Lutheran World Relief), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- Aug 31 Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, born in Carrara, Italy (d. 1943)
- Aug 31 Roland Culver, English actor (Thunderball, Encore), born in London, England (d. 1984)
About August 1900
How Old? 123 years old
Generation: Lost Generation
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