- Aug 3 Ambrogio Minoja, Italian classical composer, dies at 72
- Aug 20 Richard Wainwright, composer and church organist, dies at 68
- Aug 20 William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland, dies at 72
- Aug 23 Amos Bull, American hymn composer, dies at 81
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