- Aug 2 Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Albanian-born Pasha and viceroy of Egypt (founder of modern Egypt), dies at 80
- Aug 12 Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician and diplomat (4th US Secretary of the Treasury1801-14), dies at 88
- Aug 26 Jacques- Féréol Mazas, French composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 66
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