- Aug 6 Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 57
- Aug 15 Giovanni Battista Polledro, Italian composer, dies at 72
- Aug 18 Peter Lichtenthal, Austrian composer, musicologist, and physician, dies at 73
- Aug 23 Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)
Charles Napier (1782-1853)
Aug 29 British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army who conquered Sindh and became its Governor (1843-47), dies at 71
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