- Aug 2 Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author known for "Juan Moreira", dies at 38
- Aug 4 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, German composer, dies at 75
- Aug 5 Willem Ruys, Dutch ship owner and founder of Rotterdam Lloyd (Nedlloyd), dies at 80
- Aug 17 Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42
- Aug 18 Jacques Damala [Aristides Damalas], Greek military officer and actor, dies from an overdose at 34
- Aug 19 Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (Contes cruels), dies at 60
- Aug 22 John Sanger, British circus entrepreneur, dies (b. 1816)
- Aug 24 Jan Matzeliger, Surinamese-Dutch-American inventor (shoe lasting machine), dies of tuberculosis at 36
- Aug 29 Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
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