Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
Aug 2 Italian operatic tenor (Faust), dies of pleurisy at 48
- Aug 7 Alexander Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40
- Aug 8 Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59
- Aug 10 John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
- Aug 16 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1903-21), dies at 77
- Aug 21 Ernest Daudet, French journalist and writer (White Terror), dies at 84
- Aug 24 Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet, dies at 35
- Aug 26 Ludwig Thoma, German writer, dies at 54
- Aug 26 Matthias Enzberger, German writer and politician (Minister of Finance, 1919-20), assassinated at 45
- Aug 29 Joel Asaph Allen, American zoologist (Allen's rule) and first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, dies at 83
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide