Warren G. Harding (1865-1923)
Aug 2 29th President of the United States (1921-23), dies of a heart attack at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco at 57
- Aug 5 Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar of Slavic studies, dies at 85
- Aug 7 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89
- Aug 14 Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Dutch tobacco magnate and administrator for the Deli Company in Sumatra, dies at 76
- Aug 19 Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (Pareto’s law of income distribution, popularised the term 'elite'), dies at 75
- Aug 24 Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 66
- Aug 31 Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), dies at 67
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Suicide