- Aug 1 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, dies at 79
Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934)
Aug 2 German WW1 general and President of Germany (1925-34), dies of lung cancer at 86
- Aug 3 Carl Friedrich von Langen, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1928), dies after a fall from his horse at 47
- Aug 5 Neville Quinn, South African cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 35 wickets), dies of heart failure at 26
- Aug 6 Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist, dies at 41
- Aug 8 Wilbert Robinson, American Baseball HOF catcher (Philadelphia A's, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Robins), dies at 71
- Aug 10 John Kane, Scottish-American primitivist painter (Self-Portrait), dies at 73
- Aug 12 Hendrik P. Berlage, Dutch architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78
- Aug 13 Mary Austin, American nature writer and early feminist (Land of Little Rain), dies at 65
- Aug 18 Delilah Beasley, American author and the 1st Black female newspaper columnist (Oakland Tribune, The Negro Trial-Blazers of California), dies of heart disease at 61
- Aug 28 Doris Ulmann, American photographer best known for her portraits of the people of Appalachia, dies aged 52
- Aug 30 Earnest L. Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
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