- Aug 2 Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian author and mystic, dies at 55
- Aug 3 August Enna, Danish opera composer (The Witch; Kleopatra), dies at 80
- Aug 11 Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
- Aug 16 Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies
- Aug 19 Johannes Marinus Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 70
- Aug 23 Sidney Coe Howard, American playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48
- Aug 24 William Moule, Australian lawyer, politician and cricketer (Australia v England 1880), dies at 81
- Aug 25 (Charles) "Babe" Siebert, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1925-39, 3X All-Star (Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins, and 2 other teams), drowns in Lake Huron at 35
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