- Aug 5 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist and biochemist, dies at 73
- Aug 8 Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, dies at 70
- Aug 8 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and aviation pioneer (Qantas), dies at 71
- Aug 8 Nikolai Myaskovsky, Russian composer (Kirov is With Us), dies at 69
- Aug 18 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
- Aug 19 Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and electrical engineer (Giorgi system of measurement), dies at 78
- Aug 22 Kirk Bryan, American geologist, dies at 62
- Aug 24 Ernst Wiechert, German writer (The Jeromin children), dies at 63
- Aug 25 Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
- Aug 26 Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer, dies at 86
- Aug 27 Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), commits suicide at 41
- Aug 30 Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center), dies at 57
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