- Aug 1 Jean Behra, French Formula One driver, dies in a car race at 38
- Aug 2 Prospero Bisquertt, Chilean composer, dies at 78
- Aug 5 Edgar Albert Guest, American poet and newspaperman, dies at 77
- Aug 6 Preston Sturges [Edmund Biden], American director and screenwriter (Sullivan's Travels), dies at 60
- Aug 7 Armas Launis, Finnish composer, dies at 75
- Aug 9 Emil František Burian, Czech author and composer, dies at 55
- Aug 12 Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player, dies at 81 (b. 1877)
- Aug 13 Henri Garat [Garascu], French actor (Congress Dances), and singer ("Les dieux s'amusent"), dies at 57
- Aug 15 "Blind" Willie McTell [McTier], American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist, dies at 61
- Aug 16 Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74
- Aug 16 Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne), dies at 80
- Aug 16 William Halsey Jr., US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific), dies at 76
Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959)
Aug 19 English aviation pioneer who was the 1st to make a night flight, dies at 79
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