- Aug 10 Brian Easdale, British orchestral and film composer (The Red Shoes; Gone To Earth), born in Manchester, England (d. 1995)
- Aug 11 Gaston Litaize, French organist (St François-Xavier, Paris, 1946-91), composer, broadcaster, and pedagogue, born in Ménil-sur-Belvitte, Vosges, France (d. 1991)
- Aug 13 Dave Willock, American actor (Queen of Outer Space), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
- Aug 13 John Beal [James Andrew Bliedung], American actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Les Misérables), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1997)
- Aug 18 Miliza Korjus, Polish actress (Great Waltz), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1980)
- Aug 20 André Morell [Cecil André Mesritz], British actor (Ben-Hur, The Message, Hound of the Baskervilles), born in London, England (d. 1978)
- Aug 22 Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (Casablanca), born in New York City (d. 2000)
- Aug 25 Michael Rennie, British actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still), born in Idle, West Yorkshire, England (d. 1971)
- Aug 25 Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (Dames; 42nd Street), born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (d. 1993)
- Aug 26 Jim Davis, American actor (Dallas), born in Edgerton, Missouri (d. 1981)
About August 1909
How Old? 114 or 115 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No