- Aug 11 Tom Richardson, England cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 88 wickets, BB 8/94; Surrey CCC), born in Byfleet, England (d. 1912)
- Aug 11 Walter Bowman, Canadian soccer player (d. ?)
- Aug 18 Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer, born in Chelford, Cheshire, England (d. 1954)
- Aug 23 George Davis, American Baseball HOF shortstop and manager (New York Giants; World Series 1906 Chicago WS), born in Cohoes, New York (d. 1940)
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