- Aug 5 Bob Caruthers, American baseball pitcher/outfielder (American Association wins & ERA leader 1885, wins leader 1880; St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Bridegrooms), dies at 47
- Aug 10 James "Soup" Perkins, American jockey (Kentucky Derby 1985; winningest jockey in America 1895), dies from a heart attack at 32
- Aug 21 W. R. Wister, American cricketer (Father of American cricket, USA v Canada 1859), dies at 83
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