- Aug 3 Willard Hershberger, American baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds), commits suicide at 30
Henri Desgrange (1865-1940)
Aug 16 French cyclist, journalist and founder of the Tour de France, dies at 75
Walter Chrysler (1875-1940)
Aug 18 American automotive pioneer (Chrysler Corporation) and thoroughbred breeder, dies at 65
- Aug 21 Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem "Casey", dies at 77
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