Japanese supercentenarian, last surviving person born in the 19th century (d. 2018) August 6 Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist, businessman (d. 2003) Grigori Shtern, Soviet general (d. 1941) August 8 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor, stage director (d. 1990) August 9 – Charles Farrell, American actor (d. 1990) August 10 – Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician, athlete (d. 1994) August 11 Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer (d. 1973) Charley Paddock, American sprinter (d. 1943) Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994) August 14 Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1975) Benita von Falkenhayn, German baroness, spy for the Second Polish Republic pre-WWII (d. 1935) August 15 – Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (d. 1995) August 16 – Ida Browne, Australian geologist, palaeontologist (d. 1976) August 17 Mary Paik Lee, Korean-American writer (d. 1995) Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) August 18 Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964) Ruth Norman, American religious leader (d. 1993) August 19 Colleen Moore, American actress (d. 1988) Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976) Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist, art historian (d. 2001) August 22 Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist, child prodigy (d. 1999) Sergey Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964) August 23 Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001) Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer (d. 1991) August 25 Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician, biochemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981) August 26 Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (d. 1970) Hellmuth Walter, German engineer, inventor (d. 1980) September September 3 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986) September 5 – Grace Eldering, American public health scientist, co-developed vaccine for whooping cough (d. 1988) September 6 – W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979) September 8 – Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970) September 17 J. Willard Marriott, American entrepreneur and founder of Marriott International (d. 1985) Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (d. 1986) Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter, novelist (d. 1963) Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator, political activist and founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971) September 18 Thomas Darden, American rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa (d. 1961) Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, 1st prime minister of Mauritius (d. 1985) September