Editing 1923 (section)

=== August ===
* [[August 1]] – [[Pierre Brizon]], French teacher, deputy and pacifist (b. [[1878]])
* [[August 2]] – [[Warren G. Harding]], American politician, 29th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1865]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Vatroslav Jagić]], Croatian scholar (b. [[1838]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Victor II, Duke of Ratibor]] (b. [[1847]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Joaquín Sorolla]], Spanish painter (b. [[1863]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Marty Hogan]], English baseball player (b. [[1869]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Vilfredo Pareto]], Italian economist (b. [[1848]])
* [[August 21]] – [[William Ralph Meredith|Sir William Meredith]], Canadian politician and judge (b. [[1840]])
* [[August 23]]
** [[Ernest Francis Bashford]], British oncologist (b. [[1873]])
** [[Henry C. Mustin (1874–1923)|Henry C. Mustin]], American naval aviation pioneer (b. [[1874]])
* [[August 24]] 
** [[Katō Tomosaburō]], Imperial Japanese Navy officer, 12th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1861]])
** [[Kate Douglas Wiggin]], American author (b. [[1856]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Hertha Ayrton]], English engineer, mathematician and inventor (b. [[1854]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Edward Hill (painter)|Edward Hill]], American painter (b. [[1843]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark]] (b. [[1878]])