| 98881 | August 31 | Birth | 1842 – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (d. 1924) |
| 98882 | August 31 | Birth | 1843 – Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1919) |
| 98883 | August 31 | Birth | 1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (d. 1952) |
| 98884 | August 31 | Birth | 1871 – James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944) |
| 98885 | August 31 | Birth | 1878 – Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (d. 1933) |
| 98886 | August 31 | Birth | 1879 – Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and painter (d. 1964) |
| 98887 | August 31 | Birth | 1879 – Emperor Taishō of Japan (d. 1926) |
| 98888 | August 31 | Birth | 1880 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d. 1962) |
| 98889 | August 31 | Birth | 1885 – DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (d. 1940) |
| 98890 | August 31 | Birth | 1890 – August Alle, Estonian poet and author (d. 1952) |
| 98891 | August 31 | Birth | 1893 – Lily Laskine, French harp player (d. 1988) |
| 98892 | August 31 | Birth | 1894 – Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (d. 1982) |
| 98893 | August 31 | Birth | 1896 – Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal (d. 1979) |
| 98894 | August 31 | Birth | 1896 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (d. 1982) |
| 98895 | August 31 | Birth | 1897 – Fredric March, American lieutenant, actor, and singer (d. 1975) |
| 98896 | August 31 | Birth | 1900 – Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943) |
| 98897 | August 31 | Birth | 1902 – Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1977) |
| 98898 | August 31 | Birth | 1903 – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983) |
| 98899 | August 31 | Birth | 1903 – Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 1985) |
| 98900 | August 31 | Birth | 1905 – Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 98901 | August 31 | Birth | 1905 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (d. 1997) |
| 98902 | August 31 | Birth | 1907 – Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (d. 1977) |
| 98903 | August 31 | Birth | 1907 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007) |
| 98904 | August 31 | Birth | 1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957) |
| 98905 | August 31 | Birth | 1907 – William Shawn, American journalist (d. 1992) |
| 98906 | August 31 | Birth | 1907 – Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (d. 1986) |
| 98907 | August 31 | Birth | 1908 – William Saroyan, American author and playwright (d. 1981) |
| 98908 | August 31 | Birth | 1909 – Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008) |
| 98909 | August 31 | Birth | 1911 – Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998) |
| 98910 | August 31 | Birth | 1911 – Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1970) |