2nd » As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the List of Presidents of the United States or 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding
23rd » Captain (United States O-3) known as Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
16th » Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012)
18th » Jenni Irani, Indian-Pakistani cricketer (d. 1982)
18th » Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
20th » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
21st » Keith Allen (ice hockey) e.g Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
21st » Mario Laserna Pinzón, French-Colombian educator and politician, 9th Ambassador of Colombia to France called Colombia Ambassador to France (d. 2013)
23rd » Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist (d. 2003)
24th » Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
25th » Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
25th » Allyre Sirois, Canadian judge (d. 2012)
26th » Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
27th » Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (d. 2013)
29th » Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
29th » Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
29th » Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, English businessman (d. 2006)
Famous Deaths for August 1923
2nd » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)