field marshal and former regent of Hungary (b. 1872) July 8 – Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897) July 10 – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Bassarabian-born Israeli rabbi and government minister (b. 1875) July 11 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat (b. 1874) July 12 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907) July 13 – Jerry Wald, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911) July 18 – Denjirō Ōkōchi, Japanese actor (b. 1898) July 21 – G. M. Trevelyan, English historian (b. 1876) July 23 – Victor Moore, American actor (b. 1876) July 26 Raquel Meller, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1888) George Preca, Maltese Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1880) July 27 – Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892) July 29 Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flautist (b. 1875) Ronald Fisher, English-born statistician and geneticist (b. 1890) July 30 – Myron McCormick, American actor (b. 1908) August August 4 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926) August 5 – Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Spanish writer and diplomat (b. 1880) August 6 – Ángel Borlenghi, Argentine labor leader and politician (b. 1904) August 9 – Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) August 15 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940) August 18 – Cleo Ridgely, American actress (b. 1893) August 19 – Jean Lucienbonnet, French racing driver (b. 1923) August 21 – Ahmad Ibrahim, Malaysian-born Singaporean politician (b. 1927) August 22 – Charles Rigoulot, French Olympic weightlifter (b. 1903) August 23 – Hoot Gibson, American actor and film director (b. 1892) Joseph Berchtold, Nazi officer, Second commander of the SS (b. 1897) August 24 – Mykolas Biržiška, Lithuanian politician (b. 1882) August 26 – Dušan Simović, Yugoslav general, 18th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1882) August 27 – Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (b. 1909) August 28 – John Collum, American actor (b. 1926) August 29 – Georgina de Albuquerque, Brazilian painter (b. 1885) August 31 – Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1885) September September 1 – Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general (b. 1889) September 3 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894) September 4 Juan Atilio Bramuglia, Argentine composer (b. 1903) William Clothier, American tennis player (b. 1881) September 5 – Roy MacNairy, English cricketer (b. 1904) September 6 – Hanns Eisler, Austrian composer (b. 1898) September 7 Karen Blixen, Danish writer (b. 1885) Morris Louis, American