Capuchin friar and Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1866) July 31 Jožka Jabůrková, Czechoslovakan journalist, writer and translator (b. 1896) Sir Francis Younghusband, British explorer and army officer (b.1863) August August 3 Franciszka Arnsztajnowa, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1865) James Cruze, American actor and director (b. 1884) Guglielmo Ferrero, Italian historian, journalist and novelist (b. 1871) Gustav Indrebø, Norwegian philologist (b. 1889) Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872) August 7 Louis J. Carpellotti, American marine (b. 1918) Charles E. Ford, American film director and producer (b. 1899) Janusz Korczak, Polish educator, author and pediatrician (b. 1878) August 8 – Leopold Janikowski, Polish explorer and ethnographer (b. 1855) August 9 – Terea Benedicta of the Cross, German philosopher, Roman Catholic nun, martyr and saint (assassinated) (b. 1891) August 10 – Kazimierz Dembowski, Polish Roman Catholic clergyman and martyr (b. 1912) August 11 – Sabina Spielrein, Russian physician and psychoanalyst (b. 1885) August 12 Pasquale Amato, Italian baritone (b. 1878) Mykola Burachek, Soviet painter (b. 1871) Phillips Holmes, American actor (b. 1907) August 13 Jorge Cuesta, Mexican chemist, writer and editor (b. 1903) Elina González Acha de Correa Morales, Argentinian educator, scientist and activist (b. 1861) August 15 – Mahadev Desai, Indian independence activist and writer (b. 1892) August 16 – André Heuzé, French director, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1880) August 18 Agathe Lasch, German philologist (b. 1879) Henry DeWitt Hamilton, American general (b. 1863) August 19 – Heinrich Rauchinger, Polish-born Austrian painter (b. 1858) August 21 – Kiyonao Ichiki, Japanese army officer (killed in action) (b. 1892) August 22 – Michel Fokine, Soviet choreographer and dancer (b. 1880) August 23 Jorge Colaço, Portuguese painter (b. 1868) Franciszek Dachtera, Polish Roman Catholic priest, martyr and blessed (b. 1910) August 24 Doyle Clayton Barnes, American naval aviator (b. 1912) Edward Kaźmierski, Polish Roman Catholic priest, martyr and blessed (b. 1919) August 25 Prince George, Duke of Kent, 4th eldest son of George V (b. 1902) Józef Lewartowski, Polish politician and revolutionary (b. 1895) August 26 – Irena Bernášková, Czechoslovakian journalist and resistance member (b. 1904) August 27 – Lev Nussimbaum, Russian and Azerbaijani novelist (b. 1905) August 28 – Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1872) August 29 Charles Urban, American film producer (b. 1867) Fabio Fiallo, Dominican writer, poet and politician (b. 1866) Dominik Jędrzejewski, Polish Roman Catholic priest, martyr and blessed (b. 1886) August 30 –