of the Russian Liberation Army (executed) (b. 1901) August 2 – Karl, Prince of Leiningen, German prince (b. 1898) August 5 Otto Franke, German sinologist (b. 1863) Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer, politician and 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) August 6 Blanche Bingley, English tennis champion (b. 1863) Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1903) August 8 – Maria Barrientos, Spanish opera singer (b. 1884) August 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer (b. 1864) August 11 – Giuseppe Pietri, Italian composer (b. 1886) August 12 Inayatullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (b. 1888) Alfred Stock, German chemist (b. 1876) August 13 H. G. Wells, British science fiction writer, historian (The Time Machine) (b. 1866) Émile Berlia, French politician (b. 1878) August 16 – Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (b. 1875) August 17 – Channing Pollock, American playwright (b. 1880) August 19 – Jules-Albert de Dion, French automobile pioneer (b. 1856) August 20 – "Rags" Ragland, American comedian, actor (b. 1905) August 22 – Döme Sztójay, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883) August 23 – Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (b. 1884) August 24 – James Clark McReynolds, American jurist (b. 1862) August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress (b. 1887) August 28 Georgios Kafantaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1873) Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British field marshal (b. 1865) Florence Turner, American actress (b. 1885) August 29 – John Steuart Curry, American painter (b. 1897) September September 3 – Paul Lincke, German composer (b. 1866) September 4 - Nobu Shirase, Japanese army officer and Antarctic explorer (b. 1861) September 11 – Francesco Bonifacio, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (killed in action) (b. 1912) September 13 – William Watt, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (b. 1871) September 16 Henri Gouraud, French general (b. 1867) James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1877) September 24 – Gustav Globočnik Edler von Vojka, Austro-Hungarian nobleman and field marshal (b. 1859) September 25 – Heinrich George, German actor (b. 1893) September 29 – Raimu, French actor (b. 1883) September 30 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1887) October October 1 Hiroshi Kawabuchi, Japanese politician (b. 1883) Lucy Wheelock, American early childhood education pioneer (b. 1857) October 2 – Ignacy Mościcki, Polish chemist, politician and 4th President of Poland (b. 1867) October 4 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver, automobile pioneer (b. 1878)