– Józef Kondrat, Polish stage and film actor (b. 1902) August 5 – Friedrich F. Tippmann, Hungarian entomologist (b. 1894) August 6 – Gunboat Smith, Irish-born American boxer and referee (b. 1887) August 7 – Rosario Castellanos, Méxican poet and author (b. 1925) August 8 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi German Hitler Youth leader (b. 1907) August 11 José Falcón, Portuguese matador (gored to death by bull) (b. 1944) Jan Tschichold, German-born typographer (b. 1902) August 13 – Ernst Forsthoff, German jurist (b. 1902) August 14 – Romuald Bourque, French-Canadian politician from Québec (b. 1889) August 15 – Edmund Cobb, American actor (b. 1892) August 17 – Aldo Palazzeschi, Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist (b. 1885) August 18 – J. C. Winslow, British missionary to India for Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (b. 1882) August 19 – Rodger Davies, American diplomat (assassinated) (b. 1921) August 20 – Magda Sonja, Austrian actress (b. 1886) August 21 – Buford Pusser, American Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee (b. 1937) August 22 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-Jewish British mathematician, biologist and science historian (b. 1908) August 23 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and pioneer (b. 1888) August 24 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor (b. 1894) August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (Spirit of St. Louis) (b. 1902) August 27 – Otto Strasser, Nazi German politician (b. 1897) August 28 – Aleksandar Sekulović, Montenegrin cinematographer (b. 1918) Lawrence Jones, American UMWA member who was martyred after being slain by a strikebreaker (b. 1950) August 29 Judith Furse, English actress (b. 1912) Fred W. Preller, American politician (b. 1902) August 30 – Kenneth Anderson, Indian-British writer and hunter (b. 1910) August 31 Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1895) Norman Kirk, New Zealander politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923) Gianna Manzini, Italian writer (b. 1896) September September 1 – Mary Broadfoot Walker, Scottish physician (b. 1888) September 2 – Walter Strenge, American cinematographer (b. 1898) September 3 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901) September 4 Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914) Marcel Achard, French playwright and scriptwriter (b. 1899) September 6 Olga Baclanova, Soviet stage and screen actress, operatic singer, and ballerina (b. c. 1893) Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885) September 7 – Juan Antonio Ipiña, Spanish football manager (b. 1912) September 8 Dhani Nivat, Prince of Thailand (b. 1885)