Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892) August 12 George Cross, Australian actor, director (b. c.1873) Al Shean, German-born actor (b. 1868) August 14 Muhsin al-Barazi, Syrian academic, lawyer, politician and 24th Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1904) Husni al-Za'im, Syrian military man, politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Syria and 9th President of Syria (b. 1897) August 16 Ramon Briones Luco, Chilean lawyer, politician (b. 1872) Margaret Mitchell, American writer (Gone With the Wind) (b. 1900) August 17 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist, politician (b. 1891) August 18 – Paul Mares, American musician (b. 1900) August 20 – Ludwig Halberstädter, German-born Israeli radiologist (b. 1876) August 22 – Amado Aguirre Santiago, Mexican general, politician (b. 1863) August 23 Domingo Díaz Arosemena, Panamian politician, 12th President of Panama (b. 1875) Herbert Greenfield, Canadian politician, 4th Premier of Alberta (b. 1869) August 27 Abdulkerim Abbas, Chinese politician (b. 1921) Uemura Shōen, Japanese artist (b. 1875) August 29 – Franciszek Latinik, Polish general (b. 1864) August 30 Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877) Hans Kindler, American cellist, conductor (b. 1892) Sevasti Qiriazi, Albanian educator, women's rights activist (b. 1871) September September 7 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883) September 8 – Richard Strauss, German composer (Also Sprach Zarathustra) (b. 1864) September 10 – Wiley Blount Rutledge, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1894) September 12 Harry Burleigh, American composer (b. 1866) Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870) September 13 José Ignacio Cárdenas, Venezuelan diplomat, physician (b. 1874) August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1874) September 14 Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, German Resistance figure (b. 1901) Pandeli Evangjeli, Albanian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1859) September 15 – Heinie Beckendorf, American baseball catcher (b. 1884) September 16 – Hallie Quinn Brown, African-American educator, writer and activist (b. 1849) September 18 – Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890) September 19 Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884) George Shiels, Irish writer (b. 1886) Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901) September 20 – Richard Dix, American actor (b. 1893) September 22 – Sam Wood, American director (b. 1883) September 24 – Pierre de Bréville, French composer (b. 1861) September 25 – Peter Nielsen, Danish actor (b. 1876) September 27 – David Adler, American architect (b. 1882) September 28 Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881) Émile Eddé, 4th prime minister, 3rd president of Lebanon (b.