Matskiv, Soviet Eastern Catholic religious sister and blessed (b. 1919) July 18 Augusto De Angelis, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1888) George Holt, American actor and director (b. 1878) Rex Whistler, British artist (b. 1905) July 20 Ludwig Beck, German general and Chief of the German General Staff (b. 1880) Heinz Brandt, German officer (b. 1907) Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901) Günther Korten, German colonel-general, chief of staff of the Luftwaffe (b. 1898) Claus von Stauffenberg, German resistance leader (b. 1907) July 21 Werner von Haeften, German resistance member (executed) (b. 1908) Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German resistance leader (b. 1905) Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen, German resistance member (suicide) (b. 1915) Friedrich Olbricht, German resistance leader (b. 1888) Henning von Tresckow, German general and resistance leader (suicide) (b. 1901) July 23 – Eduard Wagner, German general and resistance member (suicide) (b. 1894) July 25 Lesley J. McNair, American general (b. 1883) Jakob von Uexküll, Baltic German biologist (b. 1864) July 26 Clóvis Beviláqua, Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist (b. 1859) Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, German resistance member (suicide) (b. 1899) Takakazu Kinashi, Japanese army officer (b. 1902) Reza Shah, 20th Prime Minister of Iran and Shah of Iran (b. 1877) July 27 – Perry McGillivray, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1893) July 28 – Werner Schrader, German resistance member (suicide) (b. 1895) July 30 Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov, Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer (b. 1892) Lee Powell, American actor (b. 1908) July 31 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and children's writer (b. 1900) August August 1 Jean Prévost, French writer and journalist, member of the Maquis (b. 1901) Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino statesman, soldier and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878) August 2 – Kakuji Kakuta, Japanese admiral (b. 1890) August 4 – Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish poet (b. 1921) August 5 – Jędrzej Moraczewski, Polish politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1870) August 7 Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer (b. 1885) Jadwiga Falkowska, Polish teacher and activist (b. 1889) August 8 Robert Bernardis, German resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1908) Albrecht von Hagen, German resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1904) Paul von Hase, German general and resistance leader (executed) (b. 1885) Erich Hoepner, German colonel-general and resistance leader (executed) (b. 1886) Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish journalist and novelist (b. 1885) Hellmuth Stieff, German resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1901) Michael Wittmann, German tank commander (killed in action) (b. 1914)