- Aug 1 Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer, pedagogue (Venice Liceo Musicale, 1932-52), and musicologist (Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi). s at 91
Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973)
Aug 1 German politician (Head Of State, German Democratic Republic), dies at 80
Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973)
Aug 6 Dictator and President of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Aug 6 James Beck, British actor (Dad's Army), dies from pancreatitis at 44
- Aug 6 Memphis Minnie [Lizzie Douglas], American blues musician, dies at 76
- Aug 7 Jack Gregory, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, 85 wickets, BB 7/69; NSW CA), dies at 77
- Aug 8 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author (The Emigrants) and historian, dies at 74
- Aug 9 Charlie Daniels, American swimmer (Olympic gold 220yd, 440yd, 4x50yd freestyle 1904, 100m freestyle 1908), dies at 88
- Aug 9 Dean Corll, American serial killer (Houston mass murders), fatally shot by an accomplice at 33
- Aug 10 Douglas Kennedy, American actor (Dark Passage, The Lone Ranger & the Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer at 57
- Aug 11 Peggy Castle, American actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46
Karl Ziegler (1898-1973)
Aug 12 German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), dies at 74
- Aug 12 Perry Botkin, American jazz and session guitarist, banjo player, composer, and musical director (Bing Crosby), dies at 66
- Aug 12 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1949), dies of heart failure at 92
- Aug 13 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch writer and playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75
- Aug 16 Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American microbiologist (Nobel 1951-ingenious, systematic and successful studies of the soil microbes that led to the discovery of streptomycin), dies at 85 [1]
- Aug 16 Veda Ann Borg, American model and actress (Kid Galahad, Avalanche, Accomplice), dies of cancer at 58
- Aug 17 Conrad Aiken, American poet (Pulitzer Prize, US Poet Laureate 1950-52), dies at 74
- Aug 17 Jean Barraqué, French composer, dies at 44
- Aug 17 Paul Williams, American baritone singer and choreographer (The Temptations - "Cloud Nine"), commits suicide at 32
- Aug 22 Louise Huff, American actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77
- Aug 24 Billy Greene, American actor (Single Room Furnished, One Man's Family), dies at 76
- Aug 24 Sláva Vorlová [Miroslava Johnová], Czech composer (Bílá oblaka (White Clouds)), dies at 79
- Aug 29 (James) Stringer Davis, British stage and screen character actor (Murder Most Foul), and veteran of both World Wars, dies at 74
- Aug 29 Michael Dunn, American short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38
- Aug 29 Stringer Davis, English actress (Mouse on the Moon; Miranda), dies at about 77
John Ford (1895-1973)
Aug 31 American director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man), dies at 78
- Aug 31 Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), dies at 66
- Aug 31 Stan Worthington, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128, 8 wickets, BB 2/19; Derbyshire CCC, Northumberland CCC), dies at 68
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