Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1940

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1940. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Aug. 1 Gus Meins
• Aug. 1 Hugo Lederer
• Aug. 4 Ze'ev Jabotinsky

  Ukrainian-american general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880).

• Aug. 4 Ludwig Meyländer genannt Rogalla von Bieberstein
• Aug. 8 Johnny Dodds

  American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892).

• Aug. 9 Rudolf Thurneysen
• Aug. 9 George MacDonald
• Aug. 9 Leopold Pamula
• Aug. 12 Nikolai Triik

  Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884).

• Aug. 14 Jindřich Rezek
• Aug. 17 Billy Fiske

  American soldier and pilot (b. 1911).

• Aug. 18 Walter Chrysler

  Walter Chrysler was an influential American industrialist best known for founding the Chrysler Corporation in 1925. Starting his career as a machinist and railroad mechanic, Chrysler entered the automotive industry with Buick in 1912, quickly rising to become its president by 1916. He later became a vice president at General Motors before founding his own company. His leadership and innovative … [bio]

• Aug. 18 Kamal-ol-Molk
• Aug. 20 George Stevens
• Aug. 21 Leon Trotsky

  Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and Soviet politician. He played a leading role in the Russian Revolution of 1917, was a founder and commander of the Red Army, and later became a prominent critic of Stalinism before being assassinated in exile. [bio]

• Aug. 21 Hermann Obrecht

  Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882).

• Aug. 21 Ernest Thayer

  American poet and author (b. 1863).

• Aug. 22 Gerald Strickland

  1st baron strickland, maltese lawyer and politician, 4th prime minister of malta (b. 1861).

• Aug. 22 Oliver Lodge

  British scientist, physicist and author.

• Aug. 24 Paul Gottlieb Nipkow

  Polish-german technician and inventor, invented the nipkow disk (b. 1860).

• Aug. 25 Prince Jean

  Duke of guise (b. 1874).

• Aug. 30 J. J. Thomson

  English physicist and mathematician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1856).

• Aug. 30 Joseph John Thomson

  Prize laureate in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by...

• Aug. 31 Georges Gauthier

  Canadian archbishop (b. 1871).

• Aug. 31 DeLancey W. Gill

  American painter (b. 1859).

• Aug. 31 Raymond Smith Dugan
• Aug. 31 Ernest Lundeen