Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1941

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1941. 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 Carlo Abate
• Aug. 1 Sidney Brown
• Aug. 1 Angelo Sbrana
• Aug. 4 Mihály Babits

  Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883).

• Aug. 4 Michail Nicolaevič Savojarov
• Aug. 7 Rabindranath Tagore

  Indian author, poet, and playwright, nobel prize laureate (b. 1861).

• Aug. 7 Bruno Mussolini
• Aug. 9 Richard Goss

  Executed irish republican (b. 1915).

• Aug. 10 Mario Amadori
• Aug. 10 Luciano Gavazzi
• Aug. 10 Giuseppe Mazzaglia
• Aug. 12 Bobby Peel

  English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857).

• Aug. 12 Freeman Freeman-Thomas

  1st marquess of willingdon, english soldier and politician, 56th governor general of canada (b. 1866).

• Aug. 12 I marchese di Willingdon Freeman Freeman-Thomas
• Aug. 13 J. Stuart Blackton
• Aug. 14 Maximilian Kolbe

  Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World...

• Aug. 14 Paul Sabatier

  French chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1854).

• Aug. 19 Paul von Hintze
• Aug. 19 Gustaf Dalman
• Aug. 19 Paul Duboc
• Aug. 22 Francisco de Campos Barreto
• Aug. 22 Sébastienne Guyot
• Aug. 27 Mitsuko Aoyama
• Aug. 30 Peder Oluf Pedersen

  Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874).

• Aug. 30 Marie von Buelow
• Aug. 31 Thomas Bavin

  New zealand-australian politician, 24th premier of new south wales (b. 1874).

• Aug. 31 Marina Tsvetaeva

  Russian poet and author (b. 1892).

• Aug. 31 Marina Ivanovna Cvetaeva
• Aug. 31 Alfred Hettner
• Aug. 31 Erich Schmidt