Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1949

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1949. 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 Lazzaro Luxardo
• Aug. 2 Arnold Büscher
• Aug. 3 Ignotus

  Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869).

• Aug. 9 Harry Davenport

  Actor (cowboy & lady enchanted forest), died at 83.

• Aug. 9 Edward Thorndike

  American psychologist and academic (b. 1874).

• Aug. 10 Homer Burton Adkins

  American chemist (b. 1892).

• Aug. 10 John Haigh
• Aug. 16 Margaret Mitchell

  Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist best known for writing 'Gone with the Wind,' one of the most popular books in American literature and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. [bio]

• Aug. 16 Luigi Lavazza
• Aug. 16 Otto Steinbrinck
• Aug. 17 Gregorio Perfecto

  Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891).

• Aug. 18 Paul Mares

  American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1900).

• Aug. 18 József Viola
• Aug. 20 Frederick William Green
• Aug. 20 Domenico Varagnolo
• Aug. 21 Joseph W. Girard
• Aug. 21 John Francis Gathorne-Hardy
• Aug. 21 Gerhard von Keussler
• Aug. 23 Helen Churchill Candee

  American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858).

• Aug. 24 John William Dunne
• Aug. 24 Attilio Palatini
• Aug. 27 Shōen Uemura
• Aug. 29 Ubaldo Fiorenzi
• Aug. 29 Franciszek Latinik
• Aug. 30 Arthur Fielder

  English cricketer (born 1877).

• Aug. 30 Sevasti Qiriazi
• Aug. 31 Giorgio Cini
• Aug. 31 André-Louis Debierne