Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1970

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1970. 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 Frances Farmer

  Frances Farmer was an American actress and television host, best known for her film roles in the 1930s and for her tumultuous personal life, which included highly publicized legal and institutional struggles. She is often remembered as a symbol of Hollywood's treatment of women and mental health. [bio]

• Aug. 1 Otto Heinrich Warburg

  German physician and physiologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1883).

• Aug. 1 Otto Warburg

  German biologist, medical doctor and physiologist.

• Aug. 1 Giuseppe Pizzardo
• Aug. 2 Angus MacFarlane-Grieve

  English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891).

• Aug. 2 Salvatore Cherubino
• Aug. 6 Nikos Tsiforos

  Greek film director and screenwriter (born 1912).

• Aug. 7 Jonathan P. Jackson

  American bodyguard and kidnapper (b. 1953).

• Aug. 16 Beniamino Bufano
• Aug. 16 Ulderico Fabbri
• Aug. 18 Furio Monticelli
• Aug. 19 Werner Max Moser
• Aug. 20 Mickey Daniels
• Aug. 20 Sergej Romanov
• Aug. 20 Román Viñoly Barreto
• Aug. 22 Vladimir Propp

  Russian structuralist scholar (born 1895).

• Aug. 22 Bernardo Giner de los Ríos
• Aug. 22 Hermann Knaus
• Aug. 22 Adolf Merkl
• Aug. 22 Vladimir Jakovlevič Propp
• Aug. 25 Tachū Naitō

  Japanese architect and engineer, designed the tokyo tower (b. 1886).

• Aug. 25 Max Abegglen
• Aug. 25 Karl Casper
• Aug. 29 André Borel
• Aug. 30 Abraham Zapruder

  American clothing manufacturer who accidentally filmed the most famous assassination in modern history - the killing of President John F....

• Aug. 30 Friedrich Frisius
• Aug. 31 Booker Ervin