Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1971

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1971. 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. 5 Sergio Morgana
• Aug. 5 Georg Jauer
• Aug. 6 Fausto Cleva
• Aug. 8 Freddie Spencer Chapman

  English lieutenant (b. 1907).

• Aug. 10 Henri Cournollet
• Aug. 13 W. O. Bentley

  English race car driver and engineer, founded bentley motors limited (b. 1888).

• Aug. 13 King Curtis
• Aug. 15 Paul Lukas

  Paul Lukas was a Hungarian-American actor best known for his Academy Award-winning role in 'Watch on the Rhine' (1943). He had a prolific career spanning both European and American cinema, excelling in stage, film, and television performances. [bio]

• Aug. 16 Spyros Skouras

  American film executive from greece, born in 1893.

• Aug. 17 Maedayama Eigorō

  The 39th Yokozuna in sumo wrestling, a highly respected rank in traditional Japanese sport, who was active in the mid-20th century.

• Aug. 17 Wilhelm List

  German nazi field marshal.

• Aug. 20 Rashid Minhas

  Pakistani Air Force pilot who became a national hero for his extraordinary sacrifice during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.

• Aug. 21 George Jackson

  Prominent Black Panther Party activist and political prisoner who was a significant figure in the civil rights movement, tragically killed...

• Aug. 22 Birger Nerman

  Swedish archaeologist (b. 1888).

• Aug. 24 Antonio Meli Lupi di Soragna
• Aug. 24 Luigi Ferrajolo
• Aug. 25 Ted Lewis

  American clarinet player and bandleader (d.71).

• Aug. 25 Leroy Edwards
• Aug. 27 Margaret Bourke-White

  Margaret Bourke-White was a pioneering American photographer and photojournalist who captured iconic images of the Great Depression and...

• Aug. 27 Bennett Cerf

  Bennett Cerf was a renowned American publisher and co-founder of Random House.

• Aug. 28 Reuvein Margolies

  Austrian-hungarian-born israeli author and talmudic scholar (born 1889).

• Aug. 28 Domenico Albergo
• Aug. 29 Nathan Leopold

  Nathan Leopold was one half of the infamous Leopold and Loeb duo, who committed a shocking murder in 1924 that captivated the American...

• Aug. 29 Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.

  American murderer (b. 1904).

• Aug. 29 Leopold e Loeb
• Aug. 29 William Wadsworth
• Aug. 30 Biagio Mercadante