Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1929

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1929. 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 Syd Gregory

  Australian cricketer and coach (d. 299)

• Aug. 2 Mae Costello

  American actress (born in 1882)

• Aug. 3 Emile Berliner

  American inventor born in germany who made significant contributions to the telephone technology and invented the phonograph record disk.

• Aug. 3 Thorstein Veblen

  American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

• Aug. 5 Millicent Fawcett

  Millicent Fawcett was a British business leader known for her work in promoting women's rights and suffrage.

• Aug. 9 Heinrich Zille

  German cartoonist, simplicicissimus, dies at 71

• Aug. 10 Aletta Jacobs

  Aletta jacobs was both the first woman and first female to study in the netherlands for a university degree. she was the daughter of a sappemeer jewish doctor. when she was thirteen, she left her local school to go to a girls' school. she did not enjoy it and returned home after two weeks. anna de jong, her dutch mother, …

• Aug. 10 Pierre Fatou

  French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)

• Aug. 16 Frank Valentine Van der Stucken

  Composer dies at age 70

• Aug. 19 Sergei Diaghilev

  Ballets russes was founded by a russian critic and ballet manager.

• Aug. 19 Sergei P Diaghilev Russia

  At 57, a dance master (imperial ballet) dies.

• Aug. 22 Otto Liman von Sanders

  German general in turkey (wwii), dies at the age of 74

• Aug. 23 Charles Van de Woestijne

  Flemish writer/poet (god on the sea)

• Aug. 27 Herman Potočnik

  Croatian-austrian engineer (d. 1929)

• Aug. 27 Herman Potocnik Noordung

  Slovenian rocket scientist (born in 1892)