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. 2 Jose Juan Tablada

  Mexican poet (la feria) dies at the age of 70

• Aug. 4 Mihály Babits

  Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)

• Aug. 7 Rabindranath Tagore

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

• Aug. 9 Richard Goss

  Executed irish republican (b. 1915)

• 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. 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 War II.

• Aug. 14 Paul Sabatier

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

• Aug. 14 Josef Jakobs

  German spy executed at tower of london

• Aug. 29 Louis Henri

  French officer/resistant fighter executed at 40

• Aug. 29 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik

  French resistance fighter dutch, executed at 36

• Aug. 30 Peder Oluf Pedersen

  Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)

• Aug. 31 Marina Tsvetaeva

  Russian poet and author (b. 1892)

• Aug. 31 Thomas Bavin

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

• Aug. 31 Marian Zwetajewa

  Writer