Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1958

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1958. 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. 4 Ethel Anderson

  Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)

• Aug. 7 Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

  American author and educator (b. 1892)

• Aug. 9 Felipe Boero

  Composer dies at 74

• Aug. 13 Francis J. McCormick

  American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)

• Aug. 13 Otto Witte

  German acrobat, claimant to the albanian crown (born 1868).

• Aug. 14 Frédéric Joliot

  Nobel Prize laureate in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements

• Aug. 14 Konstantin von Neurath

  German diplomat and politician 13th german minister for foreign affairs (d. 1956).

• Aug. 14 Mary Ritter Beard

  American historian, who dies at 82

• Aug. 15 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy

  Us blues singer / guitarist, dies at 65

• Aug. 16 Jacob M. Lomakin

  Soviet consul general in new york city, journalist and economist (b. 1904)

• Aug. 17 Arthur Fox

  English-american fencer (b. 1878)

• Aug. 17 Florent Schmitt

  French composer/critic (jardin secret) dies at 87

• Aug. 19 Antonius "Toon" Verhey

  Conductor / violin cellist, dies at 63

• Aug. 21 Stevan Hristic

  Composer dies at 73

• Aug. 22 Roger Martin du Gard

  Nobel Prize laureate for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle <I>Les Thibault</I>

• Aug. 24 Paul Henry

  Renowned Irish painter and educator who made significant contributions to Irish art in the early 20th century.

• Aug. 24 John G Strijdom

  Premier of south africa (1954-1958), dies at 65

• Aug. 24 Leo Blech

  Composer dies at 87

• Aug. 24 Kenneth Leighton

  Composer dies at 28

• Aug. 26 Ralph Vaughan Williams

  English composer and educator (b. 1872)

• Aug. 27 Ernest Lawrence

  Ernest Lawrence was a pioneering American physicist who revolutionized particle physics by inventing the cyclotron, a groundbreaking particle accelerator. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his innovative work, significantly advancing scientific understanding of atomic and nuclear processes.

• Aug. 27 Ernest Orlando Lawrence

  Nobel Prize laureate for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements

• Aug. 28 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov

  Composer dies at 67

• Aug. 29 Marjorie Flack

  American illustrator and author (d. 1958).