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Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1963

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1963. 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 Oliver La Farge

    Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and anthropologist known for his work on Native American cultures, particularly the Navajo. His novel 'Laughing Boy' won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1930.

  • Aug. 2 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge

    At 61, a us writer/anthropologist dies

  • Aug. 5 Salvador Bacarisse

    Spanish composer (born 1898).

  • Aug. 6 Tom Keene

    Actor (our daily bread) dies from cancer at the age of 68

  • Aug. 7 Ramon Vila Capdevila

    Last of the spanish maquis, holding out after the end of the spanish civil war (b. 1908)

  • Aug. 9 Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

    American son of john f. kennedy (b. 1963)

  • Estes Kefauver
    Aug. 10 Estes Kefauver

    Estes Kefauver was a prominent Democratic U.S. Senator from Tennessee who led significant crime investigations in the 1950s and ran as Adlai Stevenson's vice presidential candidate in 1956.

  • Aug. 10 Patrick J Kennedy

    American politician from the famous Kennedy political dynasty, known for his public service and advocacy for mental health and addiction issues.

  • Aug. 10 Ernst Wetter

    Swiss politician and lawyer 48th president of swiss confederation (d.63)

  • Aug. 11 Otto Wahle

    Austrian-american swimmer and coach (b. 1879)

  • Aug. 13 Louis Bastien

    French fencer and cyclist (d. 1963).

  • Aug. 15 John Powell

    American discus thrower

  • Aug. 16 Joan Eardley

    Influential British artist known for her powerful landscape and portrait paintings, particularly of Scottish coastal scenes and children.

  • Richard Barthelmess
    Aug. 17 Richard Barthelmess

    Actor (heroes for sales), passes away from cancer at the age of 68

  • Aug. 18 Clifford Odets

    Prominent American playwright of the 1930s whose works critically examined social issues during the Great Depression. His most famous plays include 'Waiting for Lefty', 'Awake and Sing', and 'Golden Boy', which explored themes of economic struggle and personal aspiration.

  • Aug. 19 Kathleen Parlow

    Canadian violinist (born 1890).

  • Aug. 20 Joan Voûte

    Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1963).

  • Aug. 22 William Morris

    1st viscount nuffield, english businessman and philanthropist, founded morris motors (b. 1877)

  • Aug. 23 Glen Gray

    Prominent American jazz musician and bandleader who led the renowned Casa Loma Orchestra during the swing era.

  • Aug. 26 Larry Keating

    Actor (george burns show roger-mr ed), died at 67

  • Aug. 27 Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi

    Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)

  • Aug. 27 W. E. B. Du Bois

    American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)

  • Aug. 27 Allama Mashriqi

    Pakistani politician and scholar (born 1888).

  • Aug. 30 Guy Burgess

    Guy Burgess was a notorious British diplomat and Soviet spy who was part of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that passed critical intelligence to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

  • Aug. 31 Georges Braque

    French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)