August 1st
178 Notable deaths
Benson Fong
American actor (1916-1987).
Born October 10th, 1916 in Sacramento.
Died August 1st, 1987 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Sergei Bunyachenko
Red army officer defector and nazi collaborator (1902–1946).
Born October 5th, 1902 in Korovyakovka.
Died August 1st, 1946 at 43 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Politician.
Born March 23rd, 1916 in Jalandhar.
Died August 1st, 2008 at 92 years old in Noida (heart failure). [ref]
John Aasen
Actor (1890-1938).
Born March 5th, 1890 in Minneapolis.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 48 years old in Mendocino (pneumonia).
Gordon Bennett
Australian army officer (1887-1962).
Born April 16th, 1887 in Balwyn.
Died August 1st, 1962 at 75 years old in Sydney.
Israel Zangwill
British writer.
Born February 14th, 1864 in London. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1926 at 62 years old in Midhurst. [ref]
Lesya Ukrainka
Ukrainian poet and writer (1871-1913).
Born February 25th, 1871 in Novohrad-Volynskyi.
Died August 1st, 1913 at 42 years old in Surami (Pott disease). [ref]
Jonathan Kaplan
American director (1947–2025).
Born November 25th, 1947 in Paris.
Died August 1st, 2025 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer). [ref]
Stephan Beckenbauer
Former german footballer (1968-2015).
Born December 1st, 1968 in Munich.
Died August 1st, 2015 at 46 years old in Munich (brain cancer).
Pauline Baynes
English illustrator of children's books (1922–2008).
Born September 9th, 1922 in Brighton. [ref]
Died August 1st, 2008 at 85 years old in Surrey. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir