Editing 1952 (section)

===August===
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* [[August 2]] – [[J. Farrell MacDonald]], American actor (b. [[1875]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Sameera Moussa]], Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. [[1917]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Francis Pegahmagabow]], Canadian military officer (b. [[1889]])
* [[August 12]] – [[Peretz Markish]], Soviet-born Israeli poet (b. [[1895]])
* [[August 18]] 
** [[Alberto Hurtado]], Chilean [[Jesuit]] priest and saint (b. [[1901]])
** [[Ralph Byrd]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Hiranuma Kiichirō]], Japanese politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Euphrasia Eluvathingal]], Indian [[Carmelite]] nun and saint (b. [[1877]])