Editing 1955 (section)

===August===
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* [[August 1]] – [[William Hamilton (athlete)|William Hamilton]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1883]])
* [[August 2]]
** [[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria]], Bavarian military leader and last Bavarian crown prince (b. [[1869]])
** [[Wallace Stevens]], American poet (b. [[1879]])
* [[August 5]] 
** [[Carmen Miranda]], Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress (b. [[1909]])
** [[Suzan Ball]], American actress (b. [[1933]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Marion Bauer]], American composer, teacher, writer,and music critic (b. [[1882]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Frank Seiberling]], American inventor, co-founder of [[Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company]] (b. [[1859]])
* [[August 12]]
** [[Thomas Mann]], German novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1875]])
** [[James B. Sumner]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 13]] – [[Florence Easton]], English opera soprano (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://operascotland.org/person/8475/Florence+Easton |title=Florence Easton &#124; Opera Scotland |website=operascotland.org}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – [[Fernand Léger]], French painter and sculptor (b. [[1881]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Raymond Duval]], French general (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://generals.dk/general/Duval/Raymond-Francis/France.html Duval, Raymond-Francis]</ref>
* [[August 27]] – [[Devere Allen]], American socialist, pacifist political activist and journalist (b. [[1891]])<ref name="Powers1997">{{cite book |last1=Powers |first1=R.S. |last2=Vogele |first2=W.B. |last3=Bond |first3=D. |last4=Kruegler |first4=C. |title=Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1997 |isbn=978-1-136-76482-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmlWr4aAt4EC&pg=PA20 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |page=20}}</ref>
* [[August 28]] – [[Emmett Till]], American murder victim (b. [[1941]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Willi Baumeister]], German painter, scenic designer, art professor and typographer (b. [[1889]])