Editing 1975 (section)

===August===
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* [[August 3]]
** [[Andreas Embirikos]], Greek poet (b. [[1901]])
** [[Jack Molinas]], American basketball player (b. [[1931]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera]], Spanish prince, military aviator (b. [[1886]]){{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
* [[August 9]] – [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Soviet and Russian composer (b. [[1906]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Anthony McAuliffe]], American general (b. [[1898]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Rachel Katznelson-Shazar]], Zionist political figure and wife of third President of Israel (b. [[1885]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] and 1st and 4th [[President of Bangladesh]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Vladimir Kuts]], Soviet runner (b. [[1927]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Sig Arno]], German actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[August 19]]
** [[Mark Donohue]], American race car driver (b. [[1937]])
** [[Ima Hogg]], American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanitiestexas.org/programs/tx-originals/list/ima-hogg|title=Ima Hogg &#124; Humanities Texas|website=www.humanitiestexas.org}}</ref>
** [[Frank Shields]], American tennis player (b. [[1909]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Sidney Buchman]], American screenwriter (b. [[1902]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Joseph Kane]], American film director and producer (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Cullen Landis]], American actor (b. [[1896]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Haile Selassie|Haile Selassie I]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Fritz Wotruba]], Austrian sculptor (b. [[1907]])
* [[August 29]] 
**[[Charles C. Bass]], American physician and medical researcher (b. [[1875]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395930257/|title=Daily News 31 Aug 1975, page 166|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
**[[Éamon de Valera]], Irish politician and statesman, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] and 3-time [[Taoiseach]] (b. [[1882]])