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- Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1876, Ethel Lina White was one of the best known crime writers in Britain and the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. Her novel "The Wheel Spins" (1936), was the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film The Lady Vanishes (1938). She died of ovarian cancer in London, England in 1944. In 2021, a blue plaque was to be erected on a building on Frogmore Street in Abergavenny, marking her birthplace.
- Józef Kempa was an actor, known for Sygnaly (1938), Róza (1936) and Hearts Aflame (1937). He was married to Halina Kaminska. He died on 13 August 1944 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Józef Orwid was born on 14 November 1891 in Besko, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Besko, Podkarpackie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Pani minister tanczy (1937), Zapomniana melodia (1938) and Jadzia (1936). He died on 13 August 1944 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Tadeusz Konczynski was born on 19 March 1875 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. Tadeusz was a writer, known for Karczma na rozdrozu (1923). Tadeusz died on 13 August 1944 in Miedzeszyn, Wawer, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.