18 August – Ernst Simon (born 1899), German-born Israeli Jewish educator, and religious philosopher.
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Joseph Szydlowski (Józef Szydłowski) (November 21, 1896, Skryhiczyn (in Chełm County, Poland), – July 16, 1988 in Israel), was a Jewish-Polish-French-Israeli aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France.