The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.
... Fantin-Latour, painter
August 29 - Murat V, deposed Ottoman sultan
September 26 - John F. Stairs, businessman, statesman
October 4 - Frédéric Bartholdi, ...