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===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury]], English academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1830) *[[1904]] – [[Kate Chopin]], American novelist and poet (b. 1850) *[[1909]] – [[Henry Radcliffe Crocker]], English dermatologist and author (b. 1846) *[[1914]] – [[Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi]], Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859) *[[1918]] – [[Korbinian Brodmann]], German neurologist and academic (b. 1868) *[[1920]] – [[Anders Zorn]], Swedish artist (b. 1860) *[[1922]] – [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Irish Minister of Finance]] (b. 1890) *[[1926]] – [[Charles William Eliot]], American academic (b. 1834) *[[1933]] – [[Alexandros Kontoulis]], Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858) *[[1940]] – [[Oliver Lodge]], English physicist and academic (b. 1851) * 1940 – [[Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (b. 1861) *[[1942]] – [[Michel Fokine]], Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880) *[[1946]] – [[Döme Sztójay]], Hungarian general and politician, 35th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1883) *[[1950]] – [[Kirk Bryan (geologist)|Kirk Bryan]], American geologist and academic (b. 1888) *[[1951]] – [[Jack Bickell]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884) *[[1953]] – [[Jim Tabor]], American baseball player (b. 1916) *[[1958]] – [[Roger Martin du Gard]], French novelist and paleographer, [[Nobel Prize for Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1881) *[[1960]] – [[Johannes Sikkar]], Estonian soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (b. 1897) *[[1963]] – [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield]], English businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Morris Motors]] (b. 1877) *[[1967]] – [[Gregory Goodwin Pincus]], American biologist and academic, co-created the [[Combined oral contraceptive pill|birth-control pill]] (b. 1903) *[[1970]] – [[Vladimir Propp]], Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895) *[[1971]] – [[Birger Nerman]], Swedish archaeologist (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stjernquist |first1=Berta |author-link1=:sv:Berta Stjernquist |year=1987 |chapter=Birger Nerman |chapter-url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8838 |title=[[:sv:Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]] |language=sv |volume=26 |page=528 }}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Jacob Bronowski]], Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908) *[[1976]] – [[Gina Bachauer]], Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913) * 1976 – [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], Brazilian physician and politician, 21st [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1902) *[[1977]] – [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]], English actor (b. 1918) * 1977 – [[Chunseong]], Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891) * 1977 – [[Rex Connor]], Australian politician (b. 1907)<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=C J |last=Lloyd |title=Connor, Reginald Francis Xavier (Rex) (1907–1977) |id2=connor-reginald-francis-rex-9813 |access-date=2021-03-21}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Jomo Kenyatta]], Kenyan politician, 1st [[President of Kenya]] (b. 1894) *[[1979]] – [[James T. Farrell]], American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904) *[[1980]] – [[James Smith McDonnell]], American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded [[McDonnell Aircraft]] (b. 1899) *[[1981]] – [[Vicente Manansala]], Filipino painter (b. 1910) *[[1985]] – [[Charles Gibson (historian)]], Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the [[American Historical Association]] (b. 1920) *[[1986]] – [[Celâl Bayar]], Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd [[President of Turkey]] (b. 1883) *[[1987]] – [[Joseph P. Lash]], American author and journalist (b. 1909) *[[1989]] – [[Robert Grondelaers]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1933) * 1989 – [[Huey P. Newton]], American activist, co-founded the [[Black Panther Party]] (b. 1942) *[[1991]] – [[Colleen Dewhurst]], Canadian-American actress (b. 1924) * 1991 – [[Boris Pugo]], Russian soldier and politician, [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Soviet Minister of Interior]] (b. 1937) *[[1994]] – [[Gilles Groulx]], Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931) * 1994 – [[Allan Houser]], American sculptor and painter (b. 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Johnny Carey]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919) *[[1996]] – [[Erwin Komenda]], Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904) *[[2000]] – [[Abulfaz Elchibey]], 2nd [[President of Azerbaijan]] (b. 1938) *[[2003]] – [[Arnold Gerschwiler]], Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914) *[[2004]] – [[Konstantin Aseev]], Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960) * 2004 – [[Angus Bethune (politician)|Angus Bethune]], Australian soldier and politician, 33rd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1908) * 2004 – [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian director and producer (b. 1920) *[[2005]] – [[Luc Ferrari]], French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929) * 2005 – [[Ernest Kirkendall]], American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914) *[[2007]] – [[Grace Paley]], American short story writer and poet (b. 1922) *[[2008]] – [[Gladys Powers]], English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899) *[[2009]] – [[Muriel Duckworth]], Canadian [[Pacifism|pacifist]], [[Feminism|feminist]], and [[activist]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Peace activist Muriel Duckworth dies at 100 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peace-activist-muriel-duckworth-dies-at-100-1.845788 |website=CBC News |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Elmer Kelton]], American journalist and author (b. 1926) *[[2010]] – [[Stjepan Bobek]], Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Ashford & Simpson|Nick Ashford]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) * 2011 – [[Jack Layton]], Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950) * 2011 – [[Casey Ribicoff]], American philanthropist (b. 1922) *[[2012]] – [[Nina Bawden]], English author (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Paul Shan Kuo-hsi]], Chinese cardinal (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Jeffrey Stone]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1926) *[[2013]] – [[Paul Poberezny]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Experimental Aircraft Association]] (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Andrea Servi]], Italian footballer (b. 1984) *[[2014]] – [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]], Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) * 2014 – [[Emmanuel Kriaras]], Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906) * 2014 – [[Pete Ladygo]], American football player and coach (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Noella Leduc]], American baseball player (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[John Sperling]], American businessman, founded the [[University of Phoenix]] (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[John S. Waugh]], American chemist and academic (b. 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Arthur Morris]], Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Ieng Thirith]], Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Eric Thompson (racing driver)|Eric Thompson]], English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919) *[[2016]] – [[S. R. Nathan]], 6th [[President of Singapore]] (b. 1924) * 2016 – [[Toots Thielemans]], Belgian and American [[Jazz in Belgium|jazz]] musician (b. 1922) *[[2017]] – [[Michael J. C. Gordon]], British [[Computer scientist]] (b. 1948) *[[2018]] – [[Ed King]], American musician (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2018-idUSRTX5U1VJ|title=Notable Deaths in 2018|date=2018-08-23|website=Reuters News/Pictures|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Krishna Reddy (artist)|Krishna Reddy]], Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times Obituaries|date=3 August 2018|access-date=2018-09-12 }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Rod Gilbert]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|author=The Athletic Staff|date=2021-08-22|title=Rod Gilbert, Rangers legend and Hall of Famer, dies at 80|url=https://theathletic.com/news/rod-gilbert-rangers-legend-and-hall-of-famer-dies-at-80/caF1c7KsLchI|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823212157/https://theathletic.com/news/rod-gilbert-rangers-legend-and-hall-of-famer-dies-at-80/caF1c7KsLchI|archive-date=2021-08-23|access-date=2021-08-23|website=[[The Athletic]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Arthur J. Gregg]], American military officer (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=2024-08-27 |title=Arthur Gregg, Army trailblazer and Fort Gregg-Adams namesake, dies at 96 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/08/27/arthur-gregg-army-fort-gregg-adams/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list; do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information; do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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