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===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Frederick Law Olmsted]], American journalist and architect, co-designed [[Central Park]] (b. 1822) *[[1919]] – [[Adolf Schmal]], Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872) *[[1934]] – [[Edgeworth David]], Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858) *[[1937]] – [[George Prendergast]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1854) *[[1943]] – [[Georg Hellat]], Estonian architect (b. 1870) * 1943 – [[Boris III of Bulgaria]] (b. 1894) *[[1955]] – [[Emmett Till]], African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (b. 1941) *[[1959]] – [[Bohuslav Martinů]], Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890) *[[1965]] – [[Giulio Racah]], Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909) *[[1968]] – [[Dimitris Pikionis]], Greek architect and academic (b. 1887) *[[1971]] – [[Reuvein Margolies]], Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889) *[[1972]] – [[Prince William of Gloucester]] (b. 1941) *[[1975]] – [[Fritz Wotruba]], Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) *[[1976]] – [[Anissa Jones]], American actress (b. 1958) *[[1978]] – [[Bruce Catton]], American historian and journalist (b. 1899) * 1978 – [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], English actor (b. 1927) *[[1981]] – [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1899)<ref name="books.google.com">David Bolchover (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=B%C3%A9la+Guttmann+27+January+1899&pg=PT165 ''The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman'']</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Geoff Chubb]], South African cricketer (b. 1911) *[[1984]] – [[Muhammad Naguib]], Egyptian general and politician, 1st [[President of Egypt]] (b. 1901) *[[1985]] – [[Ruth Gordon]], American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896) *[[1986]] – [[Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1903) *[[1987]] – [[John Huston]], Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)<!--nationality correct -- renounced US citizenship to become citizen of Republic of Ireland--> *[[1988]] – [[Jean Marchand]], Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (b. 1918) * 1988 – [[Max Shulman]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1919) *[[1989]] – [[John Steptoe]], American author and illustrator (b. 1950) *[[1990]] – [[Willy Vandersteen]], Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913) *[[1991]] – [[Alekos Sakellarios]], Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913) *[[1993]] – [[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]], American poet and academic (b. 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Earl W. Bascom]], American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906) * 1995 – [[Michael Ende]], German scientist and author (b. 1929) *[[2005]] – [[Jacques Dufilho]], French actor (b. 1914) * 2005 – [[Esther Szekeres]], Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1910) * 2005 – [[George Szekeres]], Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911) *[[2006]] – [[Heino Lipp]], Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1922) * 2006 – [[Benoît Sauvageau]], Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963) * 2006 – [[Melvin Schwartz]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1932) *[[2007]] – [[Arthur Jones (inventor)|Arthur Jones]], American businessman, founded [[Nautilus, Inc.]] and [[MedX Corporation]] (b. 1926) * 2007 – [[Hilly Kristal]], American businessman, founded [[CBGB]] (b. 1932) * 2007 – [[Paul MacCready]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[AeroVironment]] (b. 1925) * 2007 – [[Francisco Umbral]], Spanish journalist and author (b. 1935) * 2007 – [[Miyoshi Umeki]], Japanese-American actress (b. 1929) *[[2008]] – [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (b. 1927) *[[2009]] – [[DJ AM|Adam Goldstein]], American drummer, DJ, and producer (b. 1973) * 2009 – [[Richard Egan (businessman)|Richard Egan]], US Ambassador, Owner of [[Dell EMC]], Engineer (b. 1936) *[[2010]] – [[William P. Foster]], American bandleader and educator (b. 1919) *[[2011]] – [[Bernie Gallacher]], English footballer (b. 1967) *[[2012]] – [[Rhodes Boyson]], English educator and politician (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Shulamith Firestone]], Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945) * 2012 – [[Dick McBride (poet)|Dick McBride]], American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Saul Merin]], Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933) * 2012 – [[Ramón Sota]], Spanish golfer (b. 1938) *[[2013]] – [[John Bellany]], Scottish painter and academic (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tributes as legendary Scots artist John Bellany, 71, dies |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13120421.tributes-legendary-scots-artist-john-bellany-71-dies/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=21 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Lorella Cedroni]], Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961) * 2013 – [[Edmund B. Fitzgerald]], American businessman (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Frank Pulli]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Barry Stobart]], English footballer (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Rafael Díaz Ycaza]], Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Glenn Cornick]], English bass guitarist (b. 1947) * 2014 – [[Hal Finney (computer scientist)|Hal Finney]], American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956) * 2014 – [[John Anthony Walker]], American soldier and spy (b. 1937) *[[2015]] – [[Al Arbour]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Mark Krasniqi]], Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920) * 2015 – [[Nelson Shanks]], American painter and educator (b. 1937) *[[2016]] – [[Juan Gabriel]], Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950) * 2016 – [[Mr. Fuji]], American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934) *[[2017]] – [[Mireille Darc]], French actress and model (b. 1938) *[[2020]] – [[Chadwick Boseman]], American actor and playwright (b. 1976)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gharib|first1=Malaka|last2=Nuyen|first2=Suzanne|date=28 August 2020|title='Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/907341857/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer-at-age-43|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Obi Ndefo]], American actor (b. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2024-09-02 |title=Obi Ndefo, 'Dawson's Creek' Actor Who Lost His Legs After Hit-and-Run Accident, Dies at 51 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/obi-ndefo-dead-dawsons-creek-1236126971/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Steve Silberman]], American writer and journalist (b. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Steve Silberman, writer on autism and the Grateful Dead, dies at 66 |url=https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/29/grateful-dead-autism-writer-steve-silberman-dies/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add non-notable people, or other people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not add fictional characters 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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