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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[587]] – [[Radegund]], Frankish princess and saint (b. 520) * [[604]] – [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wen]], emperor of the [[Sui dynasty|Sui Dynasty]] (b. 541) * [[612]] – [[Fabia Eudokia]], Byzantine empress (b. 580) * [[662]] – [[Maximus the Confessor]], Byzantine theologian * [[696]] – [[Prince Takechi|Takechi]], Japanese prince * [[900]] – [[Zwentibold]], king of [[Lotharingia]] (b. 870) * [[908]] – [[Al-Muktafi]], Abbasid caliph * [[981]] – [[Gyeongjong of Goryeo|Gyeongjong]], king of [[Goryeo]] ([[Korea]]) (b. 955) *[[1134]] – [[Irene of Hungary]], Byzantine empress (b. 1088) *[[1297]] – [[Nawrūz (Mongol emir)|Nawrūz]], Mongol emir *[[1311]] – [[Pietro Gradenigo]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] *[[1382]] – [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile|Eleanor of Aragon]], queen of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] (b. 1358) *[[1447]] – [[Filippo Maria Visconti]], duke of [[Duchy of Milan|Milan]] (b. 1392) *[[1523]] – [[Gerard David]], Flemish painter (b. 1460) ===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Giambologna]], Italian sculptor (b. 1529) *[[1617]] – [[Johann Jakob Grynaeus]], Swiss clergyman and theologian (b. 1540) *[[1667]] – [[Jeremy Taylor]], Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613) *[[1686]] – [[Louis Maimbourg]], French priest and historian (b. 1610) *[[1721]] – [[Jacques Lelong]], French priest and author (b. 1665) *[[1744]] – [[John Cruger]], Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th [[Mayor of New York City]] (b. 1678) *[[1749]] – [[Johann Elias Schlegel]], German poet and critic (b. 1719) *[[1766]] – [[Margaret Fownes-Luttrell]], English painter (b. 1726) *[[1795]] – [[Ahilyabai Holkar]], Queen of Indore (b. 1725)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA63|title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hoshangabad|last=Pradesh (India)|first=Madhya|date=1827|publisher=Government Central Press|pages=64|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320055858/https://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA63|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[René Laennec]], French physician, invented the [[stethoscope]] (b. 1781) *[[1863]] – [[Eugène Delacroix]], French painter and lithographer (b. 1798) *[[1865]] – [[Ignaz Semmelweis]], Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818) *[[1900]] – [[Collis Potter Huntington]], American railway magnate (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite book|title=Prominent and progressive Americans: an encyclopædia of contemporaneous biography|url=https://archive.org/details/prominentandpro01harrgoog|access-date=October 24, 2011|year=1902|publisher=New York Tribune|page=[https://archive.org/details/prominentandpro01harrgoog/page/n305 184]}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Florence Nightingale]], Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite book|first=Joyce J.|last=Fitzpatrick|title=Encyclopedia of Nursing Research|location=New York|publisher=Springer|year=2017|page=343|isbn=978-0-82613-304-5}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Jules Massenet]], French composer (b. 1842) *[[1917]] – [[Eduard Buchner]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1860) *[[1934]] – [[Mary Hunter Austin]], American author and playwright (b. 1868) *[[1937]] – [[Sigizmund Levanevsky]], Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902) *[[1946]] – [[H. G. Wells]], English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866) *[[1954]] – [[Demetrius Constantine Dounis]], Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886) *[[1958]] – [[Francis J. McCormick]], American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903) *[[1963]] – [[Louis Bastien (cyclist)|Louis Bastien]], French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881) *[[1965]] – [[Hayato Ikeda]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1899) *[[1971]] – [[W. O. Bentley]], English race car driver and engineer, founded [[Bentley|Bentley Motors Limited]] (b. 1888) *[[1974]] – [[Ida McNeil]], American broadcaster and designer of the [[flag of South Dakota]] (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news |title=Pioneer Broadcaster Dies In Rapid City |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader-obituary-for-ida-mcneil-ag/99076549/ |access-date=April 4, 2024 |work=[[Sioux Falls Argus Leader|Sioux Falls Argus-Leader]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 15, 1974 |location=Rapid City |page=17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Murilo Mendes]], Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901) *[[1978]] – [[Lonnie Mayne]], American wrestler (b. 1944) *[[1979]] – [[Andrew Dasburg]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1887) *[[1984]] – [[Tigran Petrosian]], Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929) *[[1986]] – [[Helen Mack]], American actress (b. 1913) *[[1989]] – [[Tim Richmond]], American race car driver (b. 1955) * 1989 – [[Larkin I. Smith]], American police officer and politician (b. 1944) *[[1991]] – [[James Roosevelt]], American general and politician (b. 1907) *[[1995]] – [[Alison Hargreaves]], English mountaineer (b. 1963) * 1995 – [[Jan Křesadlo]], Czech-English psychologist and author (b. 1926) * 1995 – [[Mickey Mantle]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931) *[[1996]] – [[António de Spínola]], Portuguese general and politician, 14th [[President of Portugal]] (b. 1910) *[[1998]] – [[Nino Ferrer]], Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) * 1998 – [[Edward Ginzton]], Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1915) * 1998 – [[Julien Green]], American author (b. 1900) * 1998 – [[Rafael Robles]], Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1947) *[[1999]] – [[Ignatz Bubis]], German Jewish religious leader (b. 1927) * 1999 – [[Jaime Garzón]], Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960) *[[2000]] – [[Nazia Hassan]], Pakistani singer-songwriter (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Jai |title=Nazia Hassan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/23/guardianobituaries |access-date=4 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2000}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Otto Stuppacher]], Austrian race car driver (b. 1947) * 2001 – [[Jim Hughes (1950s pitcher)|Jim Hughes]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1923) * 2001 – [[Betty Cavanna]], American author (b. 1909)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |title=Betty Cavanna, 92, Author for Teenagers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/arts/betty-cavanna-92-author-for-teenagers.html |access-date=25 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 Aug 2001 |archive-date=25 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825210227/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/arts/betty-cavanna-92-author-for-teenagers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Ed Townsend]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929) *[[2004]] – [[Julia Child]], American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912) *[[2005]] – [[Miguel Arraes]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916) * 2005 – [[David Lange]], New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1942) *[[2006]] – [[Tony Jay]], English actor and singer (b. 1933) * 2006 – [[Jon Nödtveidt]], Swedish musician (b. 1975) *[[2007]] – [[Brian Adams (wrestler)|Brian Adams]], American wrestler (b. 1964) * 2007 – [[Brooke Astor]], American philanthropist and socialite (b. 1902) * 2007 – [[Phil Rizzuto]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917) *[[2008]] – [[Henri Cartan]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1904) * 2008 – [[Bill Gwatney]], American politician (b. 1959) * 2008 – [[Jack Weil]], American businessman (b. 1901) *[[2009]] – [[Lavelle Felton]], American basketball player (b. 1980) *[[2010]] – [[Panagiotis Bachramis]], Greek footballer (b. 1976) * 2010 – [[Lance Cade]], American wrestler (b. 1981) * 2010 – [[Edwin Newman]], American journalist and author (b. 1919) *[[2011]] – [[Tareque Masud]], Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1957) * 2011 – [[Mishuk Munier]], Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (b. 1959) *[[2012]] – [[Hugo Adam Bedau]], American philosopher and academic (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Helen Gurley Brown]], American journalist and author (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Ray Jordon]], Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Johnny Pesky]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Joan Roberts]], American actress and singer (b. 1917) *[[2013]] – [[Lothar Bisky]], German politician (b. 1941) * 2013 – [[Aaron Selber, Jr.]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Jean Vincent]], French footballer and manager (b. 1930) *[[2014]] – [[Frans Brüggen]], Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[Eduardo Campos]], Brazilian politician, 14th [[Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Brazil)|Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology]] (b. 1965) * 2014 – [[Martino Finotto]], Italian race car driver (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Süleyman Seba]], Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1926) *[[2015]] – [[Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], Iraqi politician, [[Ministry of Interior (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Interior]] (b. 1952) * 2015 – [[Bob Fillion]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920) * 2015 – [[Om Prakash Munjal]], Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Hero Cycles]] (b. 1928) *[[2016]] – [[Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker]], English actor and musician (b. 1934) * 2016 – [[Pramukh Swami Maharaj]], Indian Hindu leader (b. 1921) *[[2018]] – [[Jim Neidhart]], American wrestler (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart dies |work=canoe.com |access-date=August 13, 2018 |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2018/08/13/22782945.html |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815205753/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2018/08/13/22782945.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Nanci Griffith]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-14|title="A Big Beautiful Heart": Music Lovers Mourn the Death of Nanci Griffith, Grammy-Winning Folk Singer|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/08/a-big-beautiful-heart-music-lovers-mourn-the-death-of-nanci-griffith-grammy-winning-folk-singer|access-date=2021-09-07|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820152601/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/08/a-big-beautiful-heart-music-lovers-mourn-the-death-of-nanci-griffith-grammy-winning-folk-singer|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Richard Alatorre]], American politician (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Ex-LA City Councilmember Richard Alatorre, 81, dies after battle with cancer |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2024/08/14/ex-la-city-councilmember-richard-alatorre-81-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Wally Amos]], American entrepreneur, founder of [[Famous Amos]] (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2024-08-14 |title=Wally Amos, Enterprising Creator of Famous Amos Cookies, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/business/wally-amos-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Sergio Donati]], Italian screenwriter (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-13 |title=Addio allo sceneggiatore Sergio Donati, amato da Leone e Bellocchio. Suoi 'C'era una volta Il west' e 'Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina' |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2024/08/13/news/sergio_donati_morto_sceneggiatore_sergio_leone_marco_bellocchio-423445869/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}</ref> *2024 – [[Greg Kihn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petri |first=Alexandra E. |date=2024-08-15 |title=Greg Kihn, 75, Dies; Scored Hits With 'Jeopardy' and 'The Breakup Song' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/music/greg-kihn-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Frank Selvy]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-08-13 |title=Frank Selvy, 91, Dies; Scored 100 Points in a College Basketball Game |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/sports/basketball/frank-selvy-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</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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