Editing August 14 (section)

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[582]] &ndash; [[Tiberius II Constantine]], Byzantine emperor<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiberius II Constantinus {{!}} Facts, Reign, & Biography |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tiberius-II-Constantinus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1040]] &ndash; [[Duncan I of Scotland]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date= 2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158028-4 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&pg=PT131 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1167]] &ndash; [[Rainald of Dassel]], Italian archbishop<ref>{{cite web |title=Rainald Of Dassel {{!}} German statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rainald-of-Dassel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1204]] &ndash; [[Minamoto no Yoriie]], second Shōgun of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~micro-8/toshio/azuma/120407.html |title=Azuma Kagami  |language=ja |chapter=18}}:  7月18日 ［愚管抄］   修善寺にて、また頼家入道をば指ころしてけり。とみにえとりつめざりければ、頸に   緒をつけ、ふぐりを取などしてころしてけりと聞えき。人はいみじくたけきも力及ば   ぬことなりけり。ひきは其郡に父の党とて、みせやの大夫行時と云う者のむすめを妻   にして、一万御前が母をばもうけたるなり。その行時は又兒玉党にしたるなり。</ref>
*[[1433]] &ndash; [[John I of Portugal]] (b. 1357)<ref>{{cite web |title=John I {{!}} king of Portugal |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-king-of-Portugal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1464]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] (b. 1405)<ref>{{cite book |title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge |year=1891 |publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Company |page=208 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJlAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Saitō Tatsuoki]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1548)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Koike |first1=Kazuo |last2=Kojima |first2=Goseki |title=Shinobi with Extending Fists |year=2006 |publisher=Dark Horse Comics |isbn=978-1-59307-509-5 |page=293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3H0EDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA293 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell]], Irish soldier and politician (b. 1630)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell {{!}} Irish Jacobite |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Talbot-earl-of-Tyrconnell |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Madre María Rosa]], Capuchin nun from Spain, to Peru (b. 1660)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sisters and workers in the middle ages|last=Bennett|first=Judith M|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1989|location=Chicago}}</ref>
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[William Croft]], English organist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Croft {{!}} English musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Croft |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Reiske]], German physician and scholar (b. 1716)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Jakob Reiske {{!}} German scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Jakob-Reiske |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Hone the Elder]], Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)<ref>{{cite web |title=Self-portrait of Nathaniel Hone, R.A. {{!}} Works of Art {{!}} RA Collection {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/self-portrait-of-nathaniel-hone-r-a |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Margaret Taylor]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1788)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Taylor {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Taylor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Carl Carl]], Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Bernbrunn, Carl|chapter-url=http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=12537&page=341&scale=3.33&viewmode=fullscreen|title=[[Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich]]|language=de|page=327|access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[André Marie Constant Duméril]], French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Damkaer |first1=David M. |title=The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History |year=2002 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-240-5 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[David Farragut]], American admiral (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Farragut {{!}} United States admiral |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Farragut |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Michael J. McGivney]], American priest, founded the [[Knights of Columbus]] (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite web |title=McGivney, Michael J. (1852–1890), Catholic priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0800959 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800959|last1=Kauffman |first1=Christopher J. |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Sarah Childress Polk]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1803)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Polk {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Polk |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Simeon Solomon]], English soldier and painter (b. 1840)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simeon Solomon {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/simeon-solomon |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[William Stanley (inventor)|William Stanley]], British engineer and author (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Stanley, William : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stanley_william |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Rebecca Cole]], American physician and social reformer (b. 1846)<ref>{{cite book|first=Darryl|last=Lyman|title=Great African-American Women|location=New York|publisher=J David|year=2005|isbn=978-0-82460-459-2|page=279}}</ref> 
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Klabund]], German author and poet (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Klabund {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Klabund |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Hugh Trumble]], Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pierce |first1=Peter |title=Hugh Trumble |chapter=Trumble, Hugh (1867–1938) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/trumble-hugh-8860 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Kolbe]], Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite web |title=Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Maksymilian-Maria-Kolbe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Paul Sabatier (chemist)|Paul Sabatier]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Sabatier {{!}} French chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Sabatier-French-chemist |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Joe Kelley]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Kelley |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-kelley/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Eliška Misáková]], Czech gymnast (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Czech Girl Gymnast Dies in London of Polio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/82987441/czech-girl-gymnast-dies-in-london-of/ |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=14 August 2023 |pages=29 |date=15 August 1948}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[William Randolph Hearst]], American publisher and politician, founded the [[Hearst Corporation]] (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Randolph Hearst {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Randolph-Hearst |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hugo Eckener]], German pilot and designer (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugo Eckener {{!}} German aeronautical engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugo-Eckener |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Herbert Putnam]], American lawyer and publisher, [[Librarian of Congress]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbert Putnam {{!}} American librarian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herbert-Putnam |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Bertolt Brecht]], German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertolt Brecht {{!}} Biography, Plays, Epic Theater, Poems, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Konstantin von Neurath]], German lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Konstantin, baron von Neurath {{!}} German official |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Freiherr-von-Neurath |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], French physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie {{!}} French chemists |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-and-Irene-Joliot-Curie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Clifford Odets]], American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clifford Odets {{!}} American dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clifford-Odets |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Johnny Burnette]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=Craig |title=Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers |year=1996 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-06538-5 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAHvUO5GknMC&pg=PA103 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vello Kaaristo]], Estonian skier (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Vello Kaaristo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88602 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Bob Anderson (racing driver)|Bob Anderson]], English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Anderson |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/brabham/motorsport/driver/851.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225215741/http://en.espn.co.uk/brabham/motorsport/driver/851.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Oscar Levant]], American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rayno |first1=Don |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930–1967 |date= 2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2 |page=407 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA407 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Jules Romains]], French author and poet (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jules Romains {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Romains |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Fred Gipson]], American journalist and author (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition= 3rd |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Bentley]], English author and illustrator (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book |last1=NA |first1=NA |title=Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers |date=2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-81366-7 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U6vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Stratten]], Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flowers |first1=R. Barri |last2=Flowers |first2=H. Loraine |title=Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century |date= 2004 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2075-9 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh6q_-Vzc0YC&pg=PA47 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Böhm {{!}} Austrian musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Bohm |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Dudley Nourse]], South African cricketer (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=All-round records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/46589.html?class=1;type=allround |website=Cricinfo |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Mahasi Sayadaw]], Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |last2=Baumann |first2=Martin |title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices|edition =2nd [6 vol.] |date= 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 |page=418 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA418 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Spud Davis]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=Spud Davis |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/spud-davis/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[J. B. Priestley]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=J. B. Priestley {{!}} British writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-B-Priestley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Gale Sondergaard]], American actress (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gale Sondergaard Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Gale-Sondergaard |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Roy Buchanan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prown |first1=Pete |last2=Newquist |first2=Harvey P. |title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists |year=1997 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Robert Calvert]], South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945){{r|larkin|p=1712}}
*  1988   &ndash; [[Enzo Ferrari]], Italian race car driver and businessman, founded [[Ferrari]] (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enzo Ferrari {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enzo-Ferrari |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Alberto Crespo]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Crespo |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/617.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117191943/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/617.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[John Sirica]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Sirica {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Watergate Trial |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sirica |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Elias Canetti]], Bulgarian-Swiss author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Elias Canetti |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-elias-canetti-1377364.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 September 2011}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Alice Childress]], American actress, playwright, and author (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Childress {{!}} American writer and actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alice-Childress |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Sergiu Celibidache]], Romanian conductor and composer (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Sergiu Celibidache |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sergiu-celibidache-1309910.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Pee Wee Reese]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pee Wee Reese {{!}} American baseball player and broadcaster |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pee-Wee-Reese |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Larry Rivers]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Rivers {{!}} American painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Rivers |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Helmut Rahn]], German footballer (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Helmut Rahn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/15/guardianobituaries.football |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2003}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Czerniawski |first1=Adam |title=Obituary: Czeslaw Milosz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/16/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2004}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Trevor Skeet]], New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Critchley |first1=Julian |title=Obituary: Sir Trevor Skeet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/19/guardianobituaries.conservatives |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 August 2004}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Obituary: Bruno Kirby |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/30/guardianobituaries.usa |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=29 August 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |title=Tikhon Khrennikov, Prolific Soviet Composer, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/arts/music/15khrennikov.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2007}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Herman Leonard]], American photographer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herman Leonard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/aug/17/herman-leonard-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2010}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |title=Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/union-minister-vilasrao-deshmukh-passes-away/articleshow/15491218.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Svetozar Gligorić]], Serbian chess player (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Svetozar Gligoric obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/22/svetozar-gligoric |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 August 2012}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Phyllis Thaxter]], American actress (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Phyllis Thaxter obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/17/phyllis-thaxter |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2012}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Jack Germond]], American journalist and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Jack Germond, Political Reporter of the Old School, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/us/jack-germond-political-reporter-of-the-old-school-dies-at-85.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/us/jack-germond-political-reporter-of-the-old-school-dies-at-85.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Leonard Fein]], American journalist and academic, co-founded ''[[Moment (magazine)|Moment Magazine]]'' (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Leonard Fein, Provocative Writer on Jewish Affairs, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/leonard-fein-80-provocative-writer-on-jewish-affairs-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/leonard-fein-80-provocative-writer-on-jewish-affairs-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=16 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[George V. Hansen]], American politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=George Hansen, Idaho Congressman and Convicted Swindler, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/george-v-hansen-seven-term-idaho-congressman-dies-at-83.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/george-v-hansen-seven-term-idaho-congressman-dies-at-83.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=20 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Bob Johnston]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Johnston |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13625837.bob-johnston/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Fyvush Finkel]], American actor (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Fyvush Finkel, Pillar of Yiddish Theater Who Crossed Into TV, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Jill Janus]], American singer (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/jill-janus-frontwoman-huntress-dead-43/|title=Jill Janus, Frontwoman of Heavy Metal Rock Band Huntress, Dies By Suicide at 43|website=People|date=16 August 2018|last=Fernandez|first=Alexia|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Polly Farmer]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/graham+%27polly%27+farmer/9390|title=Australian Football – Graham 'Polly' Farmer – Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Julian Bream]], English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Bream {{!}} Biography, Music, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-Bream |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Angela Buxton]], British tennis player (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/tennis/angela-buxton-dead.html|title=Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[James R. Thompson]], American politician, Governor of Illinois (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Michael Aung-Thwin]], American historian and scholar of Burmese and Southeast Asian history (b. 1946)<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam |url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/asianstudies/people/emeritus/michael-arthur-aung-thwin/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Department of Asian Studies |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Delwar Hossain Sayeedi]], Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer, politician (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladeshi religious leader buried after violent protests |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/15/bangladeshi-religious-leader-buried-after-violent-protests |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Gena Rowlands]], American actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2024-08-15 |title=Gena Rowlands Dies: 'The Notebook', 'Gloria' And 'A Woman Under the Influence' Star Was 94 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/gena-rowlands-dead-actress-the-notebook-obituary-1236040898/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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