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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 79]] – [[Empress Ma (Han dynasty)|Empress Ma]], Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40) * [[856]] – [[Theutbald I (bishop of Langres)|Theutbald I]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres|Langres]] * [[963]] – [[Marianos Argyros]], Byzantine general (b. 944) *[[1027]] – [[George I of Georgia]] (b. 998) *[[1153]] – [[Bernard de Tremelay]], fourth [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] *[[1225]] – [[Hōjō Masako]], Japanese regent and [[onna-bugeisha]] (b. 1156) *[[1258]] – [[Theodore II Laskaris]], Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222) *[[1285]] – [[Philip I, Count of Savoy]] (b. 1207) *[[1297]] – [[John II of Trebizond]] (b. 1262) *[[1327]] – [[Saint Roch|Roch]], French saint (b. 1295) *[[1339]] – [[Azzone Visconti]], founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302) *[[1358]] – [[Albert II, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1298) *[[1419]] – [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia]] (b. 1361) *[[1443]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1434) *[[1492]] – [[Beatrice of Silva]], Dominican nun<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concepcionistastoledo.org/Santa%20Beatriz.htm|title=Santa Beatriz de Silva: Aprobación de la Orden|work=Orden de la Inmaculada Concepción, Casa Madre OIC de Toledo|language=es|access-date=2018-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814010054/http://concepcionistastoledo.org/Santa%20Beatriz.htm|archive-date=2015-08-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1518]] – [[Loyset Compère]], French composer (b. 1445) *[[1532]] – [[John, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1468) ===1601–1900=== *[[1661]] – [[Thomas Fuller]], English historian and author (b. 1608) *[[1678]] – [[Andrew Marvell]], English poet and author (b. 1621) *[[1705]] – [[Jacob Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654) *[[1733]] – [[Matthew Tindal]], English philosopher and author (b. 1657) *[[1791]] – [[Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec]], French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) *[[1836]] – [[Marc-Antoine Parseval]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755) *[[1855]] – [[Henry Colburn]], English publisher (b. 1785) *[[1861]] – [[Ranavalona I]], Queen consort of [[Kingdom of Madagascar]] and then sovereign (b. 1778)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKtBAAAAIAAJ|title=Madagascar: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island and Its Former Dependencies|date=1886|publisher=Macmillan|pages=87}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Richard Upjohn]], English-American architect (b. 1802) *[[1886]] – [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]], Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836) *[[1887]] – [[Webster Paulson]], English civil engineer (b. 1837) *[[1888]] – [[John Pemberton]], American pharmacist and chemist, invented [[Coca-Cola]] (b. 1831) *[[1893]] – [[Jean-Martin Charcot]], French neurologist and academic (b. 1825) *[[1899]] – [[Robert Bunsen]], German chemist and academic (b. 1811)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Roscoe, Henry |author-link=Henry Roscoe (chemist) |title=Bunsen Memorial Lecture |journal=Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions |date=1900 |volume=77 |pages=513 |doi=10.1039/CT9007700513|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1874777 }}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[José Maria de Eça de Queirós]], Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Prentiss Ingraham]], American soldier and author (b. 1843) *[[1911]] – [[Patrick Francis Moran]], Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830) *[[1914]] – [[Carl Theodor Schulz]], German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835) *[[1916]] – [[George Scott (footballer, born 1885)|George Scott]], English footballer (b. 1885) *[[1920]] – [[Henry Daglish]], Australian politician, [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibbney |first1=H. J. |title=Henry Daglish (1866–1920) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/daglish-henry-5862 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Peter I of Serbia]] (b. 1844) *[[1938]] – [[Andrej Hlinka]], Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864) * 1938 – [[Robert Johnson (guitarist)|Robert Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911) *[[1945]] – [[Takijirō Ōnishi]], Japanese admiral (b. 1891) *[[1948]] – [[Babe Ruth]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1895) *[[1949]] – [[Margaret Mitchell]], American journalist and author (b. 1900) *[[1952]] – [[Lydia Field Emmet]], American painter and academic (b. 1866) *[[1956]] – [[Bela Lugosi]], Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882) *[[1957]] – [[Irving Langmuir]], American chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1881) *[[1958]] – [[Jacob M. Lomakin]], Soviet Consul General in New York City, journalist and economist (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/18/archives/jacob-m-lomakin-soviet-aide-dies-official-at-peiping-embassy-was.html |title=Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet Aide, Dies Official at Peiping Embassy Was Consul Here in 1948 During Kasenkina Case |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 1958 |access-date=23 August 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[William Halsey, Jr.]], American admiral (b. 1882) * 1959 – [[Wanda Landowska]], Polish-French [[harpsichord]] player (b. 1879) *[[1961]] – [[Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar)|Abdul Haq]], Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870) *[[1963]] – [[Joan Eardley]], British artist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=40309 |title=Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Spyros Skouras]], Greek-American businessman (b. 1893) *[[1972]] – [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905) *[[1973]] – [[Selman Waksman]], Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) *[[1977]] – [[Elvis Presley]], American singer and actor (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCall |first1=Michael |last2=Rumble |first2=John |last3=Kingsbury |first3=Paul |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music |date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-992083-9 |page=420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&pg=PA420 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer]], Dutch soldier and politician, [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (b. 1888) *[[1979]] – [[John Diefenbaker]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1895) *[[1983]] – [[Earl Averill]], American baseball player (b. 1902) *[[1984]] – [[Duško Radović]], Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922) *[[1986]] – [[Ronnie Aird]], English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902) * 1986 – [[Jaime Sáenz]], Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921) *[[1989]] – [[Amanda Blake]], American actress (b. 1929) *[[1990]] – [[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]], New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925) *[[1991]] – [[Luigi Zampa]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905) *[[1992]] – [[Mark Heard]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951) *[[1993]] – [[Stewart Granger]], English-American actor (b. 1913) *[[1997]] – [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], Pakistani musician and [[Qawwali]] singer (b. 1948) * 1997 – [[Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (b. 1914)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ahmadullah |first1=Hafez |title=মাশায়েখে চাটগাম |last2=Qadir |first2=Ridwanul |publisher=Ahmad Publication |year=2018 |isbn=978-984-92106-4-1 |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=162–185|language=bn |trans-title=Mashayekh-e Chatgam}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Phil Leeds]], American actor (b. 1916) * 1998 – [[Dorothy West]], American journalist and author (b. 1907) *[[2002]] – [[Abu Nidal]], Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937) * 2002 – [[Jeff Corey]], American actor (b. 1914) * 2002 – [[John Roseboro]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1933) *[[2003]] – [[Idi Amin]], Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd [[President of Uganda]] (b. 1928) *[[2004]] – [[Ivan Hlinka]], Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950) * 2004 – [[Balanadarajah Iyer]], Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957) * 2004 – [[Carl Mydans]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1907) * 2004 – [[Robert Quiroga]], American boxer (b. 1969) *[[2005]] – [[Vassar Clements]], American fiddler (b. 1928) * 2005 – [[Tonino Delli Colli]], Italian cinematographer (b. 1922) * 2005 – [[William Corlett]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1938) * 2005 – [[Frère Roger]], Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915) *[[2006]] – [[Alfredo Stroessner]], Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th [[President of Paraguay]] (b. 1912) *[[2007]] – [[Bahaedin Adab]], Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945) *[[2008]] – [[Dorival Caymmi]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914) * 2008 – [[Ronnie Drew]], Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubliners-singer-ronnie-drew-dies-at-73-1.827387 |title=Dubliners singer Ronnie Drew dies at 73 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=16 August 2008 |access-date=23 August 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806165922/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubliners-singer-ronnie-drew-dies-at-73-1.827387 |archive-date=2020-08-06 }}</ref> * 2008 – [[Masanobu Fukuoka]], Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913) *[[2010]] – [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]], Greek general (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Mihri Belli]], Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916) *[[2012]] – [[Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco]] (b. 1954) * 2012 – [[Martine Franck]], Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938) * 2012 – [[Abune Paulos]], Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]], American actor (b. 1923) *[[2013]] – [[David Rees (mathematician)|David Rees]], Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918) *[[2014]] – [[Patrick Aziza]], Nigerian general and politician, [[List of Governors of Kebbi State|Governor of Kebbi State]] (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godwin |first=Ameh Comrade |date=2014-08-16 |title=Urhobo Union leader, General Patrick Aziza dies at 67 |url=https://dailypost.ng/2014/08/16/urhobo-union-leader-aziza-dies-67/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Vsevolod Nestayko]], Ukrainian author (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-31 |title=Beloved Ukrainian Children's Author Vsevolod Nestayko Would Be 89 |url=https://uatv.ua/en/vsevolod-nestayko-urns-89/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Freedom |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Mario Oriani-Ambrosini]], Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-16 |title=IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini dies |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2014-08-16-ifp-mp-mario-oriani-ambrosini-dies/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Peter Scholl-Latour]], German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middle East analyst dies – DW – 08/16/2014 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-middle-east-analyst-scholl-latour-dies/a-17858529 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Jacob Bekenstein]], Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-21 |title=Jacob Bekenstein, Physicist Who Revolutionized Theory of Black Holes, Dies at 68 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/science/space/jacob-bekenstein-physicist-who-revolutionized-theory-of-black-holes-dies-at-68.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |last1=Overbye |first1=Dennis }}</ref> * 2015 – [[Anna Kashfi]], British actress (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-25 |title=Anna Kashfi, Actress Who Was Brando's First Wife, Dies at 80 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/movies/anna-kashfi-actress-who-was-brandos-first-wife-dies-at-80.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce }}</ref> * 2015 – [[Shuja Khanzada]], Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-16 |title=Punjab minister Shuja Khanzada killed in Pakistan blast |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33952413 |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Mile Mrkšić]], Serb general (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-18 |title=Mile Mrksic, a Serb Army Officer Convicted of War Crimes, Dies at 68 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/world/europe/mile-mrksic-a-serb-army-officer-convicted-of-war-crimes-dies-at-68.html |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[João Havelange]], Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ex-Fifa president Havelange dies at 100 |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37097423 |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref> * 2016 – [[John McLaughlin (host)|John McLaughlin]], American television personality (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-16 |title=Legendary Talk Show Host John McLaughlin Dies |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legendary-talk-show-host-john-mclaughlin-dies-n632131 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Aretha Franklin]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/entertainment/aretha-franklin-dead/index.html|title=Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died|newspaper=CNN|date=16 August 2018 |department=Obituraries|access-date=2020-01-28 }}</ref> * 2018 – [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], Indian poet and 12th [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Modi Pays Last Respects to Atal Bihari Vajpayee at His Residence, Says Lost a Father Figure{{!}} Live Updates |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/modi-pays-last-respects-to-atal-bihari-vajpayee-at-his-residence-says-lost-a-father-figure-live-updates-1845937.html |website=news18.com |date=16 August 2018 |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Wakako Yamauchi]], American-Japanese writer (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 2018 |department=Obituraries|access-date=2018-09-12 }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Peter Fonda]], American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|date=17 August 2019|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49379130?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0g3wt/obituaries&link_location=live-reporting-storyl|title=Peter Fonda, star of Easy Rider, dies aged 79|website=BBC News|department=Obituraries|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]], Canadian-British animator (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haring|first=Bruce|date=2019-08-17|title=Richard Williams Dies: Animator For "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Was 86|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/richard-williams-dies-who-framed-roger-rabbit-1202670528/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sean Lock]], English comedian and actor (b. 1963)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Marcus |date=2021-08-18 |title=Sean Lock, British comedian and '8 Out of 10 Cats' star, dies at 58 |url=https://ew.com/tv/sean-lock-dead-british-comedian-dies-58/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819124246/https://ew.com/tv/sean-lock-dead-british-comedian-dies-58/ |archive-date=2021-08-19 |access-date=2021-08-20}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Howard S. Becker]], American sociologist (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Un très grand sociologue nous quitte. Bye Howard S. Becker (1928–2023) |trans-title=A very great sociologist is leaving us. Bye Howard S. Becker (1928–2023) |url=https://twitter.com/afs_socio/status/1692093102150897935?s=20 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Twitter |language=fr}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not rely on "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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