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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[607 BC]] – [[Duke Ling of Jin]], Chinese monarch<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sima |first=Qian |title=The Grand Scribe's Records—Volume V.1: The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2006 |isbn=9780253340252 |edition=1st |page=351 |language=English |translator-last=Nienhauser |translator-first=William H.}}</ref> *[[AD 14]] – [[Augustus]], Roman emperor (b. 63 BC)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Augustus |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/augustus.shtml#:~:text=Augustus%20was%20born%20Gaius%20Octavius,at%20the%20Battle%20of%20Actium. |website=BBC |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> * [[780]] – [[Credan]], English abbot and saint * [[947]] – [[Abu Yazid]], Kharijite rebel leader (b. 873) * [[998]] – [[Fujiwara no Sukemasa]], Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher (b. 944) *[[1072]] – [[Hawise, Duchess of Brittany]] (b. 1037) *[[1085]] – [[Al-Juwayni]], Muslim scholar and imam (b. 1028) *[[1186]] – [[Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1158) *[[1245]] – [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence]] (b. 1195) *[[1284]] – [[Alphonso, Earl of Chester]] (b. 1273) *[[1297]] – [[Louis of Toulouse]], French bishop and saint (b. 1274) *[[1457]] – [[Andrea del Castagno]], Italian painter (b. 1421) *[[1470]] – [[Richard Olivier de Longueil]], French [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] (b. 1406) *[[1493]] – [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1415) *[[1506]] – King [[Alexander Jagiellon]] of Poland (b. 1461) *[[1541]] – [[Vincenzo Cappello]], Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469)<ref>{{DBI | last = Olivieri | first = Achille | title = CAPPELLO, Vincenzo | volume = 18 | url = http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vincenzo-cappello_(Dizionario-Biografico)-(Dizionario-Biografico)/}}</ref> *[[1580]] – [[Andrea Palladio]], Italian architect, designed the [[Church of San Giorgio Maggiore]] and [[Il Redentore]] (b. 1508) ===1601–1900=== *[[1646]] – [[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]], Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583) *[[1654]] – [[Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller]], Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579) *[[1662]] – [[Blaise Pascal]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623) *[[1674]] – [[František Maxmilián Kaňka]], Czech architect (d. 1766)<ref>{{cite web |title=František Maxmilián Kaňka|url=https://cs2.isabart.org/person/56855|publisher=Archive of Fine Arts|language=cs|access-date=2024-08-16}}</ref> *[[1680]] – [[Jean Eudes]], French priest, founded the [[Congregation of Jesus and Mary]] (b. 1601) *[[1691]] – [[Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha]], Ottoman commander and politician, 117th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1637) *[[1702]] – [[Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent]], English politician (b. 1645) *[[1753]] – [[Johann Balthasar Neumann]], German engineer and architect, designed [[Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers]] (b. 1687) *[[1808]] – [[Fredrik Henrik af Chapman]], Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721) *[[1822]] – [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]], French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749) *[[1883]] – [[Jeremiah S. Black]], American lawyer and politician, 24th [[United States Attorney General]] (b. 1810) *[[1889]] – [[Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]], French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838) *[[1895]] – [[John Wesley Hardin]], American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Metz |first1=Leon C. |title=HARDIN, JOHN WESLEY |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fha63 |website=tshaonline.org |access-date=19 July 2020 |language=en |date=15 June 2010}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Accolay]], Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833) ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[Franz Xavier Wernz]], German religious leader, 25th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1844) *[[1915]] – [[Tevfik Fikret]], Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867) *[[1923]] – [[Vilfredo Pareto]], Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845) *[[1928]] – [[Stephanos Skouloudis]], Greek banker and diplomat, 97th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1838) *[[1929]] – [[Sergei Diaghilev]], Russian critic and producer, founded [[Ballets Russes]] (b. 1872) *[[1932]] – [[Louis Anquetin]], French painter (b. 1861) *[[1936]] – [[Federico García Lorca]], Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898) *[[1942]] – [[Harald Kaarmann]], Estonian footballer (b. 1901) * 1942 – [[Heinrich Rauchinger]], Kraków-born painter (b. 1858)<ref>{{cite book|author=W. Aichelburg|chapter=Rauchinger Heinrich, Maler|chapter-url=https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_8/438.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_8/438.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=[[Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950]]|language=de|volume=8|page=438|access-date=Nov 23, 2020}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Henry Wood]], English conductor (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite web |last1=van der Pas |first1=Natasha |title=The enduring legacy of Proms co-founder Sir Henry Wood |url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2014/august/the-enduring-legacy-of-proms-co-founder-sir-henry-wood/#:~:text=Wood%20passed%20away%20on%2019,orchestral%20concerts%20in%20the%20world. |website=Royal Albert Hall |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Tomás Burgos]], Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875) *[[1950]] – [[Giovanni Giorgi]], Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871) *[[1954]] – [[Alcide De Gasperi]], Italian journalist and politician, 30th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1881) *[[1957]] – [[David Bomberg]], English soldier and painter (b. 1890) *[[1967]] – [[Hugo Gernsback]], Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884) * 1967 – [[Isaac Deutscher]], Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907) *[[1968]] – [[George Gamow]], Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904) *[[1970]] – [[Paweł Jasienica]], Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909) *[[1975]] – [[Mark Donohue]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937) *[[1976]] – [[Alastair Sim]], Scottish-English actor (b. 1900) * 1976 – [[Ken Wadsworth]], New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946) *[[1977]] – [[Aleksander Kreek]], Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914) * 1977 – [[Groucho Marx]], American comedian and actor (b. 1890) *[[1980]] – [[Otto Frank]], German-Swiss businessman, father of [[Anne Frank]] (b. 1889) *[[1981]] – [[Jessie Matthews]], English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907) *[[1982]] – [[August Neo]], Estonian wrestler (b. 1908) *[[1986]] – [[Hermione Baddeley]], English actress (b. 1906) * 1986 – [[Viv Thicknesse]], Australian rugby player (b. 1910)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viv Thicknesse - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/viv-thicknesse/summary.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Utpal Dutt]], Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929) *[[1994]] – [[Linus Pauling]], American chemist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1901) *[[1995]] – [[Pierre Schaeffer]], French composer and musicologist (b. 1910) *[[2000]] – [[Bineshwar Brahma]], Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948) *[[2001]] – [[Donald Woods]], South African journalist and activist (b. 1933) *[[2003]] – [[Carlos Roberto Reina]], Honduran lawyer and politician, [[President of Honduras]] (b. 1926) * 2003 – [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]], Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948) *[[2005]] – [[Mo Mowlam]], English academic and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1949) *[[2008]] – [[Levy Mwanawasa]], Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[President of Zambia]] (b. 1948) *[[2009]] – [[Don Hewitt]], American television producer, created ''[[60 Minutes]]'' (b. 1922) *[[2011]] – [[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raúl Ruiz]], Chilean director and producer (b. 1941) *[[2012]] – [[Donal Henahan]], American journalist and critic (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Ivar Iversen]], Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Ivar Iversen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/10399 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Tony Scott]], English-American director and producer (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Edmund Skellings]], American poet and academic (b. 1932) *[[2013]] – [[Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Russell S. Doughten]], American director and producer (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Abdul Rahim Hatif]], Afghan politician, 8th [[President of Afghanistan]] (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Donna Hightower]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1926) *[[2014]] – [[Samih al-Qasim]], Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Simin Behbahani]], Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[James Foley (journalist)|James Foley]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1973) * 2014 – [[Candida Lycett Green]], Anglo-Irish journalist and author (b. 1942) *[[2015]] – [[George Houser]], American minister and activist (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Sanat Mehta]], Indian activist and politician (b. 1935) *[[2016]] – [[Jack Riley (actor)|Jack Riley]], American actor and voice artist (b. 1935) *[[2017]] – [[Dick Gregory]], American comedian, author and activist (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-20|title=Dick Gregory obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/20/dick-gregory-obituary|access-date=2021-09-17|website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Lars Larsen (entrepreneur)|Lars Larsen]], Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain [[JYSK]] (b. 1948)<ref name="bloo_Bill">{{Cite web |title=Billionaire Lars Larsen, Founder of Retail Chain Jysk, Has Died |work=Bloomberg.com |date=19 August 2019 |access-date=19 August 2019 |author=Morten Buttler |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-19/billionaire-lars-larsen-founder-of-retail-chain-jysk-has-died}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sonny Chiba]], Japanese actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=2021-08-19|title=Sonny Chiba Dies: 'Kill Bill' Actor & Martial Arts Legend Was 82|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/sonny-chiba-dies-kill-bill-actor-martial-artist-82-1234817875/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820095957/https://deadline.com/2021/08/sonny-chiba-dies-kill-bill-actor-martial-artist-82-1234817875/|archive-date=2021-08-20|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Tekla Juniewicz]], Polish supercentenarian (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title= Tekla Juniewicz, najstarsza Polka i druga najstarsza osoba na świecie, nie żyje |url= https://www.rmf.fm/magazyn/news,50797,tekla-juniewicz-najstarsza-polka-i-druga-najstarsza-osoba-na-swiecie-nie-zyje.html |website=rmf.fm |access-date=19 August 2022 |language=pl |date=19 August 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Václav Patejdl]], Slovak musician (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |title=OBROVSKÝ SMÚTOK V HUDOBNOM SVETE: ZOMREL VAŠO PATEJDL |url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/zomrel-hudobnik-vaso-patejdl/735467-clanok.html |website=TERAZ.sk |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=sk |date=19 August 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Maria Branyas]], American-Spanish supercentenarian (b. 1907)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Watkins |first=Ali |date=2024-08-20 |title=Maria Branyas Morera, World's Oldest Person, Dies at 117 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/world/europe/worlds-oldest-person-maria-branyas-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |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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