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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[216 BC]] – [[Gnaeus Servilius Geminus]], [[Roman consul]] * 216 BC – [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)|Lucius Aemilius Paullus]], [[Roman consul]] and general * 216 BC – [[Marcus Minucius Rufus]], [[Roman consul]] * [[257]] – [[Pope Stephen I]] * [[575]] – [[Ahudemmeh]], Syriac Orthodox [[Maphrian|Grand Metropolitan of the East]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2011 |title=Aḥudemmeh of Balad |encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |publisher=Beth Mardutho |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Ahudemmeh-of-Balad |access-date=18 February 2021 |last=Brock |first=Sebastian P. |editor-last=Brock | editor-first=Sebastian P. |editor-link=Sebastian P. Brock |page=13 |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=George A. Kiraz |editor3-link=George A. Kiraz |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay}}</ref> * [[640]] – [[Pope Severinus]] * [[686]] – [[Pope John V]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John V {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-V-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[855]] – [[Ahmad ibn Hanbal]], Arab theologian and jurist (b. 780) * [[924]] – [[Ælfweard of Wessex]] (b. 904) *[[1075]] – Patriarch [[John VIII of Constantinople]] *[[1100]] – [[William II of England]] (b. 1056)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hollister |first=C. Warren |date=1 October 1973 |title=The Strange Death of William Rufus |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2856221 |journal=Speculum |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=637–653 |doi=10.2307/2856221 |issn=0038-7134 |jstor=2856221 |access-date=29 July 2020 |s2cid=162819807}}</ref> *[[1222]] – [[Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse]] (b. 1156) *[[1277]] – [[Pervâne|Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane]], Chancellor and Regent of the [[Sultanate of Rum]] *[[1316]] – [[Louis of Burgundy]] (b. 1297) *[[1330]] – [[Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland|Yolande of Dreux]], Queen consort of Scotland and Duchess consort of Brittany (b. 1263)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yolande de Dreux: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/yolandededreux.html |access-date=17 January 2020 |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk}}</ref> *[[1332]] – King [[Christopher II of Denmark]] (b. 1276) *[[1415]] – [[Thomas Grey (1384–1415)|Thomas Grey]], English conspirator (b. 1384) *[[1445]] – [[Oswald von Wolkenstein]], Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376) *[[1451]] – [[Elizabeth of Görlitz]] (b. 1390) *[[1511]] – [[Andrew Barton (privateer)|Andrew Barton]], Scottish admiral (b. 1466) *[[1512]] – [[Alessandro Achillini]], Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463) *[[1589]] – [[Henry III of France]] (b. 1551) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Richard Leveson (admiral)|Richard Leveson]], English admiral (b. c. 1570) *[[1611]] – [[Katō Kiyomasa]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1562) *[[1667]] – [[Francesco Borromini]], Swiss architect, designed [[San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane]] and [[Sant'Agnese in Agone]] (b. 1599) *[[1696]] – [[Robert Campbell of Glenlyon]] (b. 1630) *[[1769]] – [[Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1689) *[[1788]] – [[Thomas Gainsborough]], English painter (b. 1727)<ref name="CBOD"/> *[[1799]] – [[Montgolfier brothers|Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier]], French inventor, co-invented the [[hot air balloon]] (b. 1745) *[[1815]] – [[Guillaume Brune]], French general and politician (b. 1763) *[[1823]] – [[Lazare Carnot]], French mathematician, general, and politician, [[president of the National Convention]] (b. 1753) *[[1834]] – [[Harriet Arbuthnot]], English diarist (b. 1793) *[[1849]] – [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]], Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769) *[[1854]] – [[Heinrich Clauren]], German author (b. 1771) *[[1859]] – [[Horace Mann]], American educator and politician (b. 1796) *[[1876]] – [["Wild Bill" Hickok]], American sheriff (b. 1837)<ref name="CBOD"/> *[[1889]] – [[Eduardo Gutiérrez]], Argentinian author (b. 1851) *[[1890]] – [[Louise-Victorine Ackermann]], French poet and author (b. 1813) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Eduard Magnus Jakobson]], Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847) * 1903 – [[Edmond Nocard]], French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850) *[[1911]] – [[Ioryi Mucitano]], Aromanian revolutionary<ref>{{cite news|url=https://struma.news/istoriya-i-tradicii/na-6-maj-1869-g-v-selo-bojmica-e-roden-apostol-petkov-terziev-postol-vojvoda/|title=На 6 май 1869 г. в село Боймица е роден Апостол Петков Терзиев (Постол войвода)|first=Simona|last=Georgieva|newspaper=Struma News|date=6 May 2020|language=bg}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Ferenc Pfaff]], Hungarian architect and academic, designed [[Zagreb Central Station]] (b. 1851) *[[1915]] – [[John Downer]], Australian politician, 16th [[premier of South Australia]] (b. 1843) *[[1917]] – [[Jaan Mahlapuu]], Estonian military pilot (b. 1894) *[[1921]] – [[Enrico Caruso]], Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873) *[[1922]] – [[Alexander Graham Bell]], Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the [[telephone]] (b. 1847)<ref name="CBOD"/> *[[1923]] – [[Warren G. Harding]], American journalist and politician, 29th [[president of the United States]] (b. 1865) *[[1923]] – [[Joseph Whitty]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] died on hunger strike during the [[1923 Irish Hunger Strikes]] (b. 1904)<ref>The Civil War". rootsireland.ie. roots ireland. Retrieved 29 August 2021. Joe Whitty aged 19 who died on hunger-strike</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Paul von Hindenburg]], German field marshal and politician, 2nd [[president of Germany]] (b. 1847) *[[1937]] – [[Artur Sirk]], Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900) *[[1939]] – [[Harvey Spencer Lewis]], American mystic and author (b. 1883) *[[1945]] – [[Pietro Mascagni]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1863) *[[1955]] – [[Alfred Lépine]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901) * 1955 – [[Wallace Stevens]], American poet and educator (b. 1879) *[[1963]] – [[Oliver La Farge]], American anthropologist and author (b. 1901) *[[1967]] – [[Walter Terence Stace]], English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886) *[[1970]] – [[Angus MacFarlane-Grieve]], English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891) *[[1972]] – [[Brian Cole (bass guitarist)|Brian Cole]], American bass player (b. 1942) * 1972 – [[Paul Goodman]], American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911) * 1972 – [[Helen Hoyt]], American poet and author (b. 1887) *[[1973]] – [[Ismail Abdul Rahman]], Former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tun Ismail bin Datoʿ Abdul Rahman {{!}} Malay politician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tun-Ismail-bin-Dato-Abdul-Rahman|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Jean-Pierre Melville]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) *[[1974]] – [[Douglas Hawkes]], English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893) *[[1976]] – [[László Kalmár]], Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905) * 1976 – [[Fritz Lang]], Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890) *[[1978]] – [[Carlos Chávez]], Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899) * 1978 – [[Antony Noghès]], French businessman, founded the [[Monaco Grand Prix]] (b. 1890) *[[1979]] – [[Thurman Munson]], American baseball player (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 3, 1979 |title=Yankees' star Munson is killed in plane crash |work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cw0wAAAAIBAJ&pg=3091%2C2937686 |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Kieran Doherty (hunger striker)|Kieran Doherty]], Irish hunger striker and politician (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2014 |title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers |url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Stefanie Clausen]], Danish diver (b. 1900) *[[1983]] – [[James Jamerson]], American bass player<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 1983 |title=James Jamerson Dies at 45; Bassist Backed Detroit Stars |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/06/obituaries/james-jamerson-dies-at-45-bassist-backed-detroit-stars.html}}</ref> (b. 1936) *[[1986]] – [[Roy Cohn]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1927) *[[1988]] – [[Joe Carcione]], American activist and author (b. 1914) * 1988 – [[Raymond Carver]], American short story writer and poet (b. 1938) *[[1990]] – [[Norman Maclean]], American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902) * 1990 – [[Edwin Richfield]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[1992]] – [[Michel Berger]], French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947) *[[1996]] – [[Michel Debré]], French lawyer and politician, 150th [[prime minister of France]] (b. 1912) * 1996 – [[Obdulio Varela]], Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917) * 1996 – [[Mohamed Farrah Aidid]], Somalian general and politician, 5th [[president of Somalia]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{Citation |last=Serrill |first=Michael |title=Dead by the Sword |date=12 August 1996 |url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,7034,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2011-03-19}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Sergey Golovkin]], Russian serial killer and rapist, last person executed by Russia (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golovkin |url=http://www.serial-killers.ru/karts/golovkin.htm |website=www.serial-killers.ru}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[William S. Burroughs]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)<ref name="CBOD"/> * 1997 – [[Harald Kihle]], Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Harald Kihle |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Harald_Kihle |language=no|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938) *[[1998]] – [[Shari Lewis]], American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933) *[[1999]] – [[Willie Morris]], American writer (b. 1934) *[[2003]] – [[Peter Safar]], Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924) *[[2004]] – [[Ferenc Berényi]], Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929) * 2004 – [[François Craenhals]], Belgian illustrator (b. 1926) * 2004 – [[Heinrich Mark]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Estonian government-in-exile|prime minister of Estonia in exile]] (b. 1911) *[[2005]] – [[Steven Vincent]], American journalist and author (b. 1955) *[[2007]] – [[Chauncey Bailey]], American journalist (b. 1950) *[[2008]] – [[Fujio Akatsuka]], Japanese illustrator (b. 1935) *[[2011]] – [[José Sanchis Grau]], Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932) *[[2012]] – [[Gabriel Horn]], English biologist and academic (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Magnus Isacsson]], Canadian director and producer (b. 1948) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Jones (singer)|Jimmy Jones]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[John Keegan]], English historian and journalist (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Bernd Meier]], German footballer (b. 1972) * 2012 – [[Marguerite Piazza]], American soprano (b. 1920) *[[2013]] – [[Julius L. Chambers]], American lawyer and activist (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Richard E. Dauch]], American businessman, co-founded [[American Axle]] (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Alla Kushnir]], Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941) *[[2014]] – [[Ed Joyce (journalist)|Ed Joyce]], American journalist (b. 1932) * 2014 – [[Billie Letts]], American author and educator (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Barbara Prammer]], Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954) * 2014 – [[James Thompson (crime writer)|James Thompson]], American-Finnish author (b. 1964) *[[2015]] – [[Forrest Bird]], American pilot and engineer (b. 1921) * 2015 – [[Giovanni Conso]], Italian jurist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Piet Fransen]], Dutch footballer (b. 1936) * 2015 – [[Jack Spring]], American baseball player (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Spring |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jack-spring/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Terence Bayler]], New Zealand actor (b. 1930) * 2016 – [[David Huddleston]], American actor (b. 1930) * 2016 – [[Franciszek Macharski]], Polish cardinal (b. 1927) * 2016 – [[Ahmed Zewail]], Egyptian-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1946) *[[2017]] – [[Judith Jones]], American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2017 |title=Remembered: Judith Jones, editor who rescued Anne Frank's diary |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/remembered-judith-jones-editor-a7884306.html |access-date=1 July 2020 |website=The Independent}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Suzanne Perlman]], Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2020 |title=Suzanne Perlman obituary {{!}} Philip Vann |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/23/suzanne-perlman-obituary |access-date=25 October 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Vin Scully]], American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/vin-scully-legendary-announcer-dies | title=Vin Scully, legendary broadcaster, dies at 94 | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Nitin Chandrakant Desai]], Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=Remembering Nitin Chandrakant Desai |magazine=Filmfare |date=August 2023 |page=108 |volume=72 |issn=0971-7277}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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