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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[691]] – [[Fu Youyi]], official of the Tang Dynasty * [[842]] – [[Emperor Saga|Saga]], Japanese emperor (b. 786)<ref>Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 151–163</ref> * [[895]] – [[Guthred]], king of [[Northumbria]] * [[927]] – [[Doulu Ge]], chancellor of [[Later Tang]] * 927 – [[Wei Yue]], chancellor of Later Tang<ref>''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]'', [[:zh:s:資治通鑑/卷276|vol. 276]].</ref><ref name=AS>[[Academia Sinica]] [http://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw Chinese-Western Calendar Converter].</ref><ref>August 24, 927 was the date that the [[Later Tang]] emperor [[Li Siyuan]] issued the edict ordering Wei's death; it was not clear whether the order was carried out the same day or later.</ref> * [[942]] – [[Empress Dowager Liu (Later Jin)|Liu]], empress dowager of Later Jin * [[948]] – [[Zhang Ye (Later Shu)|Zhang Ye]], Chinese general and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] *[[1042]] – [[Michael V Kalaphates]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1015) *[[1103]] – [[Magnus Barefoot]], Norwegian king (b. 1073) *[[1217]] – [[Eustace the Monk]], French pirate (b. 1170) *[[1313]] – [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1275) *[[1372]] – [[Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania]] (b. 1348) *[[1497]] – [[Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania]] (b. 1435) *[[1507]] – [[Cecily of York]], English princess (b. 1469) *[[1540]] – [[Parmigianino]], Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503) *[[1542]] – [[Gasparo Contarini]], Italian cardinal (b. 1483) *[[1572]] – [[Gaspard II de Coligny]], French admiral (b. 1519) * 1572 – [[Charles de Téligny]], French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535) *[[1595]] – [[Thomas Digges]], English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546) ===1601–1900=== *[[1617]] – [[Rose of Lima]], Peruvian saint (b. 1586) *[[1647]] – [[Nicholas Stone]], English sculptor and architect (b. 1586) *[[1679]] – [[Jean François Paul de Gondi]], French cardinal and author (b. 1614) *[[1680]] – [[Thomas Blood]], Irish colonel (b. 1618) * 1680 – [[Ferdinand Bol]], Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616) *[[1683]] – [[John Owen (theologian)|John Owen]], English theologian and academic (b. 1616) *[[1759]] – [[Ewald Christian von Kleist]], German poet and soldier (b. 1715) *[[1770]] – [[Thomas Chatterton]], English poet and prodigy (b. 1752) *[[1779]] – [[Cosmas of Aetolia]], Greek monk and saint (b. 1714) *[[1798]] – [[Thomas Alcock (priest)|Thomas Alcock]], English priest and author (b. 1709) *[[1804]] – [[Peggy Shippen]], American wife of [[Benedict Arnold]] and [[American Revolutionary War]] [[Espionage|spy]] (b. 1760) *[[1818]] – [[James Carr (Massachusetts politician)|James Carr]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) *[[1821]] – [[John William Polidori]], English writer and physician (b. 1795) *[[1832]] – [[Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1796) *[[1832]] – [[Richard Weymouth]], British Royal Navy commander (b. 1780/81) *[[1838]] – [[Ferenc Kölcsey]], Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790) *[[1841]] – [[Theodore Hook]], English civil servant and composer (b. 1788) * 1841 – [[John Ordronaux (privateer)|John Ordronaux]], French-American soldier (b. 1778) *[[1888]] – [[Rudolf Clausius]], German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822) *[[1895]] – [[Albert F. Mummery]], English mountaineer and author (b. 1855) ===1901–present=== *[[1923]] – [[Kate Douglas Wiggin]], American author and educator (b. 1856) *[[1930]] – [[Tom Norman]], English businessman and showman (b. 1860) *[[1932]] – [[Kate M. Gordon]], American activist (b. 1861) *[[1939]] – [[Frederick Carl Frieseke]], American painter and educator (b. 1874) *[[1940]] – [[Paul Gottlieb Nipkow]], Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the [[Nipkow disk]] (b. 1860) *[[1943]] – [[Antonio Alice]], Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886) * 1943 – [[Ettore Muti]] Italian aviator, adventurer and politician (b. 1902)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caleno24ore.it/wordpress/memo-24-agosto-1943-la-morte-misteriosa-di-ettori-muti-l%E2%80%99italiano-piu-decorato-per-le-azioni-di-guerra.html|title=Memo 24 agosto 1943: la morte misteriosa di Ettori Muti, l'italiano più decorato per le azioni di guerra | Caleno24ore|website=caleno24ore.it|accessdate=29 August 2023}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Simone Weil]], French philosopher and activist (b. 1909) *[[1946]] – [[James Clark McReynolds]], American lawyer and judge, 48th [[United States Attorney General]] (b. 1862) *[[1954]] – [[Getúlio Vargas]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1882) *[[1956]] – [[Kenji Mizoguchi]], Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898) *[[1957]] – [[Ronald Knox]], English Catholic priest (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news |title=Msgr. Ronald Knox Dies; Convert, Author, Translator |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=cst19570830-01.2.84&srpos=10&e=------195-en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ronald+Knox%22----1957--- |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The Catholic Standard and Times |date=30 August 1957 |volume=62 |issue=49 |page=10}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Paul Henry (painter)|Paul Henry]], Irish painter and educator (b. 1876) *[[1967]] – [[Henry J. Kaiser]], American businessman, founded [[Kaiser Shipyards]] and [[Kaiser Aluminum]] (b. 1882) *[[1974]] – [[Alexander P. de Seversky]], Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded [[Republic Aviation]] (b. 1894) *[[1977]] – [[Buddy O'Connor]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916) *[[1978]] – [[Louis Prima]], American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910) *[[1979]] – [[Hanna Reitsch]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite book|first=Dennis|last=Piszkiewicz|title=From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker: The Fantastic Flights of Hanna Reitsch|location=Westport|publisher=Praeger|year=1997|isbn=978-0-27595-456-7|page=125}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Yootha Joyce]], English actress (b. 1927) *[[1982]] – [[Félix-Antoine Savard]], Canadian priest and author (b. 1896) *[[1983]] – [[Kalevi Kotkas]], Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913) * 1983 – [[Scott Nearing]], American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883) *[[1985]] – [[Paul Creston]], American composer and educator (b. 1906) *[[1987]] – [[Malcolm Kirk]], English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936) *[[1990]] – [[Sergei Dovlatov]], Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941) * 1990 – [[Gely Abdel Rahman]], Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931) *[[1991]] – [[Bernard Castro]], Italian-American inventor (b. 1904) *[[1992]] – [[André Donner]], Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918) *[[1997]] – [[Luigi Villoresi]], Italian racing driver (b. 1907) *[[1998]] – [[E. G. Marshall]], American actor (b. 1910) *[[1999]] – [[Mary Jane Croft]], American actress (b. 1916) * 1999 – [[Alexandre Lagoya]], Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929) *[[2000]] – [[Andy Hug]], Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964) *[[2001]] – [[Jane Greer]], American actress (b. 1924) * 2001 – [[Roman Matsov]], Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Nikolay Guryanov]], Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909) *[[2003]] – [[Wilfred Thesiger]], Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910) *[[2004]] – [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926) *[[2006]] – [[Rocco Petrone]], American soldier and engineer (b. 1926) * 2006 – [[Léopold Simoneau]], Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916) *[[2007]] – [[Andrée Boucher]], Canadian educator and politician, 39th [[Mayor of Quebec City]] (b. 1937) * 2007 – [[Aaron Russo]], American director and producer (b. 1943) *[[2010]] – [[Satoshi Kon]], Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963) *[[2011]] – [[Seyhan Erözçelik]], Turkish poet and author (b. 1962) * 2011 – [[Mike Flanagan (baseball)|Mike Flanagan]], American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951) *[[2012]] – [[Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban)|Dadullah]], Pakistani [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|Taliban]] leader (b. 1965) * 2012 – [[Pauli Ellefsen]], Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Steve Franken]], American actor (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Félix Miélli Venerando]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937) *[[2013]] – [[Gerry Baker]], American soccer player and manager (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Nílton de Sordi]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Julie Harris (actress)|Julie Harris]], American actress (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Muriel Siebert]], American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928) *[[2014]] – [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Antônio Ermírio de Moraes]], Brazilian businessman (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Charlie Coffey]], American football player and coach (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Joseph F. Traub]], German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]], English racing driver (b. 1978) *[[2016]] – [[Walter Scheel]], German politician, 4th [[List of German presidents|President of Germany]] (b. 1919) *[[2017]] – [[Jay Thomas]], American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948) *[[2020]] – [[Gail Sheehy]], American author, journalist, and lecturer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/09/11/gail-sheehy-journalist-whose-pop-psychology-books-made-mid-life/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/09/11/gail-sheehy-journalist-whose-pop-psychology-books-made-mid-life/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Gail Sheehy, journalist whose pop psychology books made the 'mid-life crisis' fashionable – obituary|date=2020-09-11|website=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Charlie Watts]], English musician (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gross|first=Joe|date=2021-08-24|title=Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones' Drummer and Inimitable Backbone, Dead at 80|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-obit-1161926/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824175616if_/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-obit-1161926/|archive-date=2021-08-24|access-date=2021-08-24|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Bray Wyatt]], American wrestler (b. 1987)<ref name="WRotunda">{{Cite web |last=Glasspiegel |first=Ryan |date=2023-08-24 |title=Former WWE champion Bray Wyatt dead unexpectedly at 36 |url=https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/former-wwe-champion-bray-wyatt-dead-at-36/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=New York Post}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Christoph Daum]], German footballer and manager (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-25 |title=Fearless German soccer coach Christoph Daum dies after career of highs and lows |url=https://apnews.com/article/christoph-daum-obituary-german-soccer-coach-9e5bb7aa76d0aa746af92c90007fd162 |access-date=2024-08-25 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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