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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[886]] – [[Basil I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 811) * [[892]] – [[Theodora of Thessaloniki]], Byzantine nun and saint (b. 812)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Alice-Mary Maffry |author-link=Alice-Mary Talbot |title=Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation |date=1996 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |isbn=978-0-88402-248-0 |pages=159–160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SaViaGCeiZIC |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en |chapter=Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike}}</ref> * [[939]] – [[Wang Jipeng]], Chinese emperor of Min * 939 – [[Empress Li Chunyan|Li Chunyan]], Chinese empress * [[956]] – [[Empress Fu the Elder|Fu the Elder]], Chinese empress * [[979]] – [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid emir *[[1021]] – [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. 948) *[[1046]] – [[Gerard of Csanád]] Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)<ref name="ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA">{{cite book |url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gerard |title = St. Gerard |publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year = 2019 }}</ref> *[[1093]] – [[Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy|Hugh I]], duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) *[[1123]] – [[Eystein I of Norway|Eystein I]], king of Norway (b. 1088) *[[1135]] – [[Al-Mustarshid]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1092) *[[1159]] – [[Bertha of Sulzbach]], Byzantine empress *[[1298]] – [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar]], English princess (b. 1269) *[[1315]] – [[Peter Tempesta]], Italian nobleman (b. 1291) * 1315 – [[Charles of Taranto]], Italian nobleman (b. 1296) *[[1395]] – [[Albert III, Duke of Austria|Albert III]], duke of Austria (b. 1349) *[[1442]] – [[John V, Duke of Brittany|John V]], duke of Brittany (b. 1389) *[[1499]] – [[Alesso Baldovinetti]], Florentine painter (b. 1427) *[[1523]] – [[Ulrich von Hutten]], Lutheran reformer (b. 1488) *[[1526]] – [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506) * 1526 – [[Pál Tomori]] Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475) *[[1533]] – [[Atahualpa]], Inca emperor (b. 1497) *[[1542]] – [[Cristóvão da Gama]], Portuguese commander (b. 1516) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Hamida Banu Begum]], Mughal empress (b. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=Muni |title=Shah Jahan |date=1986 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |page=xv |isbn=9780706929294 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__BtAAAAMAAJ&q=hamida+banu+Begum+August+29 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1657]] – [[John Lilburne]], English activist (b. 1614) *[[1712]] – [[Gregory King]], English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648) *[[1749]] – [[Matthias Bel]], Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684) *[[1769]] – [[Edmond Hoyle]], English author and educator (b. 1672) *[[1780]] – [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]], French architect, co-designed [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (b. 1713) *[[1799]] – [[Pope Pius VI|Pius VI]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1844]] – [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]], Irish missionary and educator, founded the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] and [[Presentation Brothers]] (b. 1762) *[[1856]] – [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (b. 1778) *[[1866]] – [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1846) *[[1877]] – [[Brigham Young]], American religious leader, 2nd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1801) *[[1889]] – [[Stefan Dunjov]], Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815) *[[1891]] – [[Pierre Lallement]], French businessman, invented the [[bicycle]] (b. 1843) *[[1892]] – [[William Forbes Skene]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Murad V]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1840) *[[1911]] – [[Mir Mahboob Ali Khan]], 6th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (b. 1866)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180816/picturing-the-beloved.html|title = Picturing the 'Beloved'|date = 18 August 2016}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[George Huntington Hartford]], American businessman (b. 1833) *[[1930]] – [[William Archibald Spooner]], English priest and author (b. 1844) *[[1931]] – [[David T. Abercrombie]], American businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1867) *[[1932]] – [[Raymond Knister]], Canadian poet and author (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pinder |first1=Kait |title=Knister, (John) Raymond (1899–1932) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM104-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Attik]], Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885) *[[1946]] – [[Adolphus Busch III]], American businessman (b. 1891) * 1946 – [[John Steuart Curry]], American painter and academic (b. 1897) *[[1951]] – [[Sydney Chapman (economist)|Sydney Chapman]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1871) *[[1952]] – [[Anton Piëch]], Austrian lawyer (b. 1894) *[[1958]] – [[Marjorie Flack]], American author and illustrator (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=Winifred|chapter=Flack, Marjorie|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=461}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Sayyid Qutb]], Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906) *[[1968]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (b. 1881) *[[1971]] – [[Leopold and Loeb|Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.]], American murderer (b. 1904) *[[1972]] – [[Lale Andersen]], German singer-songwriter (b. 1905) *[[1975]] – [[Éamon de Valera]], Irish soldier and politician, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1882) *[[1977]] – [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Hagen |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jean-hagen/ |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Brian McGuire (racing driver)|Brian McGuire]], Australian race car driver (b. 1945) *[[1979]] – [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (b. 1890) *[[1981]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American journalist and author (b. 1892) *[[1982]] – [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (b. 1915) * 1982 – [[Lehman Engel]], American composer and conductor (b. 1910) *[[1985]] – [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (b. 1918) *[[1987]] – [[Archie Campbell (comedian)|Archie Campbell]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914) * 1987 – [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (b. 1924) *[[1989]] – [[Peter Scott]], English explorer and painter (b. 1909) *[[1990]] – [[Manly Palmer Hall]], Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901) *[[1991]] – [[Libero Grassi]], Italian businessman (b. 1924) *[[1992]] – [[Félix Guattari]], French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930) *[[1995]] – [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) *[[2000]] – [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (b. 1922) * 2000 – [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (b. 1951) * 2000 – [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913) *[[2001]] – [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952) * 2001 – [[Francisco Rabal]], Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) *[[2002]] – [[Lance Macklin]], English race car driver (b. 1919) *[[2003]] – [[Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1939) * 2003 – [[Patrick Procktor]], English painter and academic (b. 1936) *[[2004]] – [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (b. 1942) *[[2007]] – [[James Muir Cameron Fletcher]], New Zealand businessman (b. 1914) * 2007 – [[Richard Jewell]], American police officer (b. 1962) * 2007 – [[Pierre Messmer]], French civil servant and politician, 154th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1916) * 2007 – [[Alfred Peet]], Dutch-American businessman, founded [[Peet's Coffee & Tea]] (b. 1920) *[[2008]] – [[Geoffrey Perkins]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953) * 2008 – [[Michael Schoenberg]], American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939) *[[2011]] – [[David "Honeyboy" Edwards|Honeyboy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915) * 2011 – [[Junpei Takiguchi]], Japanese voice actor (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Ruth Goldbloom]], Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded [[Pier 21]] (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]], English historian and author (b. 1953) * 2012 – [[Shoshichi Kobayashi]], Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Anne McKnight]], American soprano (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Les Moss]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969) *[[2013]] – [[Joan L. Krajewski]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Medardo Joseph Mazombwe]], Zambian cardinal (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Bruce C. Murray]], American geologist and academic, co-founded [[The Planetary Society]] (b. 1931) *[[2014]] – [[Octavio Brunetti]], Argentine pianist and composer (b. 1975) * 2014 – [[Björn Waldegård]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1943) *[[2016]] – [[Gene Wilder]], American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933) *[[2018]] – [[James Mirrlees]], Scottish economist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1936) * 2018 – [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]], American choreographer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/notable-deaths-in-2018 |title=Notable Deaths in 2018|website=CBS News|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Ed Asner]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235051373/|title=Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning 'Lou Grant' Star, Dies at 91|last1=Dagan|first1=Carmel|last2=Natale|first2=Richard|date=August 29, 2021|access-date=August 29, 2021|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2021-08-29|title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub Pioneer, Dead at 85|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830031023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|archive-date=2021-08-30|access-date=2021-08-31|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Jacques Rogge]], French orthopedic surgeon, Olympic sailor and the 8th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2021-08-30|title=Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/sports/olympics/jacques-rogge-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Mike Enriquez]], Filipino broadcaster (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sarao |first=Zacarian |date=August 29, 2023 |title=Veteran broadcaster Mike Enriquez dies at 71 |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/516334/embargo-veteran-broadcaster-mike-enriquez-dies-at-71 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829121315/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/516334/embargo-veteran-broadcaster-mike-enriquez-dies-at-71 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Johnny Gaudreau]], American ice hockey player (b. 1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox29.com/news/2-cyclists-dead-after-crash-salem-county-reports.amp|title=NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, brother struck and killed by car while riding bikes in New Jersey|date=August 30, 2024|work=Fox 29 Philadelphia|access-date=August 30, 2024}}</ref>
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