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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[908]] – [[Burchard, Duke of Thuringia|Burchard]], duke of Thuringia * 908 – [[Egino, Duke of Thuringia|Egino]], duke of Thuringia * 908 – [[Rudolf I (bishop of Würzburg)|Rudolf I]], bishop of Würzburg * [[925]] – [[Empress Dowager Cao (Li Cunxu's mother)|Cao]], Chinese empress dowager * [[979]] – [[Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen|Thietmar]], margrave of Meissen *[[1003]] – [[At-Ta'i]], Abbasid caliph (b. 929) *[[1355]] – [[Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh]], English nobleman *[[1460]] – [[James II of Scotland|James II]], king of Scotland (b. 1430)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Borthwick |first1=Alan R. |title=James II (1430–1460), king of Scots |date=7 January 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/14588}}</ref> *[[1527]] – [[Scaramuccia Trivulzio]], Italian cardinal *[[1530]] – [[Francesco Ferruccio]], Italian captain (b. 1489) *[[1546]] – [[Antonio da Sangallo the Younger]], Italian architect, designed the [[Apostolic Palace]] (b. 1484)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Elam |first1=Caroline |last2=Satzinger |first2=Georg |last3=Giavarina |first3=Adriano Ghisetti |last4=Fusco |first4=Annarosa Cerutti |last5=Crum |first5=Roger J. |last6=Pagliara |first6=Pier Nicola |title=Sangallo, da family |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T075691|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> * 1546 – [[Étienne Dolet]], French scholar and translator (b. 1509) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Bernardino de Mendoza]], Spanish commander and diplomat (b. 1540) *[[1621]] – [[Guillaume du Vair]], French lawyer and author (b. 1556) *[[1712]] – [[Joshua Barnes]], English historian and scholar (b. 1654)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Haugen |first1=Kristine L. |title=Barnes, Joshua (1654–1712), Greek scholar and antiquary |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1470}}</ref> *[[1720]] – [[Anthonie Heinsius]], Dutch politician (b. 1641) *[[1721]] – [[Grinling Gibbons]], Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beard |first1=Geoffrey |title=Gibbons, Grinling |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T032101}}</ref> *[[1761]] – [[Johann Matthias Gesner]], German scholar and academic (b. 1691) *[[1773]] – [[Stanisław Konarski]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700) *[[1780]] – [[Étienne Bonnot de Condillac]], French epistemologist and philosopher (b. 1715) *[[1792]] – [[Richard Arkwright]], English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Mason |first1=J. J. |title=Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732–1792), inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/645}}</ref> *[[1797]] – [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst]], English field marshal and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Anderson |first1=Fred |title=Amherst, Jeffery (1717-1797), British soldier and first baron Amherst |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0100021}}</ref> *[[1805]] – [[Christopher Anstey]], English author and poet (b. 1724)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Merrett |first1=Robert James |title=Anstey, Christopher (1724–1805), poet |date=21 May 2009 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/579}}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Wenzel Müller]], Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Branscombe |first1=Peter |title=Müller, Wenzel |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19332}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Dorothea von Schlegel]], German author and translator (b. 1763) *[[1857]] – [[Eugène Sue]], French author and politician (b. 1804)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugène Sue {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugene-Sue |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Gábor Klauzál]], Hungarian politician, [[Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1804) *[[1867]] – [[Philipp August Böckh]], German historian and scholar (b. 1785) *[[1877]] – [[William B. Ogden]], American businessman and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1805) *[[1879]] – [[Joseph Severn]], English painter (b. 1793)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Powell |first1=Cecilia |title=Severn, Joseph |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T077863}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[George Inness]], American painter (b. 1825)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Staiti |first1=Paul J. |title=Inness, George |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T041356}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1913]] – [[William Lyne]], Australian politician, 13th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1844)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=Chris |last=Cunneen |title=Sir William John Lyne (1844–1913) |volume=10 |year=1986 |id2=lyne-sir-william-john-7274 |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Roger Casement]], Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Boyce |first1=D. George |title=Casement, Roger David (1864–1916), diplomatist and Irish rebel |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32320}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Ferdinand Georg Frobenius]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1849) *[[1920]] – [[Peeter Süda]], Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Lippus |first1=Urve |title=Süda, Peeter |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42517}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Ture Malmgren]], Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851) *[[1924]] – [[Joseph Conrad]], British novelist (b. 1857)<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Watts |first1=Cedric |title=Conrad, Joseph [formerly Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski] (1857–1924), master mariner and author |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32533}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[William Bruce (cricketer)|William Bruce]], Australian cricketer (b. 1864) *[[1929]] – [[Emile Berliner]], German-American inventor and businessman, invented the [[phonograph]] (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Cohen |first1=Norm |title=Berliner, Emile (20 May 1851–03 August 1929), inventor |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300130}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Thorstein Veblen]], American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Brandis |first1=Royall |title=Veblen, Thorstein Bunde (1857-1929), economist and social critic |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400661}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Konstantin Konik]], Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th [[Estonian Minister of Education]] (b. 1873) *[[1942]] – [[Richard Willstätter]], German-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1872)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Robinson |first1=Robert |title=Willstätter memorial lecture |journal=J. Chem. Soc. |date=1953 |pages=999–1026 |doi=10.1039/JR9530000999}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Frumka Płotnicka]], Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wisla.naszemiasto.pl/archiwum/rozmowa-z-dr-aleksandra-namyslo-historykiem-z-oddzialu,1248626,art,t,id,tm.html|title=Rozmowa z dr Aleksandrą Namysło, historykiem z Oddziału Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Katowicach – Katowice – NaszeMiasto.pl|website=katowice.naszemiasto.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Ignotus]], Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869) *[[1954]] – [[Colette]], French novelist and journalist (b. 1873) *[[1958]] – [[Peter Collins (racing driver)|Peter Collins]], English race car driver (b. 1931) *[[1959]] – [[Herb Byrne]], Australian footballer (b. 1887) *[[1961]] – [[Hilda Rix Nicholas]], Australian artist (b. 1884)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hoorn |first1=Jeanette |title=Nicholas [Rix], (Emily) Hilda Rix |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=9 November 2009 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2083344}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Flannery O'Connor]], American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925) *[[1966]] – [[Lenny Bruce]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925) *[[1968]] – [[Konstantin Rokossovsky]], [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] during World War II (b. 1896) *[[1969]] – [[Alexander Mair]], Australian politician, 26th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1889)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first1=Peter |last1=Ewer |first2=Peter |last2=Spearritt |title=Alexander Mair (1889–1969) |volume=10 |year=1986 |id2=mair-alexander-7466 |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Giannis Papaioannou]], Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913) *[[1973]] – [[Richard Marshall (general)|Richard Marshall]], American general (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Edgar Johan Kuusik]], Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888) *[[1975]] – [[Andreas Embirikos]], Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901) *[[1977]] – [[Makarios III]], Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of Cyprus]] (b. 1913) * 1977 – [[Alfred Lunt]], American actor and director (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coe |first1=Richard L. |title=Alfred Lunt, Leading Actor, Legend in American Theater |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/08/04/alfred-lunt-leading-actor-legend-in-american-theater/3a14d019-2703-4b0a-8e93-12291fac58be/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=20 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Bertil Ohlin]], Swedish economist and politician, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steiger |first1=Otto |title=Bertil Ohlin, 1899–1979 |journal=History of Political Economy |date=1 June 1981 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=179–188 |doi=10.1215/00182702-13-2-179}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Angelos Terzakis]], Greek author and playwright (b. 1907) *[[1983]] – [[Carolyn Jones]], American actress (b. 1930) *[[1992]] – [[Wang Hongwen]], Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the [[Gang of Four]] (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watts |first1=Jonathan |author1-link=Jonathan Watts |title=Last member of China's Gang of Four dies at 74 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/07/china.jonathanwatts |access-date=16 October 2023 |work=[[the Guardian]] |date=7 January 2006}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Ida Lupino]], English-American actress and director (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter B. |title=Ida Lupino, Film Actress and Director, Is Dead at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/05/obituaries/ida-lupino-film-actress-and-director-is-dead-at-77.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 August 1995}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Edward Whittemore]], American soldier and author (b. 1933) *[[1996]] – [[Jørgen Garde]], Danish admiral (b. 1939) *[[1997]] – [[Pietro Rizzuto]], Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news |title=Canadian senator Rizzuto dies - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/08/03/Canadian-senator-Rizzuto-dies/8853870580800/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=UPI |date=3 August 1997}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Alfred Schnittke]], Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Moody |first1=Ivan |last2=Ivashkin |first2=Alexander |title=Schnittke [Shnitke], Alfred |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.51128}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Rod Ansell]], Australian hunter (b. 1953) * 1999 – [[Byron Farwell]], American historian and author (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leepson |first1=Marc |title=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |date=2023 |publisher=Library of Virginia |url=https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Farwell_Byron |access-date=2 August 2024 |chapter=Byron Edgar Farwell (1921–1999)}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Joann Lõssov]], Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921) *[[2001]] – [[Christopher Hewett]], English actor and director (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaughan |first1=Gavin |title=Christopher Hewett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oct/18/guardianobituaries |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 October 2001}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Roger Voudouris]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: John Roger Voudouris |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-obituary-for-john-rog/81430200/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=13 August 2003 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer and painter (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haworth-Booth |first1=Mark |title=Cartier-Bresson, Henri |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T014482}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Françoise d'Eaubonne]], French author and poet (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |title=Françoise dEaubonne |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/francoise-deaubonne-33fp9xwswkp |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Times]] |date=7 August 2005}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Arthur Lee |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/07/guardianobituaries.usa |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 August 2006}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony |title=Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Opera Singer, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/arts/music/03cnd-schwarz.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 August 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]], English author (b. 1926) * 2007 – [[Peter Thorup]], Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ytzen |first1=Flemming |title=Bluesmusikeren Peter Thorup er død |url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/art5017777/Bluesmusikeren-Peter-Thorup-er-d%C3%B8d |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=Politiken |date=4 August 2007 |language=da-DK}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Skip Caray]], American sportscaster (b. 1939) * 2008 – [[Erik Darling]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Erik Darling Dies at 74; Musician in the Weavers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/arts/music/08darling.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=8 August 2008}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Michael T. |title=Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/books/04solzhenitsyn.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 August 2008}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Nikolaos Makarezos]], Greek soldier and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news |title=Nikolaos Makarezos, Who Helped Run Greek Junta, Is Dead at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/europe/06makarezos.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=The Associated Press |date=6 August 2009}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Bobby Hebb]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Bobby Hebb obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/05/bobby-hebb-obituary |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 August 2010}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[William Sleator]], American author (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Michael |title=William Sleator obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/14/william-sleator-obituary |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 September 2011}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Bubba Smith]], American football player and actor (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Bubba Smith obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/08/bubba-smith-obituary |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 August 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Frank Evans (baseball)|Frank Evans]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Martin Fleischmann]], Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=David E. |title=Martin Fleischmann. 29 March 1927—3 August 2012 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=April 2023 |volume=74 |pages=161–184 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2022.0030|doi-access=free }}</ref> * 2012 – [[Paul McCracken (economist)|Paul McCracken]], American economist and academic (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Sewell |title=Paul W. McCracken, Adviser to Presidents, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/us/politics/paul-w-mccracken-adviser-to-presidents-dies-at-96.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[John Pritchard (basketball)|John Pritchard]], American basketball player (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[George Shanard]], American politician and agribusinessman (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mueller |first1=Chris |title=Longtime former legislator George Shanard dies |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/longtime-former-legislator-george-shanard-dies |access-date=December 2, 2024 |work=Mitchell Republic |date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[John Coombs]], English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Jack English Hightower]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)<ref>{{CongBio |id=H000582 |name=HIGHTOWER, Jack English |inline=YES}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Jack Hynes (soccer player)|Jack Hynes]], Scottish-American soccer player and manager (b. 1920) *[[2014]] – [[Miangul Aurangzeb]], Pakistani captain and politician, 19th [[Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |title=Miangul Aurangzeb |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11020005/Miangul-Aurangzeb.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=10 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Edward Clancy (cardinal)|Edward Clancy]], Australian cardinal (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Dorothy Salisbury Davis]], American author (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woo |first1=Elaine |title=Dorothy Salisbury Davis dies at 98; brought strong women to mysteries |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dorothy-salisbury-davis-20140810-story.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=9 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Kenny Drew, Jr.]], American pianist and composer (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Gilbert |first1=Mark |title=Drew, Kenny, Jr. |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J557500}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Lydia Yu-Jose]], Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jose |first1=Ricardo T. |title=Lydia N. Yu Jose, 1944–2014 |journal=Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints |date=2015 |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=153–156 |doi=10.1353/phs.2015.0005}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Robert Conquest]], English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Homberger |first1=Eric |title=Robert Conquest obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/05/robert-conquest |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 August 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Mel Farr]], American football player and businessman (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Birkett |first1=Dave |title=Former Lions RB Mel Farr dead at 70 |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2015/08/04/mel-farr-obit/31091717/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=4 August 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Coleen Gray]], American actress (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coleen Gray obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/05/coleen-gray |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 December 2020 |date=5 August 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Margot Loyola]], Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)<ref>{{Cite web |last=24horas |title=A los 96 años muere la destacada folclorista Margot Loyola |url=https://www.24horas.cl/tendencias/espectaculosycultura/a-los-96-anos-muere-la-destacada-folclorista-margot-loyola-1744451 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=www.24horas.cl |language=es-CL}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Johanna Quandt]], German businesswoman (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ewing |first=Jack |date=2015-08-06 |title=Johanna Quandt, Matriarch of Family That Controls BMW, Dies at 89 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/business/international/johanna-quandt-matriarch-of-family-that-controls-bmw-dies-at-89.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Jef Murray]], American artist and author (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Golden |first1=Nichole |title=Artist Jef Murray, illustrator for The Georgia Bulletin, dies |url=https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2015/08/artist-jef-murray-illustrator-for-the-georgia-bulletin-dies/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The Georgia Bulletin |date=20 August 2015}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[John Hume]], Northern Irish politician (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020/august|title=Famous People Who Died in August 2020|website=On This Day|date=August 2020 |access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Jackie Walorski]], American politician (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski dies in a car crash |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115465721/rep-jackie-walorski-dies-car-crash |date=3 August 2022 |work=[[NPR]] | access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Mark Margolis]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |date=2023-08-04 |title=Breaking Bad actor Mark Margolis dies aged 83 |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/04/mark-margolis-dead-breaking-bad-better-caul-saul |access-date=2023-08-04 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Bram Moolenaar]], Dutch software engineer (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4|title=Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar|date=2023-08-05}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Yamini Krishnamurthy]], Indian dancer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-08-03 |title=Bharatanatyam icon and Padma awards winner Yamini Krishnamurthy dies at 84 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bharatanatyam-icon-and-padma-awards-winner-yamini-krishnamurthy-dies-at-84-3135787 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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