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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[221]] – [[Lady Zhen]], Chinese empress (b. 183) * [[966]] – [[Berengar II of Italy]] (b. 900) *[[1060]] – [[Henry I of France]] (b. 1008) *[[1113]] – [[Gertrude of Saxony]], countess and regent of Holland (b. c. 1030)<ref>''Vice, Tyranny, Violence, and the Usurpation of Flanders (1071) in Flemish Historiography from 1093 to 1294'', Jeff Rider, ''Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World'', ed. Noah D. Guynn, Zrinka Stahuljak, (Boydell & Brewer, 2013), 65.</ref> *[[1265]] – [[Peter de Montfort]], English politician (b. 1215) * 1265 – [[Henry de Montfort]] (b. 1238) * 1265 – [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester]], French-English soldier and politician, [[Lord High Steward]] (b. 1208) * 1265 – [[Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer]], English politician (b. 1223) *[[1266]] – [[Odo, Count of Nevers|Eudes of Burgundy]], [[Count of Nevers]] (b. 1230) *[[1306]] – [[Wenceslaus III of Bohemia]] (b. 1289)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shorter Cambridge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7L88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA742|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=742}}</ref> *[[1345]] – [[As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt]] (b. 1326) *[[1378]] – [[Galeazzo II Visconti]], Lord of Milan (b. c. 1320) *[[1430]] – [[Philip I, Duke of Brabant]] (b. 1404) *[[1526]] – [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]], Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476) *[[1578]] – [[Sebastian of Portugal]] (b. 1554) *[[1598]] – [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]], English academic and politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (b. 1520) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Hugh Broughton]], English scholar and theologian (b. 1549) *[[1639]] – [[Juan Ruiz de Alarcón]], Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581) *[[1718]] – [[René Lepage de Sainte-Claire]], French-Canadian founder of [[Rimouski]] (b. 1656) *[[1727]] – [[Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie]], French general (b. 1647) *[[1741]] – [[Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)|Andrew Hamilton]], Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nix |first1=Foster C. |title=Andrew Hamilton's Early Years in the American Colonies |journal=The William and Mary Quarterly |date=July 1964 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=390–407 |doi=10.2307/1918453 |jstor=1918453 |issn=0043-5597}}</ref> *[[1778]] – [[Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial]], Canadian-French politician, [[Governor General of New France]] (b. 1698) *[[1792]] – [[John Burgoyne]], English general and politician (b. 1723) *[[1795]] – [[Timothy Ruggles]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711) *[[1804]] – [[Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan]], Scottish admiral (b. 1731) *[[1822]] – [[Kristjan Jaak Peterson]], Estonian poet and author (b. 1801) *[[1844]] – [[Jacob Aall]], Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773) *[[1859]] – [[John Vianney]], French priest and saint (b. 1786) *[[1873]] – [[Viktor Hartmann]], Russian architect and painter (b. 1834) *[[1875]] – [[Hans Christian Andersen]], Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805) *[[1886]] – [[Samuel J. Tilden]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Governor of New York]] (b. 1814)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tilden Dead. The Great Statesman Passes Away|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18860805.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |access-date=2 August 2020 |work=Los Angeles Herald |date=5 August 1886 |location=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Isaac Levitan]], Russian painter and educator (b. 1860) ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[Jules Lemaître]], French playwright and critic (b. 1853) *[[1919]] – [[Dave Gregory (cricketer)|Dave Gregory]], Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845) *[[1922]] – [[Enver Pasha]], Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881) *[[1932]] – [[Alfred Henry Maurer]], American painter (b. 1868) *[[1938]] – [[Pearl White]], American actress (b. 1889) *[[1940]] – [[Ze'ev Jabotinsky]], Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880) *[[1941]] – [[Mihály Babits]], Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883) *[[1942]] – [[Alberto Franchetti]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1860) *[[1944]] – [[Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński]], Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921) *[[1957]] – [[John Cain (senior)|John Cain Sr.]], Australian politician, 34th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1882) * 1957 – [[Washington Luís]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1869) *[[1958]] – [[Ethel Anderson]], Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite book|last=*Adelaide|first=Debra|title=Australian Women Writers: A Bibliographic Guide|location=London|publisher=Pandora|year=1986|page=3|isbn=978-0-86358-148-9}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[József Révai]], Hungarian politician, [[Minister of Education (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Education]] (b. 1898) *[[1961]] – [[Margarito Bautista]], Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (b. 1878)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Murphy|first=Thomas W.|date=Fall 2000|title=Other Mormon Histories: Lamanite Subjectivity in Mexico|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23288220|journal=Journal of Mormon History|volume=26|issue=2|pages=179–214|jstor=23288220 |url-access=subscription|postscript=. "Bautista's death on 4 August 1961" (206)}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Marilyn Monroe]], American model and actress (b. 1926) *[[1964]] – [[Nätti-Jussi]], Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rovaniemi.fi/fi/Palvelut/Kylat-ja-kaupunginosat/Alakemijoen---ja-Ranuantien-suunta/Muurola/Natti-Jussi|title=Nätti-Jussi|website=Rovaniemi.fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513141038/https://www.rovaniemi.fi/fi/Palvelut/Kylat-ja-kaupunginosat/Alakemijoen---ja-Ranuantien-suunta/Muurola/Natti-Jussi |access-date=31 August 2022|archive-date=2015-05-13 |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Peter Smith (cricketer, born 1908)|Peter Smith]], English cricketer (b. 1908) *[[1976]] – [[Enrique Angelelli]], Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923) * 1976 – [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894) *[[1977]] – [[Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian]], English physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889) *[[1981]] – [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (b. 1901) *[[1982]] – [[Bruce Goff]], American architect, designed the [[Boston Avenue Methodist Church]] (b. 1904) *[[1985]] – [[Don Whillans]], English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933) *[[1990]] – [[Ettore Maserati]], Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894) *[[1992]] – [[Seichō Matsumoto]], Japanese author (b. 1909) *[[1996]] – [[Geoff Hamilton]], English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936) *[[1997]] – [[Jeanne Calment]], French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875) *[[1998]] – [[Yury Artyukhin]], Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930) *[[1999]] – [[Victor Mature]], American actor (b. 1913) *[[2003]] – [[Frederick Chapman Robbins]], American pediatrician and virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916) *[[2004]] – [[Mary Sherman Morgan]], American chemist and engineer (b. 1921) * 2004 – [[Hossein Panahi]] (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (b. 1956) *[[2005]] – [[Anatoly Larkin]], Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932) * 2005 – [[Iván Szabó]], Hungarian economist and politician, [[Minister of Finance of Hungary]] (b. 1934) *[[2007]] – [[Lee Hazlewood]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929) * 2007 – [[Raul Hilberg]], Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926) *[[2008]] – [[Craig Jones (motorcycle racer)|Craig Jones]], English motorcycle racer (b. 1985) *[[2009]] – [[Blake Snyder]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957) *[[2011]] – [[Naoki Matsuda]], Japanese footballer (b. 1977) *[[2012]] – [[Johnnie Bassett]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Brian Crozier]], Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918) * 2012 – [[Bud Riley]], American football player and coach (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Keith H. Basso]], American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[Art Donovan]], American football player and radio host (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Olavi J. Mattila]], Finnish engineer and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Renato Ruggiero]], Italian lawyer and politician, [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |title=WTO {{!}} 2013 Press Releases – Renato Ruggiero, Former Director-General, Dies in Milan – Press/693 |url=https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres13_e/pr693_e.htm |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.wto.org}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Tony Snell (RAF officer)|Tony Snell]], English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Anthony |date=2013-08-21 |title=Tony Snell obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/21/tony-snell-obituary |access-date=2023-08-09 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Sandy Woodward]], English admiral (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-08-05 |title=Falklands War admiral Sandy Woodward dies aged 81 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23575534 |access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[James Brady]], American activist and politician, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-08-04 |title=Taking a Bullet, Gaining a Cause: James S. Brady Dies at 73 (Published 2014) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/us/politics/james-s-brady-symbol-of-fight-for-gun-control-dies-at-73.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |last1=Barron |first1=James }}</ref> * 2014 – [[Chester Crandell]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Sen. Chester Crandell found dead |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/08/04/chester-crandell-arizona-senator-found-dead/13605613/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Jake Hooker (musician)|Jake Hooker]], Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Ken |date=2014-08-07 |title=Jake Hooker, Co-Author of 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll,' Dies at 61 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jake-hooker-dies/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Elsie Hillman]], American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-06 |title=Elsie Hillman, Who Bolstered Moderate Republicans, Dies at 89 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/us/politics/elsie-hillman-who-bolstered-moderate-republicans-dies-at-89.html |access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Les Munro]], New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-04 |title=Dambusters pilot Les Munro dies in New Zealand aged 96 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33769486 |access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> * 2015 – [[John Rudometkin]], American basketball player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hiserman |first=Mike |date=2015-08-06 |title=John Rudometkin, USC basketball All-American, succumbs to lung disease at 75 |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/uscnow/la-sp-usc-john-rudometkin-obit-20150805-story.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Billy Sherrill]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-11 |title=Billy Sherrill, Producer, Dies at 78; Promoted a 'Countrypolitan' Sound (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/arts/music/billy-sherrill-producer-who-brought-new-sound-to-country-music-dies-at-78.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Nuon Chea]], [[Democratic Kampuchea|Cambodian]] politician and theorist for the [[Khmer Rouge]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|website=CNN|title=Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea dies at 93|date=August 5, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2019|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/04/asia/cambodia-nuon-chea-death-intl-hnk/index.html}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Dalia Fadila]], Israeli educator (b. 1971/1972)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visionary educator Dalia Fadila, Presidential Medal of Honor winner, drowns at 51 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/visionary-educator-dalia-fadila-presidential-medal-of-honor-winner-drowns-at-51/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Charles Cyphers]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2024-08-06 |title=Charles Cyphers, 'Halloween' Actor, Dies at 85 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/charles-cyphers-dead-halloween-1236096596/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Tsung-Dao Lee]], Chinese-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has died at age 97 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5065675/chinese-american-physicist-tsung-dao-lee-dies |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Duane Thomas]], American football player (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2024-08-08 |title=Duane Thomas, Enigmatic Running Back for the Cowboys, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/sports/football/duane-thomas-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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