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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[553]] – [[Xiao Ji]], prince of the [[Liang dynasty]] (b. 508) * [[642]] – [[Eowa of Mercia|Eowa]], king of [[Mercia]] * 642 – [[Oswald of Northumbria|Oswald]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheney |first1=Christopher Robert |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |title=A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History |date=6 April 2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77845-9 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA24 |language=en}}</ref> * [[824]] – [[Emperor Heizei|Heizei]], Japanese emperor (b. 773) * [[877]] – [[Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan]], Abbasid [[vizier]] * [[882]] – [[Louis III of France|Louis III]], Frankish king (b. 863) * [[890]] – [[Ranulf II of Aquitaine|Ranulf II]], duke of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] (b. 850) * [[910]] – [[Eowils and Halfdan]], joint kings of Northumbria * 910 – [[Ingwær]], king of Northumbria * [[917]] – [[Euthymius I of Constantinople]] (b. 834) * [[940]] – [[Li Decheng]], Chinese general (b. 863) *[[1063]] – [[Gruffydd ap Llywelyn]], [[King of Gwynedd]] *[[1364]] – [[Emperor Kōgon|Kōgon]], Japanese emperor (b. 1313) *[[1415]] – [[Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge]] (b. 1375) * 1415 – [[Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham]] (b. 1370) *[[1447]] – [[John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter]] (b. 1395)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Griffiths |first1=R. A. |title=Holland [Holand], John, first duke of Exeter (1395–1447), soldier and magnate |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13530}}</ref> *[[1579]] – [[Stanislaus Hosius]], Polish cardinal (b. 1504) *[[1600]] – [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie]], Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Juhala |first1=Amy L. |title=Ruthven, John, third earl of Gowrie (1577/8–1600), magnate and alleged conspirator |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24371}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Alonso García de Ramón]], Spanish soldier and politician, [[Royal Governor of Chile]] (b. 1552) *[[1633]] – [[George Abbot (bishop)|George Abbot]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1562) *[[1678]] – [[Juan García de Zéspedes]], Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Russell |first1=Craig H. |title=García de Zéspedes [Céspedes], Juan |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.41451}}</ref> *[[1729]] – [[Thomas Newcomen]], English engineer, invented the eponymous [[Newcomen atmospheric engine]] (b. 1664)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Allen |first1=John S. |title=Newcomen, Thomas (bap. 1664, d. 1729), ironmonger and inventor of the atmospheric steam engine |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/19997}}</ref> *[[1743]] – [[John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey]], English courtier and politician, [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] (b. 1696) *[[1778]] – [[Charles Clémencet]], French historian and author (b. 1703) * 1778 – [[Thomas Linley the younger]], English composer (b. 1756)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Beechey |first1=Gwilym |title=Linley, Thomas (ii) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380319}}</ref> *[[1792]] – [[Frederick North, Lord North]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1732)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Lord Frederick North - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/frederick-north |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe]], English admiral and politician (b. 1726)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Knight |first1=Roger |title=Howe, Richard, Earl Howe (1726–1799), naval officer |date=8 June 2023 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13963}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes]], French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788) *[[1877]] – [[Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)|Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai)]], Welsh poet (b. 1830) *[[1880]] – [[Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra]], Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816) *[[1881]] – [[Spotted Tail]], American tribal chief (b. 1823)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Clow |first1=Richmond L. |title=Spotted Tail |date=1999 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2000971}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Friedrich Engels]], German philosopher (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carver |first1=Terrell |title=Engels before Marx |date=2020 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Cham |isbn=978-3-030-42371-1 |page=2}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Victoria, Princess Royal]] of the United Kingdom and German Empress (b. 1840)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ramm |first1=Agatha |title=Victoria, princess royal (1840–1901), German empress, consort of Frederick III |date=25 May 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36653}}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[George Dibbs]], Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1834)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=Bruce E. |last=Mansfield |title=Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834–1904) |volume=4 |year=1972 |id2=dibbs-sir-george-richard-3408 |access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Bob Caruthers]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Weir |first1=Robert E. |title=Caruthers, Robert Lee (1864-1911), baseball player |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900746}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[George Butterworth]], British composer (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Banfield |first1=Stephen |title=Butterworth, George |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04467}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Dimitrios Rallis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 78th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1844) *[[1929]] – [[Millicent Fawcett]], English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Howarth |first1=Janet |title=Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett [née Millicent Garrett] (1847–1929), leader of the constitutional women's suffrage movement and author |date=4 October 2007 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33096}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Charles Harold Davis]], American painter and academic (b. 1856) *[[1935]] – [[David Townsend (art director)|David Townsend]], American art director and set designer (b. 1891) *[[1939]] – [[Béla Jankovich]], Hungarian economist and politician, [[Minister of Education of Hungary]] (b. 1865) *[[1944]] – [[Maurice Turnbull]], Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906) *[[1946]] – [[Wilhelm Marx]], German lawyer and politician, 17th [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1863) *[[1948]] – [[Montagu Toller]], English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871) *[[1952]] – [[Sameera Moussa]], Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917) *[[1955]] – [[Carmen Miranda]], Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Budds |first1=Michael J. |title=Miranda, Carmen |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47014}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Heinrich Otto Wieland]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Karrer |first1=Paul |title=Heinrich Wieland, 1877-1957 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1958 |volume=4 |pages=341–352 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1958.0026}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Edgar Guest]], English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gale |first1=Robert L. |title=Guest, Edgar Albert (1881-1959), journalist and poet |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600669}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Arthur Meighen]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite news |title=Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister Twice, Passes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-prime-minister-meighe/126399479/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=Nanaimo Daily News |date=5 August 1960 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Salvador Bacarisse]], Spanish composer (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Heine |first1=Christiane |title=Bacarisse (Chinoria), Salvador |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01654}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Moa Martinson]], Swedish author (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite book|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|page=739|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6}}</ref> * 1964 – [[Art Ross]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite news |title=Art Ross Dies At 79 |url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=XsMtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_Z4FAAAAIBAJ&dq=art-ross%20medford&pg=7232%2C889192 |access-date=2 August 2020 |work=The Montreal Gazette |date=6 Aug 1964}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ART ROSS, COACH OF BOSTON BRUINS; Member of Hockey Hall of Fame Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/06/archives/art-ross-coach-of-boston-bruins-member-of-hockey-hall-of-fame-is.html |access-date=2 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=6 August 1964}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Luther Perkins]], American guitarist (b. 1928) *[[1978]] – [[Jesse Haines]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1893) *[[1980]] – [[Harold L. Runnels]], American soldier and politician (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Rep. Harold Runnels, 5-Term Congressman In New Mexico, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/06/archives/rep-harold-runnels-5term-congressman-in-new-mexico-dies.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 August 1980}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Judy Canova]], American actress and comedian (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Daley |first1=Suzanne |title=JUDY CANOVA DIES; COMEDIAN WAS 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/07/obituaries/judy-canova-dies-comedian-was-66.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 August 1983}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Joan Robinson]], English economist and author (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arenson |first1=Karen W. |title=PROF. JOAN ROBINSON DIES AT 79; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/11/obituaries/prof-joan-robinson-dies-at-79-cambrdige-university-economist.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 August 1983}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Richard Burton]], Welsh actor (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dowd |first1=Maureen |title=RICHARD BURTON, 58, IS DEAD; RAKISH STAGE AND SCREEN STAR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/06/obituaries/richard-burton-58-is-dead-rakish-stage-and-screen-star.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 August 1984}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Arnold Horween]], American football player and coach (b. 1898) *[[1987]] – [[Georg Gaßmann]], German politician, [[Mayor of Marburg]] (b. 1910) *[[1991]] – [[Paul Brown]], American football player and coach (b. 1908) * 1991 – [[Soichiro Honda]], Japanese engineer and businessman, founded [[Honda]] (b. 1906) *[[1992]] – [[Robert Muldoon]], New Zealand politician, 31st [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1921) *[[1994]] – [[Menachem Avidom]], Israeli composer (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite news |title=Menachem Avidom; Pioneer Israeli Composer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-12-mn-34241-story.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=12 August 1995}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Alain de Changy]], Belgian race car driver (b. 1922) *[[1998]] – [[Otto Kretschmer]], German commander (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Childs |first1=David |title=Obituary: Admiral Otto Kretschmer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-admiral-otto-kretschmer-1173919.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=24 August 1998}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Todor Zhivkov]], Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Binder |first1=David |title=Todor Zhivkov Dies at 86; Ruled Bulgaria for 35 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/07/world/todor-zhivkov-dies-at-86-ruled-bulgaria-for-35-years.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 August 1998}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Otto Buchsbaum]], Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920) * 2000 – [[Tullio Crali]], Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910) * 2000 – [[Lala Amarnath]], Indian cricketer (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pandya |first1=Haresh |title=Lala Amarnath |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/09/guardianobituaries.cricket |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2000}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Alec Guinness]], English actor (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Acting world mourns Sir Alec |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/869583.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2 August 2020 |date=7 August 2000}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Otema Allimadi]], Ugandan politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Uganda]] (b. 1929) * 2001 – [[Christopher Skase]], Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948) *[[2002]] – [[Josh Ryan Evans]], American actor (b. 1982)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|date=2002-08-06|title=Josh Ryan Evans, ''Passions'' doll boy, dies|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/08/06/josh-ryan-evans-passions-doll-boy-dies/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082229/https://ew.com/article/2002/08/06/josh-ryan-evans-passions-doll-boy-dies/|archive-date=2016-07-01|access-date=2021-08-09|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Chick Hearn]], American sportscaster (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakers Announcer Chick Hearn Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/sports/basketball/lakers-announcer-chick-hearn-dead-at-85.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=The Associated Press |date=5 August 2002}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Franco Lucentini]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willan |first1=Philip |title=Franco Lucentini |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/aug/09/pressandpublishing.booksobituaries |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2002}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Darrell Porter]], American baseball player (b. 1952) * 2002 – [[Matt Robinson (actor)|Matt Robinson]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) *[[2005]] – [[Polina Astakhova]], Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936) * 2005 – [[Jim O'Hora]], American football player and coach (b. 1915) * 2005 – [[Raul Roco]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st [[Secretary of Education (Philippines)|Filipino Secretary of Education]] (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crisostomo |first1=Sheila |title=Roco succumbs to cancer; 63 |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2005/08/06/290072/roco-succumbs-cancer-63 |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=Philstar Global |date=6 August 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Eddie Jenkins (footballer, born 1909)|Eddie Jenkins]], Welsh footballer (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bluebirds-star-eddie-dies-aged-2382643 |title=Bluebirds star Eddie dies aged 96 |publisher=WalesOnline |date=9 August 2005 |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Jean-Marie Lustiger]], French cardinal (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Julian |title=Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/02/guardianobituaries.france |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=2 October 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Florian Pittiș]], Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943) *[[2008]] – [[Neil Bartlett (chemist)|Neil Bartlett]], English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christe |first1=Karl O. |title=Neil Bartlett (1932–2008) |journal=Nature |date=September 2008 |volume=455 |issue=7210 |pages=182–182 |doi=10.1038/455182a}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Reg Lindsay]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Eliezer |first1=Christie |title=Aussie Country Pioneer Reg Lindsay Dies |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/aussie-country-pioneer-reg-lindsay-dies-1305155/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |magazine=Billboard |date=6 August 2008}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Budd Schulberg]], American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiner |first1=Tim |title=Budd Schulberg, ‘On the Waterfront’ Writer, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/movies/06schulberg.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 August 2009}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Andrzej Lepper]], Polish farmer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adamowski |first1=Jaroslaw |title=Andrzej Lepper obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/25/andrzej-lepper-obituary |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=25 August 2011}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Aziz Shavershian]], Australian bodybuilder (b. 1989)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Georgina |last2=Whyte |first2=Sarah |title='Shattered': body of bodybuilder 'Zyzz' heading home |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/shattered-body-of-bodybuilder-zyzz-heading-home-20110811-1inmu.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 August 2011 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Erwin Axer]], Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Michel Daerden]], Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Belgian minister Michel "papa" Daerden (62) dies |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2012/08/06/former_belgian_ministermichelpapadaerden62dies-1-1393186/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=VRT |agency=Flanders News |date=6 August 2012 |language=en}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Fred Matua]], American football player (b. 1984) * 2012 – [[Martin E. Segal]], Russian-American businessman, co-founded [[Film Society of Lincoln Center]] (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |title=Martin E. Segal, Titan of the Arts in New York City, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/arts/martin-segal-leading-new-york-cultural-figure-dies-at-96.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Chavela Vargas]], Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malkin |first1=Elisabeth |title=Chavela Vargas, Mexican Ranchera Singer, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/arts/music/chavela-vargas-mexican-ranchera-singer-dies-at-93.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Roland Charles Wagner]], French author and translator (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Roland C. Wagner (1960-2012) |url=https://locusmag.com/2012/08/roland-c-wagner-1960-2012/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |magazine=Locus |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Ruth Asawa]], American sculptor and educator (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yoshimoto |first1=Midori |title=Asawa, Ruth |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=24 February 2010 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2085614}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Shawn Burr]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966) * 2013 – [[Willie Dunn]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |title=Aboriginal singer, activist Willie Dunn dies at 71 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/aboriginal-singer-activist-willie-dunn-dies-at-71-1.1355470 |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=CBC News |date=10 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Roy Rubin (basketball)|Roy Rubin]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[May Song Vang]], American activist (b. 1951) * 2013 – [[Rob Wyda]], American commander and judge (b. 1959) *[[2014]] – [[Harold J. Greene]], American general (b. 1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perkins |first1=Robert |last2=Hazle |first2=Megan |title=General, engineer, father and Trojan falls in Afghanistan |url=https://today.usc.edu/general-engineer-father-and-trojan-falls-in-afghanistan/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=USC Today |date=6 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Vladimir Orlov (author)|Vladimir Orlov]], Russian author (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Chapman Pincher]], Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Chapman Pincher obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/06/chapman-pincher |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=6 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Jesse Leonard Steinfeld]], American physician and academic, 11th [[Surgeon General of the United States]] (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Jesse L. Steinfeld, Surgeon General and Tobacco Foe, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/us/jesse-l-steinfeld-surgeon-general-and-tobacco-foe-dies-at-87.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Arthur Walter James]], English journalist and politician (b. 1912) * 2015 – [[Tony Millington]], Welsh footballer (b. 1943) *[[2018]] – [[Alan Rabinowitz]], American zoologist (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Newman|first=Cathy|date=2018-08-07|title=Alan Rabinowitz, Wild Cats' Champion and Protector, Dies|language=en-US|work=National Geographic|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/alan-rabinowitz-big-cat-champion-news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306163045/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/alan-rabinowitz-big-cat-champion-news|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2021|access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Toni Morrison]], American author, [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize winner]], and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. 1931).<ref>{{cite web|website=The Root.com|title=Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison, One Of America's Greatest Writers, Has Died At 88|url=https://www.theroot.com/nobel-prize-winner-toni-morrison-one-of-america-s-grea-1836995611|date=August 6, 2019|access-date=August 6, 2019|author=Monée Fields-White}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Hawa Abdi]], [[Somali people|Somali]] human rights activist and physician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dahir|first=Abdi Latif|date=2020-08-06|title=Hawa Abdi, Doctor Who Aided Thousands in Somalia, Dies at 73|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/obituaries/hawa-abdi-dead.html|access-date=2021-01-02|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Judith Durham]], Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)<ref name="watoday">{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=Jackson |title=Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, dies aged 79 |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/culture/music/judith-durham-lead-singer-of-the-seekers-dies-aged-79-20220806-p5b7t1.html |access-date=6 August 2022 |work=WAtoday |date=6 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Cherie Gil]], Filipino actress (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite news |last=Requintina |first=Robert |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/05/cherie-gil-passes-away/ |title=Cherie Gil passes away |work=Manila Bulletin |date=5 August 2022 |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Ali Haydar (Syrian army officer)|Ali Haydar]], Syrian army officer (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2022 |title=رفض توريث بشار الأسد الحكم في سورية وسخر منه.. وفاة اللواء علي حيدر بعد نحو ثلاثة عقود من إزاحته |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AE/497845/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805224738/https://www.syriahr.com/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AE/497845/ |archive-date=5 August 2022 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=syriahr.com |language=ar}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Issey Miyake]], Japanese fashion designer (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issey Miyake, Japan's prince of pleats, dies of cancer aged 84 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japanese-fashion-designer-issey-miyake-dies-cancer-aged-84-media-2022-08-09/ |website=reuters.com |publisher=Reuters |access-date=9 August 2022 |date=9 August 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Dillon Quirke]], Irish hurler (b. 1998)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/tipperary-hurler-dillon-quirke-passes-27672608|title=Tipperary hurler Dillon Quirke passes away suddenly after collapsing during Championship clash|publisher=Irish Mirror|date=5 August 2022|access-date=9 August 2022|website=irishmirror.ie}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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