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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[461]] – [[Majorian]], Roman emperor (b. 420) *[[AD 707|707]] – [[Li Chongjun]], Chinese prince *[[1028]] – [[Alfonso V of León|Alfonso V]], king of León (b. 994) *[[1106]] – [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050) *[[1234]] – [[Hugh Foliot]], bishop of Hereford (b. c. 1155) *[[1272]] – [[Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor)|Richard Middleton]], English [[Lord Chancellor]] *[[1296]] – [[Heinrich II von Rotteneck]], prince-bishop of Regensburg *[[1385]] – [[Joan of Kent]], mother of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] (b. 1328) *[[1485]] – [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany|Alexander Stewart]], duke of Albany (b. 1454) *[[1547]] – [[Saint Cajetan|Cajetan]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1480) ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – [[Thomas Fleming (judge)|Thomas Fleming]], English judge and politician, [[Lord Chief Justice of England]] (b. 1544) *[[1616]] – [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]], Italian architect, designed [[Teatro Olimpico]] (b. 1548) *[[1632]] – [[Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford]], English soldier (b. 1575) *[[1635]] – [[Friedrich Spee]], German poet and academic (b. 1591) *[[1639]] – [[Martin van den Hove]], Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605) *[[1661]] – [[Jin Shengtan]], Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608) *[[1787]] – [[Francis Blackburne (priest)|Francis Blackburne]], English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705) *[[1817]] – [[Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours]], French economist and politician (b. 1739) *[[1834]] – [[Joseph Marie Jacquard]], French weaver and inventor, invented the [[Jacquard loom]] (b. 1752) *[[1848]] – [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]], Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848) |journal=Nature |date=1 August 1948 |volume=162 |issue=4110 |pages=210 |doi=10.1038/162210b0 |bibcode=1948Natur.162R.210. |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Mariano Arista]], Mexican general and politician, 19th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1802) *[[1864]] – [[Li Xiucheng]], Chinese field marshal (b. 1823) *[[1893]] – [[Alfredo Catalani]], Italian composer and academic (b. 1854) *[[1899]] – [[Jacob Maris]], Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837) *[[1900]] – [[Wilhelm Liebknecht]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1826) ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[François-Alphonse Forel]], Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841) *[[1917]] – [[Edwin Harris Dunning]], South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891) *[[1938]] – [[Konstantin Stanislavski]], Russian actor and director (b. 1863) *[[1941]] – [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Indian author, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1861) *[[1948]] – [[Charles Bryant (actor)|Charles Bryant]], English-American actor and director (b. 1879) *[[1953]] – [[Abner Powell]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1860) *[[1957]] – [[Oliver Hardy]], American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892) *[[1958]] – [[Elizabeth Foreman Lewis]], American author and educator (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Commire|title=Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale|year=1978|page=243|isbn=978-0-81030-073-6}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Luis Ángel Firpo]], Argentine boxer (b. 1894) *[[1963]] – [[Ramon Vila Capdevila]], last of the [[Spanish Maquis]], holding out after the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book|last=Téllez|first=Antonio|title=Sabaté: Guerrilla Extraordinary|date=October 2000|isbn=1-902593-10-3|page=119|publisher=Elephant Editions }}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Giovanni Bracco]], Italian race car driver (b. 1908) *[[1969]] – [[Jean Bastien]], French professional footballer (b. 1915) * 1969 – [[Joseph Kosma]], Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905) *[[1970]] – [[Harold Haley]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1904) * 1970 – [[Jonathan P. Jackson]], American bodyguard and kidnapper (b. 1953) *[[1972]] – [[Joi Lansing]], American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929) *[[1973]] – [[Jack Gregory (cricketer)|Jack Gregory]], Australian cricketer (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Rosario Castellanos]], Mexican poet and author (b. 1925) * 1974 – [[Sylvio Mantha]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902) *[[1978]] – [[Eddie Calvert]], English trumpeter (b. 1922) *[[1981]] – [[Gunnar Uusi]], Estonian chess player (b. 1931) *[[1985]] – [[Grayson Hall]], American actress (b. 1922) *[[1987]] – [[Camille Chamoun]], Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Lebanon]] (b. 1900) *[[1989]] – [[Mickey Leland]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1944) *[[1994]] – [[Larry Martyn]], English actor (b. 1934) *[[1995]] – [[Brigid Brophy]], English author and critic (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Brigid Brophy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brigid-brophy-1595286.html |work=The Independent |date=8 August 1995 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Algirdas Lauritėnas]], Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932) *[[2003]] – [[K. D. Arulpragasam]], Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (b. 1931) * 2003 – [[Mickey McDermott]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1929) *[[2004]] – [[Red Adair]], American firefighter (b. 1915) * 2004 – [[Colin Bibby]], English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948) *[[2005]] – [[Peter Jennings]], Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938) *2005 – [[Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková]], Slovak painter (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková |url=https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/ester-simerova-martincekova/ |website=Secondary Archive |access-date=18 August 2023 |language=pl}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Mary Anderson Bain]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1911) *[[2007]] – [[Ernesto Alonso]], Mexican actor, director, and producer (b. 1917) * 2007 – [[Angus Tait]], New Zealand businessman, founded [[Tait Communications]] (b. 1919) *[[2008]] – [[Bernie Brillstein]], American talent agent and producer (b. 1931) * 2008 – [[Andrea Pininfarina]], Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1957) *[[2009]] – [[Louis E. Saavedra]], American educator and politician, 48th [[Mayor of Albuquerque]] (b. 1933) * 2009 – [[Mike Seeger]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) *[[2010]] – [[John Nelder]], English mathematician and statistician (b. 1924) *[[2011]] – [[Mark Hatfield]], American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th [[Governor of Oregon]] (b. 1922) * 2011 – [[Nancy Wake]], New Zealand-English captain and spy (b. 1912) *[[2012]] – [[Murtuz Alasgarov]], Azerbaijani academic and politician, [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan]] (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Judith Crist]], American critic and academic (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Vladimir Kobzev]], Russian footballer and coach (b. 1959) * 2012 – [[Anna Piaggi]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Mayer Zald]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Dušan Zbavitel]], Czech indologist and author (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Samuel G. Armistead]], American linguist, historian, and academic (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Almir Kayumov]], Russian footballer (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Anthony Pawson]], English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (b. 1952) * 2013 – [[Margaret Pellegrini]], American actress and dancer (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Meeli Truu]], Estonian architect (b. 1946) * 2013 – [[Alexander Yagubkin]], Russian boxer (b. 1961) *[[2014]] – [[Víctor Fayad]], Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1955) * 2014 – [[Perry Moss]], American football player and coach (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Henry Stone]], American record producer (b. 1921) *[[2015]] – [[Manuel Contreras]], Chilean general (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Frances Oldham Kelsey]], Canadian pharmacologist and physician (b. 1914) * 2015 – [[Louise Suggs]], American golfer, co-founded [[LPGA]] (b. 1923) *[[2016]] – [[Bryan Clauson]], American racing driver (b. 1989) *[[2017]] – [[Don Baylor]], American baseball player (b. 1949) * 2017 – [[David Maslanka]], American composer (b. 1943) *[[2018]] – [[M. Karunanidhi]], Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (b. 1924) * 2018 – [[Stan Mikita]], Slovak hockey player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/24313004/blackhawks-legend-stan-mikita-dies-78|title=Blackhawks legend, Hall of Famer Mikita dies|work=ESPN.com|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[David Berman (musician)|David Berman]], American musician, singer, poet and [[cartoonist]] (b. 1967)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Coscarelli|first1=Joe|last2=Sisario|first2=Ben|date=2019-08-07|title=David Berman, Silver Jews Leader and Indie-Rock Poet, Dies at 52 |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/music/david-berman-silver-jews-dead.html|access-date=2020-08-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Lê Khả Phiêu]], Vietnamese politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Markie Post]], American actress (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2021-08-08|title=Markie Post Dies: Actress Known For 'Night Court', 'The Fall Guy' & More Was 70|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/markie-post-dead-night-court-actress-was-70-1234811055/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Trevor Moore (comedian)|Trevor Moore]], American comedian (b. 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2021-08-08|title=Trevor Moores Cause of death|url=https://people.com/tv/comedian-trevor-moores-cause-of-death-revealed//|access-date=2023-06-23|website=Peoples|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[David McCullough]], American historian and author (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ulaby |first=Neda |date=8 August 2022 |title=Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died |language=en |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/1116337415/historian-david-mccullough-died |access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[William Friedkin]], American film director (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Friedkin: Director of The Exorcist and The French Connection dies aged 87 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66434077 |website=bbc.com |date=7 August 2023 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jon McBride]], American astronaut (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neale |first=Rick |title=Retired NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was a KSC Visitor Complex 'living legend,' passes away |url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/tech/science/space/2024/08/09/jon-mcbride-a-nasa-astronaut-who-piloted-space-shuttle-challenger-dies-at-age-80/74736111007/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Daytona Beach News-Journal Online |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Place multiple names from the same year in alphabetical order. 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