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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 117|117]] – [[Trajan]], Roman emperor (b. 53) * [[753]] – [[Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)|Hildegar]], bishop of Cologne * [[869]] – [[Lothair II]], Frankish king (b. 835) * [[998]] – [[Sŏ Hŭi]], Korean politician and diplomat (b. 942) *[[1002]] – [[Almanzor]], chief minister and ''de facto'' ruler of Córdoba *[[1171]] – [[Henry of Blois]], bishop of Winchester (b. 1111) *[[1303]] – [[Henry of Castile the Senator]], Spanish nobleman (b. 1230) *[[1533]] – [[Lucas van Leyden]], Dutch artist (b. 1494) *[[1555]] – [[Oronce Finé]], French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494) *[[1588]] – [[Alonso Sánchez Coello]], Spanish painter (b. 1532) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Horio Tadauji]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1578) *[[1616]] – [[Cornelis Ketel]], Dutch painter (b. 1548) *[[1631]] – [[Konstantinas Sirvydas]], Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (b. 1579) *[[1684]] – [[George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer]], English politician (b. 1622) *[[1724]] – [[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]], German painter (b. 1665)<ref>{{NDB|1|98||Agricola, Christoph Ludwig|Braun-Ronsdorf, Margarete|122961714}}</ref> *[[1747]] – [[Madeleine de Verchères]], Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-first=Kenneth H|editor-last=Pearson|title=Encyclopedia Canadiana|location=Toronto|publisher=Grolier of Canada|year=1972|volume=10|page=222|isbn=978-0-71721-600-0}}</ref> *[[1746]] – [[Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)|Francis Hutcheson]], Irish philosopher (b. 1694) *[[1759]] – [[Carl Heinrich Graun]], German tenor and composer (b. 1704) *[[1827]] – [[George Canning]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1770) *[[1828]] – [[Carl Peter Thunberg]], Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743) *[[1858]] – [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité|Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur]], Haitian Empress (b. 1758) *[[1863]] – [[Angus MacAskill]], Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825) *[[1879]] – [[Immanuel Hermann Fichte]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1797) *[[1887]] – [[Alexander William Doniphan]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808) *[[1897]] – [[Jacob Burckhardt]], Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818) *[[1898]] – [[Eugène Boudin]], French painter (b. 1824) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[James Tissot]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1836) * 1902 – [[John Henry Twachtman]], American painter and academic (b. 1853) *[[1909]] – [[Mary MacKillop]], Australian nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Mary MacKillop |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-mackillop/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=4 August 2020 |date=19 February 2010}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[William P. Frye]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1830) *[[1920]] – [[Eduard Birnbaum]], Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/nr90018210|title=Birnbaum, Eduard, 1855-1920|access-date=Jan 31, 2020}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Juhani Aho]], Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861) *[[1928]] – [[Stjepan Radić]], Croatian politician (b. 1871) *[[1930]] – [[Launceston Elliot]], Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874) *[[1934]] – [[Wilbert Robinson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863) *[[1937]] – [[Jimmie Guthrie]], Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897) *[[1940]] – [[Johnny Dodds]], American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892) *[[1944]] – [[Erwin von Witzleben]], German field marshal (b. 1881) * 1944 – [[Michael Wittmann]], German commander (b. 1914) *[[1950]] – [[Fergus McMaster]], Australian businessman, founded [[Qantas]] (b. 1879) *[[1959]] – [[Albert Namatjira]], Australian painter (b. 1902) *[[1965]] – [[Shirley Jackson]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916) *[[1969]] – [[Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer]], German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896) *[[1971]] – [[Freddie Spencer Chapman]], English lieutenant (b. 1907) *[[1973]] – [[Vilhelm Moberg]], Swedish historian and author (b. 1898) *[[1974]] – [[Elisabeth Abegg]], German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2002-01-01|title=Abegg, Elisabeth (1882–1974)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300055.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108130828/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300055.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-01-08}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Cannonball Adderley]], American saxophonist (b. 1928) *[[1979]] – [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], English lieutenant and author (b. 1910) *[[1980]] – [[Paul Triquet]], Canadian general, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1910) *[[1981]] – [[Thomas McElwee]], Irish republican, PIRA volunteer and Hunger Striker (b. 1957) *[[1982]] – [[Eric Brandon]], English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920) *[[1984]] – [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], American actor (b. 1921) * 1984 – [[Ellen Raskin]], American author and illustrator (b. 1928) *[[1985]] – [[Louise Brooks]], American actress (b. 1906) *[[1987]] – [[Danilo Blanuša]], Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Félix Leclerc]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914) * 1988 – [[Alan Napier]], English actor (b. 1903) *[[1991]] – [[James Irwin]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) *[[1992]] – [[Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]], Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899) *[[1996]] – [[Nevill Francis Mott]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905) * 1996 – [[Jüri Randviir]], Estonian chess player and journalist (b. 1927) *[[1998]] – [[Mahmoud Saremi]], Iranian journalist (b. 1968) *[[2003]] – [[Dirk Hoogendam]], Dutch-German [[SS]] officer (b. 1922) * 2003 – [[Falaba Issa Traoré]], Malian director and playwright (b. 1930) *[[2004]] – [[Leon Golub]], American painter and academic (b. 1922) * 2004 – [[Fay Wray]], Canadian-American actress (b. 1907) *[[2005]] – [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], American actress (b. 1922) * 2005 – [[Ahmed Deedat]], South African missionary and author (b. 1918) * 2005 – [[John H. Johnson]], American publisher, founded the [[Johnson Publishing Company]] (b. 1918) * 2005 – [[Gene Mauch]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1925) * 2005 – [[Dean Rockwell]], American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Monica Sjöö]], Swedish-English painter (b. 1938) *[[2007]] – [[Ma Lik]], Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1952) * 2007 – [[Melville Shavelson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) *[[2008]] – [[Orville Moody]], American golfer (b. 1933) *[[2009]] – [[Daniel Jarque]], Spanish footballer (b. 1983) *[[2010]] – [[Patricia Neal]], American actress (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patricia Neal {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patricia-Neal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Fay Ajzenberg-Selove]], German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Ruth Etchells]], English poet and academic (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Surya Lesmana]], Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Kurt Maetzig]], German director and screenwriter (b. 1911) *[[2013]] – [[Karen Black]], American actress (b. 1939) * 2013 – [[Johannes Bluyssen]], Dutch bishop (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Fernando Castro Pacheco]], Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Igor Kurnosov]], Russian chess player (b. 1985)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Felice |first1=Gino Di |title=Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016 |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3361-9 |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Regina Resnik]], American soprano and actress (b. 1922) *[[2014]] – [[Menahem Golan]], Israeli director and producer (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Charles Keating (actor)|Charles Keating]], English-American actor (b. 1941) * 2014 – [[Leonardo Legaspi]], Filipino archbishop (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Peter Sculthorpe]], Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Red Wilson]], American football and baseball player (b. 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Sean Price]], American rapper (b. 1972) * 2015 – [[Gus Mortson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925) *[[2017]] – [[Glen Campbell]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Doyle|first1=Patrick|title=Glen Campbell, 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Singer Who Fused Country and Pop, Dead at 81|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2020}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Nicholas Bett]], Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title= Nicholas Bett |date=2018-08-10|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Gabriel Ochoa Uribe]], Colombian football player and manager (b. 1929)<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=2020-12-30}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Alfredo Lim]], former [[List of senators of the Philippines|Philippine senator]] and [[Mayor of Manila]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim dies at 90 |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/8/8/alfredo-lim-dies-at-90.html |access-date=2020-08-08 |work=CNN Philippines |date=2020-08-08 |archive-date=2020-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808172429/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/8/8/alfredo-lim-dies-at-90.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Bill Davis]], Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Neufeld|first=Abby|date=2021-08-08|title=Former premier of Ontario William Davis dead at 92|work=[[CTV News]]|location=[[Toronto]]|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/former-premier-of-ontario-william-davis-dead-at-92-1.5539011|access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Olivia Newton-John]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Olivia Newton-John |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40105353 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2022 |date=8 August 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Sixto Rodriguez|Rodriguez]], American singer and songwriter (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title= Sixto Rodriguez, singer who was subject of "Searching for Sugarman" documentary, dies at 81 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/sixto-rodriguez-dies-age-81-singer-subject-searching-for-sugarman-documentary/ |website=CBS News |date=9 August 2023 |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Issa Hayatou]], Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou dies at 77 |url=https://apnews.com/article/issa-hayatou-fifa-ioc-olympic-ab10305e84624493a8e612602a868541 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Mitzi McCall]], American actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2024-08-09 |title=Mitzi McCall Dies: Film & TV Actress And Comedian Who Followed The Beatles On 'Ed Sullivan' Was 91 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/mitzi-mccall-dead-film-tv-actress-comedian-obituary-1236036246/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Chi-Chi Rodríguez]], Puerto Rican professional golfer (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-08-09 |title=Chi Chi Rodriguez, the Golf World's Swashbuckling Champion, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/sports/golf/chi-chi-rodriguez-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Steve Symms]], American politician and lobbyist (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=2024-08-11 |title=Steve Symms, senator who was voice of conservative ire, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/08/10/steve-symms-senate-dukakis-dies/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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