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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[378]] – [[Traianus (magister peditum)|Traianus]], Roman general * 378 – [[Valens]], Roman emperor (b. 328) * [[803]] – [[Irene of Athens]], Byzantine ruler (b. 752)<ref>{{cite web |title=Irene {{!}} Byzantine empress [752-803] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Irene-Byzantine-empress-752-803 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=28 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[833]] – [[Al-Ma'mun]], Iraqi [[caliph]] (b. 786) *[[1048]] – [[Pope Damasus II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Damasus II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Damasus-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1107]] – [[Emperor Horikawa]] of Japan (b. 1079) *[[1173]] – [[Najm ad-Din Ayyub]], Kurdish soldier and politician *[[1211]] – [[William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber]], exiled Anglo-Norman baron (b. 1144/53) *[[1260]] – [[Walter of Kirkham]], Bishop of Durham *[[1296]] – [[Hugh, Count of Brienne]], French crusader *[[1341]] – [[Eleanor of Anjou]], queen consort of Sicily (b. 1289) *[[1354]] – [[Stephen, Duke of Slavonia]], Hungarian prince (b. 1332) *[[1420]] – [[Pierre d'Ailly]], French theologian and cardinal (b. 1351) *[[1516]] – [[Hieronymus Bosch]], Early Netherlandish painter (b. circa 1450) *[[1534]] – [[Thomas Cajetan]], Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470) *[[1580]] – [[Metrophanes III of Constantinople]] (b. 1520) ===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Michael the Brave]], Romanian prince (b. 1558) *[[1634]] – [[William Noy]], English lawyer and judge (b. 1577) *[[1720]] – [[Simon Ockley]], English orientalist and academic (b. 1678) *[[1744]] – [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire]] (b. 1673) *[[1816]] – [[Johann August Apel]], German jurist and author (b. 1771) *[[1861]] – [[Vincent Novello]], English composer and publisher (b. 1781) *[[1886]] – [[Samuel Ferguson]], Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Huo Yuanjia]], Chinese martial artist, co-founded the [[Chin Woo Athletic Association]] (b. 1868) *[[1919]] – [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1857) *[[1920]] – [[Samuel Griffith]], Welsh-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1845) *[[1932]] – [[John Charles Fields]], Canadian mathematician, founder of the [[Fields Medal]] (b. 1863) *[[1941]] – [[Richard Goss (Irish Republican)|Richard Goss]], Executed [[Irish Republicanism|Irish Republican]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last=MacDonncha |first=Micheal |date=13 August 2020 |title=Seán Russell and the IRA of the 1940s |url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/27898 |work=An Phoblacht |location= |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Edith Stein]], German nun and saint (b. 1891) *[[1943]] – [[Chaïm Soutine]], Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893) *[[1945]] – [[Robert Hampton Gray]], Canadian lieutenant and pilot, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1917) * 1945 – [[Harry Hillman]], American runner and coach (b. 1881) *[[1946]] – [[Bert Vogler]], South African cricketer (b. 1876) *[[1948]] – [[Hugo Boss (fashion designer)|Hugo Boss]], German fashion designer, founded [[Hugo Boss]] (b. 1885) *[[1949]] – [[Edward Thorndike]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1874) *[[1957]] – [[Carl Clauberg]], German [[Nazi]] physician (b. 1898) *[[1962]] – [[Hermann Hesse]], German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1877) *[[1963]] – [[Patrick Bouvier Kennedy]], American son of [[John F. Kennedy]] (b. 1963) *[[1967]] – [[Joe Orton]], English author and playwright (b. 1933) *[[1969]] – [[Wojciech Frykowski]], Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936) * 1969 – [[Sharon Tate]], American model and actress (b. 1943) * 1969 – [[C. F. Powell]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) *[[1970]] – [[Jimmy Steele (Irish republican)]], lifelong militant and editor (b. 1907)<ref>Coogan, Tim, (1981),''The IRA'', William Collins & Sons Ltd, Glasgow, UK, pg 208.</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Sıddık Sami Onar]], Turkish lawyer and academic (b. 1897) *[[1974]] – [[Bill Chase]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934) *[[1975]] – [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906) *[[1978]] – [[James Gould Cozzens]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903) *[[1979]] – [[Walter O'Malley]], American businessman (b. 1903) * 1979 – [[Raymond Washington]], American gang leader, founded the [[Crips]] (b. 1953) *[[1980]] – [[Jacqueline Cochran]], American pilot (b. 1906) * 1980 – [[Ruby Hurley]], American civil rights activist (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ware |first1=Susan |title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century |date=2004 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01488-6 |page=318 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC&pg=PA318 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Max Hoffman]], Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904) *[[1985]] – [[Clive Churchill]], Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927) *[[1986]] – [[Eoin McNamee (Irish republican)]], [[Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army]] (b. 1914)<ref name="IrishCentral">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/eoin-mcnamee-ira |title=The IRA Chief of Staff who was 'unbought, unconquered, and unpurchasable to the last' |last=Hegarty-Thorne |first=Kathleen |date=25 July 2019 |website=IrishCentral.com |access-date=17 April 2024 }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[M. Carl Holman]], American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/08/11/m-carl-holman-dies-at-69/d7fb8c4a-f816-4df4-af1c-fe9aafa5a1df/ "M. Carl Holman Dies at 69"], ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Giacinto Scelsi]], Italian composer (b. 1905)<ref>{{BrahmsOnline|2871|title=Giacinto Scelsi|quote=Italian composer and poet born 8 January 1905 in La Spezia; died 9 August 1988 in Rome|access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Joe Mercer]], English footballer and manager (b. 1914) *[[1992]] – [[Fereydoun Farrokhzad]], Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938) *[[1995]] – [[Jerry Garcia]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942) *[[1996]] – [[Frank Whittle]], English soldier and engineer, invented the [[jet engine]] (b. 1907) *[[1999]] – [[Helen Rollason]], English sports journalist and sportscaster (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Helen Rollason |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-helen-rollason-1111811.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220818/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-helen-rollason-1111811.html |archive-date=2022-08-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=14 October 2020 |language=en |date=10 August 1999}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Fouad Serageddin]], Egyptian journalist and politician (b. 1910) *[[2000]] – [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920) * 2000 – [[Murder of Nicholas Markowitz|Nicholas Markowitz]], American murder victim (b. 1984) *[[2002]] – [[Paul Samson]], English guitarist (b. 1953) *[[2003]] – [[Jacques Deray]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1929) * 2003 – [[Ray Harford]], English footballer and manager (b. 1945) * 2003 – [[Gregory Hines]], American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946) * 2003 – [[R. Sivagurunathan]], Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist, and academic (b. 1931) *[[2004]] – [[Robert Lecourt]], French lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of France]] (b. 1908) * 2004 – [[Tony Mottola]], American guitarist and composer (b. 1918) * 2004 – [[David Raksin]], American composer and educator (b. 1912) *[[2005]] – [[Judith Rossner]], American author (b. 1935) *[[2006]] – [[Philip E. High]], English author (b. 1914) * 2006 – [[James Van Allen]], American physicist and academic (b. 1914) *[[2007]] – [[Joe O'Donnell (photojournalist)|Joe O'Donnell]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1922) *[[2008]] – [[Bernie Mac]], American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957) * 2008 – [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian author and poet (b. 1941) *[[2010]] – [[Calvin "Fuzz" Jones]], American singer and bass player (b. 1926) * 2010 – [[Ted Stevens]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923) *[[2012]] – [[Carl Davis (record producer)|Carl Davis]], American record producer (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Gene F. Franklin]], American engineer, theorist, and academic (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Al Freeman, Jr.]], American actor, director, and educator (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[David Rakoff]], Canadian-American actor and journalist (b. 1964) * 2012 – [[Carmen Belen Richardson]], Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Mel Stuart]], American director and producer (b. 1928) *[[2013]] – [[Harry Elliott (baseball)|Harry Elliott]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Eduardo Falú]], Argentinian guitarist and composer (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[William Lynch, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1947) *[[2014]] – [[J. F. Ade Ajayi]], Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Andriy Bal]], Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958) * 2014 – [[Arthur G. Cohen]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Arlen Realty and Development Corporation]] (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Ed Nelson]], American actor (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed Nelson: Veteran of Roger Corman's low-budget horror movies who |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edwin-stafford-nelson-veteran-of-roger-corman-s-lowbudget-horror-movies-who-later-appeared-in-every-episode-of-peyton-place-9692163.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220818/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edwin-stafford-nelson-veteran-of-roger-corman-s-lowbudget-horror-movies-who-later-appeared-in-every-episode-of-peyton-place-9692163.html |archive-date=2022-08-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=8 August 2022 |language=en |date=28 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Frank Gifford]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[John Henry Holland]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Walter Nahún López]], Honduran footballer (b. 1977) * 2015 – [[David Nobbs]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Kayyar Kinhanna Rai]], Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1915) * 2015 – [[Fikret Otyam]], Turkish painter and journalist (b. 1926) *[[2016]] – [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster]], third-richest British citizen (b. 1951)<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37029915 Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64][https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/world/europe/gerald-grosvenor-british-duke-and-billionaire-dies-at-64.html]</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Pat Hitchcock]], English actress and producer (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tapp|first=Tom|date=2021-08-11|title=Pat Hitchcock Dies: Daughter Of Alfred Hitchcock And Actress In 'Strangers On A Train,' 'Psycho,' Was 93|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/pat-hitchcock-dead-daughter-alfred-hitchcock-strangers-on-a-train-psycho-1234812667/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812092645/https://deadline.com/2021/08/pat-hitchcock-dead-daughter-alfred-hitchcock-strangers-on-a-train-psycho-1234812667/|archive-date=2021-08-12|access-date=2021-08-14|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Killer Kau]], South African rapper, dancer and record producer (b. 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/local/mzansi-still-shaken-over-passing-of-amapiano-stars-mpura-and-killer-kau-bd5113f6-9d5d-4d7c-9585-67a56dafbac3 |title=Mzansi still shaken over passing of amapiano stars Mpura and Killer Kau |website=iol.co.za |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Zairaini Sarbini]], Malaysian voice actress (b. 1972)<ref>[https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2021/08/740712/detektif-conan-derita-kanser-meninggal-dunia 'Detektif Conan' derita kanser meninggal dunia] {{in lang|ms}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Robbie Robertson]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/|title=Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80|last=Morris|first=Chris|website=Variety|date=August 9, 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Susan Wojcicki]], Polish-American technology executive (b. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2024-08-10 |title=Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Influential Google Exec, Dies at 56 |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/susan-wojcicki-dead-youtube-ceo-google-exec-1236102629/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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