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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 117|117]] – [[Trajan]], Roman emperor (born 53) * [[753]] – [[Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)|Hildegar]], bishop of Cologne * [[869]] – [[Lothair II]], Frankish king (born 835) * [[998]] – [[Sŏ Hŭi]], Korean politician and diplomat (born 942) *[[1002]] – [[Almanzor]], chief minister and ''de facto'' ruler of Córdoba *[[1171]] – [[Henry of Blois]], bishop of Winchester (born 1111) *[[1303]] – [[Henry of Castile the Senator]], Spanish nobleman (born 1230) *[[1533]] – [[Lucas van Leyden]], Dutch artist (born 1494) *[[1555]] – [[Oronce Finé]], French mathematician and cartographer (born 1494) *[[1588]] – [[Alonso Sánchez Coello]], Spanish painter (born 1532) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Horio Tadauji]], Japanese daimyō (born 1578) *[[1616]] – [[Cornelis Ketel]], Dutch painter (born 1548) *[[1631]] – [[Konstantinas Sirvydas]], Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (born 1579) *[[1684]] – [[George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer]], English politician (born 1622) *[[1724]] – [[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]], German painter (born 1665)<ref>{{NDB|1|98||Agricola, Christoph Ludwig|Braun-Ronsdorf, Margarete|122961714}}</ref> *[[1747]] – [[Madeleine de Verchères]], Canadian raid leader (born 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 (born 1694) *[[1759]] – [[Carl Heinrich Graun]], German tenor and composer (born 1704) *[[1827]] – [[George Canning]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1770) *[[1828]] – [[Carl Peter Thunberg]], Swedish botanist and psychologist (born 1743) *[[1858]] – [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité|Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur]], Haitian Empress (born 1758) *[[1863]] – [[Angus MacAskill]], Scottish-Canadian giant (born 1825) *[[1879]] – [[Immanuel Hermann Fichte]], German philosopher and academic (born 1797) *[[1887]] – [[Alexander William Doniphan]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1808) *[[1897]] – [[Jacob Burckhardt]], Swiss historian and academic (born 1818) *[[1898]] – [[Eugène Boudin]], French painter (born 1824) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[James Tissot]], French painter and illustrator (born 1836) * 1902 – [[John Henry Twachtman]], American painter and academic (born 1853) *[[1909]] – [[Mary MacKillop]], Australian nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] (born 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 (born 1830) *[[1920]] – [[Eduard Birnbaum]], Polish-born German cantor (born 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 (born 1861) *[[1928]] – [[Stjepan Radić]], Croatian politician (born 1871) *[[1930]] – [[Launceston Elliot]], Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (born 1874) *[[1934]] – [[Wilbert Robinson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1863) *[[1937]] – [[Jimmie Guthrie]], Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1897) *[[1940]] – [[Johnny Dodds]], American clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1892) *[[1944]] – [[Erwin von Witzleben]], German field marshal (born 1881) * 1944 – [[Michael Wittmann]], German commander (born 1914) *[[1950]] – [[Fergus McMaster]], Australian businessman, founded [[Qantas]] (born 1879) *[[1959]] – [[Albert Namatjira]], Australian painter (born 1902) *[[1965]] – [[Shirley Jackson]], American novelist and short story writer (born 1916) *[[1969]] – [[Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer]], German biologist and eugenicist (born 1896) *[[1971]] – [[Freddie Spencer Chapman]], English lieutenant (born 1907) *[[1973]] – [[Vilhelm Moberg]], Swedish historian and author (born 1898) *[[1974]] – [[Elisabeth Abegg]], German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 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 (born 1928) *[[1979]] – [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], English lieutenant and author (born 1910) *[[1980]] – [[Paul Triquet]], Canadian general, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1910) *[[1981]] – [[Thomas McElwee]], Irish republican, PIRA volunteer and Hunger Striker (born 1957) *[[1982]] – [[Eric Brandon]], English racing driver and businessman (born 1920) *[[1984]] – [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], American actor (born 1921) * 1984 – [[Ellen Raskin]], American author and illustrator (born 1928) *[[1985]] – [[Louise Brooks]], American actress (born 1906) *[[1987]] – [[Danilo Blanuša]], Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Félix Leclerc]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914) * 1988 – [[Alan Napier]], English actor (born 1903) *[[1991]] – [[James Irwin]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930) *[[1992]] – [[Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]], Iranian religious leader and scholar (born 1899) *[[1996]] – [[Nevill Francis Mott]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1905) * 1996 – [[Jüri Randviir]], Estonian chess player and journalist (born 1927) *[[1998]] – [[Mahmoud Saremi]], Iranian journalist (born 1968) *[[2003]] – [[Dirk Hoogendam]], Dutch-German [[SS]] officer (born 1922) * 2003 – [[Falaba Issa Traoré]], Malian director and playwright (born 1930) *[[2004]] – [[Leon Golub]], American painter and academic (born 1922) * 2004 – [[Fay Wray]], Canadian-American actress (born 1907) *[[2005]] – [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], American actress (born 1922) * 2005 – [[Ahmed Deedat]], South African missionary and author (born 1918) * 2005 – [[John H. Johnson]], American publisher, founded the [[Johnson Publishing Company]] (born 1918) * 2005 – [[Gene Mauch]], American baseball player and manager (born 1925) * 2005 – [[Dean Rockwell]], American commander, wrestler, and coach (born 1912) * 2005 – [[Monica Sjöö]], Swedish-English painter (born 1938) *[[2007]] – [[Ma Lik]], Chinese journalist and politician (born 1952) * 2007 – [[Melville Shavelson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917) *[[2008]] – [[Orville Moody]], American golfer (born 1933) *[[2009]] – [[Daniel Jarque]], Spanish footballer (born 1983) *[[2010]] – [[Patricia Neal]], American actress (born 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 (born 1926) * 2012 – [[Ruth Etchells]], English poet and academic (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Surya Lesmana]], Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944) * 2012 – [[Kurt Maetzig]], German director and screenwriter (born 1911) *[[2013]] – [[Karen Black]], American actress (born 1939) * 2013 – [[Johannes Bluyssen]], Dutch bishop (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Fernando Castro Pacheco]], Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918) * 2013 – [[Igor Kurnosov]], Russian chess player (born 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 (born 1922) *[[2014]] – [[Menahem Golan]], Israeli director and producer (born 1929) * 2014 – [[Charles Keating (actor)|Charles Keating]], English-American actor (born 1941) * 2014 – [[Leonardo Legaspi]], Filipino archbishop (born 1935) * 2014 – [[Peter Sculthorpe]], Australian composer and conductor (born 1929) * 2014 – [[Red Wilson]], American football and baseball player (born 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Sean Price]], American rapper (born 1972) * 2015 – [[Gus Mortson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925) *[[2017]] – [[Glen Campbell]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 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 (born 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 (born 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]] (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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>
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