1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1868 – Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66
1904 – William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)
1936 – Grigory Zinoviev [Hirsch Apfelbaum], Russian revolutionary, dies at 52
1971 – Ted Lewis [Theodore Leopold Friedman], American entertainer, bandleader and musician (Is Everybody Happy?), dies of lung failure at 81
1989 – Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80
1997 – Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies
2008 – John Thoday, British geneticist, dies at 91
2013 – Gilmar, Brazilian football player, dies from complications from a heart attack at 83
2015 – Ian Smith, South African cricket leg-spin bowler (9 Tests), dies at 90
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 24th August 2021
1101 – Su Shi [Zizhan], Chinese poet, artist and important figure in Song Dynasty politics, dies at 64
1798 – Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1943 – Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies
1957 – Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), dies at 69
1958 – Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist, dies at 82
1977 – Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), dies at 65
1999 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks), dies of natural causes at 83
2012 – Pauli Ellefsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1981-85), dies at 76
2015 – Justin Wilson, English auto racer (International Formula 3000 C’ship; Champ Car Series 4 wins), dies as a result of on track accident at 37
2017 – Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 69
Famous Deaths for 23rd August 2021
1387 – King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)
1777 – Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
1813 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish ornithologist and naturalist, dies at 47
1898 – Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, dies at 82
1927 – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Massachusetts
1961 – Beals Wright, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1905; doubles 1904-06), dies at 81
1962 – Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), dies of heart disease at 47
1967 – Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver, dies at 48
1982 – Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman and heir to the Bloomingdale’s department store, dies at 66
1995 – Leslie Graves, American actress (Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2), dies of AIDS at 35
Famous Deaths for 22nd August 2021
1532 – William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82
1793 – Louis de Noailles, Marshal of France, dies at 80
1862 – Henry Bohlen, German/US brigadier general (Union), dies in battle at 51
1926 – Charles William Eliot, American University president (Harvard, 1869-1909), dies at 92
1936 – Juliette Adam, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue) and feminist, dies at 99
1985 – Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer and journalist, dies at 71
1989 – Huey P. Newton, African-American activist, revolutionary and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, shot and murdered by Tyrone Robinson in the streets of Lower Bottoms, Oakland, California at 47
2005 – Luc Ferrari, French composer, dies at 76
2015 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer (great lefty opening batsman), dies at 93
2015 – Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 21st August 2021
1190 – Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1673 – John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54
1723 – Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian historian and Monarch of Moldova (1710-11), dies at 49
1763 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
1963 – John Gunn, English cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies at 87
1981 – Eddie Byrne, British actor (Star Wars, Island of Terror), dies from a stroke at 70
1988 – H. G. Adler, German writer (The Journey), dies at 78
1997 – Misael Pastrana Borrero, President of Colombia (1970-74), dies
2012 – Georg Leber, German politician, dies at 91
2018 – Barbara Harris [Sandra Mankwitz], American actress (Plaza Suite, Family Plot), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 20th August 2021
1864 – John H Kelly, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 24
1914 – Pius X [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist and physician (Chemotherapy, Nobel Prize 1908), dies in 61
1932 – Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59
1945 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer, dies at 73
1982 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), dies of bone cancer at 53
1986 – Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76
2006 – Richard Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson, 6th Lord Deramore, British architect, dies at 95
2013 – Richard Angas, British operatic bass singer (English National Opera, 1980-2000), dies at 71
2017 – Fredell Lack, American concert violinist, and teacher (University of Houston, 1959-2009), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 19th August 2021
14 – Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius], First Roman Emperor (27 BC-14 AD), dies at 75
1601 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia and Moldovia (Romanian national hero), assassinated at 42 or 43
1889 – Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, French writer (Contes cruels), dies at 60
1900 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer, dies at 67
1922 – Felipe Pedrell, Spanish guitarist, composer (Excelsior; La Celestina), and musical scholar, dies at 81
1960 – Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian, dies at 72
1975 – Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler, dies at 81
1991 – Richard Maltby Sr., American musician and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 77
2001 – Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
2016 – Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, Soviet discus thrower (Olympic gold 1952, 60), involved in shoplift scandal, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 18th August 2021
1227 – Genghis Khan [Temüjin Borjigin], Mongolian warlord who founded the Mongol Empire, dies at around 65
1642 – Guido Reni, Italian Baroque painter, dies at 66
1889 – Jacques Damala [Aristides Damalas], Greek military officer and actor, dies from an overdose at 34
1944 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (Gouverneurs de la Rosée), dies at 37
1950 – Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
1982 – Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1991 – Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
2007 – Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, dies at 69
2019 – Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS), dies of natural causes at 95
2020 – Glenn Bassett, American tennis coach (UCLA 1967-93; 7 x NCAA C’ships), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 17th August 2021
1898 – Carl Johann Adam Zeller, Austrian composer, dies at 56
1969 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), dies at 83
1970 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang), dies at 62
1971 – Horace McMahon, American actor (Detective Story, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies from a heart ailment at 65
1973 – Paul Williams, American baritone singer and choreographer (The Temptations – Cloud Nine), commits suicide at 32
1976 – William Redfield, American actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage), dies of leukaemia at 49
1983 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (‘S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm), dies in Beverly Hills at 86
1987 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor, comedian and Israel’s 1st mime (The Policeman, The Delta Force), dies of lung cancer at 57
1994 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer (NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight champion 1932-33), dies at 91
2016 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian director (Love Story), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 16th August 2021
1959 – Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74
1960 – Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies
1968 – Luis Gianneo, Argentine pianist, organist, conductor, composer, and teacher, dies at 71
1991 – Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43
2004 – Acquanetta [Mildred Davenport], American actress nicknamed “The Venezuelan Volcano” (Tarzan and Leopard Woman), dies at 83
2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (Dissection), dies at 31
2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, 42nd President of Paraguay (1954-89), dies at 93
2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners), dies at 73
2012 – William Windom, American actor, dies from heart failure at 88
2018 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter known as “The Queen of Soul” (Respect) and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76