1841 – Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 63
1888 – Jan van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
1902 – Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
1964 – Charles O’Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
1966 – Nestor Paiva, American-Portuguese actor (Zorro, The Creature from the Black Lagoon), dies of cancer at 61
1969 – Cecil Dixon, South African cricket off-spinner (1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies at 78
1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76), dies of a heart attack at 82
1995 – Ida Carroll, English musician and administrator, dies at 89
2003 – Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 8th September 2020
1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547)
1645 – Francisco Gómez de Quevedo, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64
1645 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (Virgidemiarum: Six Books), dies at 82
1706 – Romanus Weichlein, Austrian composer, dies at 53
1814 – Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, dies at 62
1893 – Luke Short, American Old West gunslinger and saloon owner, dies of dropsy at 39
1956 – Vital Celen, Flemish writer (‘t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69
1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist who developed radiocarbon dating (Nobel 1960), dies of pneumonia at 71
2007 – Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (b. 1917)
Famous Deaths for 7th September 2020
1151 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, conquered Normandy, dies at 38
1362 – Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland, dies at 41
1719 – John Harris, English writer
1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, dies at 82
1948 – Henricus Andreas Poels, Dutch Roman Catholic theologist and social foreman, dies at 80
1966 – Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
1991 – Ben Piazza, American actor (Santa Barbara; The Blues Brothers; Dallas), dies of cancer at 58
1992 – Indra Kamadjojo, [Broekveld], Indon/Dutch dancer (Stille Kracht), dies
1994 – Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), dies of at 79
2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer Marianne), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 6th September 2020
1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (b. ca. 1215)
1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
1919 – Pier Pander, Dutch sculptor, dies at 55
1945 – John S. Mccain Snr., US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies of a heart attack at 61
1952 – Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer, dies at 54
1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt) and musical performer, dies of liver and abdominal cancer at 54
1974 – Olga Baclanova, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75
1985 – Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke, Beulah), dies at 70 of pneumonia
1994 – Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky Orchestra), dies at 85
2008 – Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917)
Famous Deaths for 5th September 2020
1607 – Pomponne de Bellièvre, chancellor of France (b. 1529)
1930 – Carl Panzram, American serial killer and rapist, dies at 38
1931 – John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
1932 – Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist (b. 1866)
1976 – A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies
1988 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), dies at 81
1990 – Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
1996 – Leonard Katzman, TV producer, dies at 69
2002 – John “Jackie” Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), dies of a lung infection at 79
2016 – Hugh O’Brian, American actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 4th September 2020
1063 – Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
1085 – Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies
1644 – John Wtenbogaert, theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87
1864 – John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
1937 – Giovanni Salviucci, Italian composer, dies at 29
1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher, dies at 82
1979 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
2002 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist, dies at 98
2004 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player, dies at 32
2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
Famous Deaths for 3rd September 2020
1420 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
1592 – Robert Greene, English writer (Friar Bacon), dies at 34
1722 – Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1820 – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56
1962 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63
1985 – John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
1987 – Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
1994 – Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
Famous Deaths for 2nd September 2020
1418 – Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies
1862 – Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brigadier general, dies at 40
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player All Black, dies at 73
1942 – Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
1944 – Bella Rosenfeld, Jewish Belarrusian writer, subject of Marc Chagall’s paintings and his 1st wife, dies at 48
1977 – Stephen “Steve” Dunne, American actor (Professional Father, Shock), dies at 59
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man’s Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, dies at 92
2008 – Denis Rooke, British engineer and CEO (British Gas), dies at 84
2009 – Guy Babylon, American keyboard player (Elton John) and arranger dies at 52
2013 – Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician (2nd Governor-General of Grenada (1978-92)), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 1st September 2020
1215 – Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht
1777 – Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55
1862 – Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44
1957 – Dennis Brain, English musician (b. 1921)
1979 – Doris Kenyon, American silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81
1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)
1989 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, American inventor (b. 1894)
2003 – Rand Brooks [Arlington Rand Brooks Jr.], American actor (Gone with the Wind, Rin Tin Tin), dies of cancer at 84
2012 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (Rural Development Minister), dies at 85
2013 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer (WBO heavyweight title 1993) and actor (Rocky V), dies from AIDS at 44
Famous Deaths for 31st August 2020
1923 – Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), dies at 67
1952 – Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868)
1981 – Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82
1994 – Barbara Avedon, American scriptwriter (Bewitched), dies at 69
1995 – John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
2005 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908)
2006 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)
2009 – Maria de Lourdes Martins, Portuguese pianist and composer, dies at 83
2011 – Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23), dies at 72
2017 – Edward du Cann, British politician and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1965-67), dies at 93