1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr, American career military officer (US Army – Civil War, American Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine–American War), dies at 67
1972 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli Olympic wrestling coach, murdered in the Munich Olympic massacre by terrorists at 32
1977 – George Barnes, American swing-jazz and session guitarist, and electric guitar pioneer, dies of a heart attack at 56
1979 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian Cardinal and former head of the Vatican Bank, dies at 95
1993 – Mohamed Tabet, Moroccan police commissar of Casablanca, convicted of sexually abusing over 1,500 women, executed at 54
1993 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
2000 – Roy Fredericks, West Indian cricket batsman (59 Tests @ 42.49, 8 x 100s; British Guyana, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 57
2015 – Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67
2022 – Hans Eder, German soccer defender (Hertha BSC) and manager (Hertha BSC 1974, 79, 85), dies at 87
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 4th September 2023
1063 – Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73
1553 – Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1780 – John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
1979 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1991 – Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
1995 – Edmond Jouhaud, French general, dies at 90
1999 – Klement Slavický, Czech composer (Sinfonietta No. 4 – Pax hominibus in universo orbi), dies at 88
2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
2015 – Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), dies at 80
2022 – Boris Lagutin, Russian boxer (Olympic gold USSR light-middleweight 1964, 68; bronze 1960), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 3rd September 2023
1189 – Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke and tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1653 – Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise], French linguist, dies at 65
1662 – William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1940 – Vilhelm Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59
1980 – Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1982 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general who fought the mafia, murdered by Sicilian mafia at 61
1984 – Arthur Schwartz, American composer (Girl from Paris; Excuse My Dust), dies at 83
1994 – Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), dies at 70
2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 2nd September 2023
1715 – Constantin Christian Dedekind, German composer and poet, dies at 87
1899 – Ernest Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon, 1888 (singles); 1884-86, 1888-89 (doubles, with twin brother William), dies of effects of carbolic acid at 38
1988 – Bill Northam, Australian yachtsman (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1964; Sport Australia HOF), dies at 82
1990 – John Bowlby, British psychologist, dies at 83
2007 – Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer, dies of breast cancer at 45
2007 – Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey executive (GM Washington Capitals 1975-83; New Jersey Devils 1983-87), dies at 83
2009 – Guy Babylon, American keyboard player (Elton John) and arranger dies at 52
2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)
2012 – Emanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, dies at 71
2013 – Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 1st September 2023
1557 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France, dies at 65
1941 – “Kansas City” Frank [Melrose], American jazz and blues pianist, killed in a bar fight in Hammond, Indiana at 33
1967 – James Dunn, American vaudeville performer, stage and screen actor (Bad Girl; Bright Eyes; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies from surgery complications at 65
1983 – Larry McDonald, American congressman (b. 1935)
1993 – Jacqueline Wijchers, film publicist (Havenloods, Sextant), dies at 89
1993 – Neon Park [Martin Muller], American illustrator of album covers (Little Feat; Frank Zappa), dies of ALS at 52
1994 – Pieter C “Piet” Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71
1994 – Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
2004 – Johnny Bragg, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (The Prisonaires – “Just Walkin’ in the Rain”), dies of cancer at 79
2006 – Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
Famous Deaths for 31st August 2023
651 – Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
1667 – Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, dies at 60
1741 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist, dies at 59
1814 – Arthur Phillip, British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (1788-92), dies at 75
1949 – André-Louis Debierne, French chemist and physicist (discoverer of element actinium, worked with Marie Curie), dies at 75
1973 – Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), dies at 66
1996 – David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80
2002 – George Porter, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1967), dies at 81
2003 – Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, dies at 79
2013 – David Frost, British broadcaster (That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at 74
Famous Deaths for 30th August 2023
1934 – Earnest L. Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1946 – Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
2001 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, dies at 94
2004 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (dirty-snowball theory), dies at 97
2005 – James H. Scheuer, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- 93), dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
2007 – Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough, dies at 89
2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature 1995), dies at 74
2015 – Oliver Sacks, English Neurologist and author (Awakenings), dies at 82
2015 – Wes Craven, American filmmaker (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), dies at 76
2019 – Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda), dies of cancer at 80
Famous Deaths for 29th August 2023
1935 – Charles Lee Williams, English composer (Gloucester Cathedral), dies at 82
1946 – J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed
1977 – Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54
1979 – Mary Marquet, French actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84
1991 – Kathryn Cravens, American early news correspondent, dies at 92
1995 – Harry Broadhurst, British Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War, dies at 89
2001 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926)
2007 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (1975-77), dies at 89
2008 – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer (b. 1953)
2009 – Frank Gardner, Australian auto racer (European F5000 1971; British Touring Car Championship 1967-68, 73), dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 28th August 2023
683 – K’inich Janaab’ Pakal [Sun Shield], Ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque, dies at 80
1528 – Pedro Navarro, Navarrese general and engineer (invented the land mine), dies (b. c. 1460)
1903 – August Labitzky, Bohemian composer, dies at 70
1933 – Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
1943 – Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies of heart failure at 49; likely caused by poisoning but by whom remains a mystery
1964 – Lumsden Hare, Irish actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), dies at 89
1982 – Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
1990 – Larry Jackson, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star; MLB wins leader 1964; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from cancer at 59
2017 – Bobby Boyd, American NFL cornerback (5 × All-Pro 1964–1968; NFL interceptions leader 1965; Baltimore Colts), dies of bladder cancer at 79
2022 – Manzoor Hussain, Pakistani field hockey striker (Olympic gold 1986; World Cup gold 1978, 82; 175 caps, 86 goals), dies at 63
Famous Deaths for 27th August 2023
1208 – Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies
1635 – Lope Félix de Vega Carpio, Spanish playwright and poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
1758 – Barbara of Portugal [Maria Madalena Bárbara Xavier Leonor Teresa Antónia Josefa], Queen of Spain, dies at 46
1930 – Didericus van Epen, Dutch genealogist (Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62
1958 – Ernest Lawrence, American nuclear scientist and inventor (Cyclotron – Nobel 1939), dies at 57
1967 – Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63
1975 – Bob Scholl, American doo-wop vocalist (Mello-Kings – “Tonite, Tonite”), dies in a boating accident at 41
1996 – Alexander Lanusse, military President of Argentina (1971-73), dies
2007 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress, dies at 76
2009 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Soviet writer and poet, dies at 96