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History Deaths on August 08

By  Jamie Elkins Taylor  08 Aug   355 Views

History Deaths on August 08

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Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)

#Louise_Brooks

In 1985

Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)

#Juhani_Aho

In 1921

Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)

#Leonardo_Legaspi

In 2014

Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (b. 1579)

#Konstantinas_Sirvydas

In 1631

Stjepan Radi?, Croatian politician (b. 1871)

#Stjepan_Radi?

In 1928

Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918)

#Fernando_Castro_Pacheco

In 2013

Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)

#Michael_Wittmann

In 1944

Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (b. 1922)

#Regina_Resnik

In 2013

Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)

#Félix_Leclerc

In 1988

Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)

#Francis_Hutcheson_(philosopher)

In 1746

Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)

#Alexander_William_Doniphan

In 1887

Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)

#Fergus_McMaster

In 1950

William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

#William_P._Frye

In 1911

Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (b. 1548)

#Cornelis_Ketel

In 1616

Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)

#Jacob_Burckhardt

In 1897

Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)

#Oronce_Finé

In 1555

Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)

#Christoph_Ludwig_Agricola

In 1719

Sam S. Walker, American general (b. 1925)

#Sam_S._Walker

In 2015

Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (b. 1532)

#Alonso_Sánchez_Coello

In 1588

Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)

#Menahem_Golan

In 2014

Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)

#Carl_Peter_Thunberg

In 1828

Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)

#Vilhelm_Moberg

In 1973

Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (b. 1911)

#Kurt_Maetzig

In 2012

George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)

#George_Canning

In 1827

Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)

#Gus_Mortson

In 2015

Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (b. 1494)

#Lucas_van_Leyden

In 1533

Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)

#Gene_Mauch

In 2005

Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)

#Patricia_Neal

In 2010

Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (b. 1926)

#Johannes_Bluyssen

In 2013

Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)

#Paul_Triquet

In 1980

Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba

#Almanzor

In 1002

Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990)

#Nicholas_Bett

In 2018

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899)

#Abu_al-Qasim_al-Khoei

In 1992

Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (b. 1985)

#Igor_Kurnosov

In 2013

Sean Price, American rapper (b. 1972)

#Sean_Price

In 2015

George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)

#George_Booth,_1st_Baron_Delamer

In 1684

Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)

#Erwin_von_Witzleben

In 1944

Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)

#Fay_Wray

In 2004

Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1111)

#Henry_of_Blois

In 1171

Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)

#Carl_Heinrich_Graun

In 1759

Trajan, Roman emperor (b. 53)

#Trajan

In 117

Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)

#Albert_Namatjira

In 1959

Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (b. 1929)

#Red_Wilson

In 2014

Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)

#Angus_MacAskill

In 1863

Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)

#Cannonball_Adderley

In 1975

James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)

#James_Tissot

In 1902

Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)

#Barbara_Bel_Geddes

In 2005

Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)

#Mary_MacKillop

In 1909

James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)

#James_Irwin

In 1991

Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)

#Nicholas_Monsarrat

In 1979

Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903)

#Alan_Napier

In 1988

Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)

#Madeleine_de_Verchères

In 1747

Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (b. 1983)

#Daniel_Jarque

In 2009

Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)

#Anton_Denikin

In 1947

Lothair II, Frankish king (b. 835)

#Lothair_II

In 869

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926)

#Fay_Ajzenberg-Selove

In 2012

Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (b. 1931)

#Ruth_Etchells

In 2012

Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)

#Eugène_Boudin

In 1898

Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)

#Immanuel_Hermann_Fichte

In 1879

Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)

#Wilbert_Robinson

In 1934

Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1936)

#Glen_Campbell

In 2017

Henry of Castile the Senator, Spanish nobleman (b. 1230)

#Henry_of_Castile_the_Senator

In 1303

John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)

#John_Henry_Twachtman

In 1902

Karen Black, American actress (b. 1939)

#Karen_Black

In 2013

Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)

#Launceston_Elliot

In 1930

Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)

#Richard_Deacon_(actor)

In 1984

Christopher Marshall, English physician and biologist (b. 1948)

In 2015

Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)

In 2014

Charles Keating, English-American actor (b. 1941)

In 2014

Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944)

In 2012

Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)

In 2008

Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

In 2007

Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1952)

In 2007

Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)

In 2005

Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)

In 2005

John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918)

In 2005

Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (b. 1918)

In 2005

Leon Golub, American painter and academic (b. 1922)

In 2004

Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)

In 2003

Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922)

In 2003

Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (b. 1968)

In 1998

Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (b. 1927)

In 1996

Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

In 1996

Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)

In 1987

Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)

In 1984

Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920)

In 1982

Thomas McElwee, Irish republican and PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)

In 1981

Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)

In 1974

Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)

In 1971

Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)

In 1969

Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)

In 1965

Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)

In 1940

Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)

In 1937

Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)

In 1858

Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimy? (b. 1578)

In 1604

Seo Hui, Korean politician and diplomat (b. 942)

In 998

Hildegar, bishop of Cologne

In 753

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