Notable Deaths on August 19th
August 19th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
14 |
Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC) |
440 |
Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies |
472 |
Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies |
1186 |
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) |
1245 |
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) |
1284 |
Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) |
1297 |
Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) |
1493 |
Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 |
1580 |
Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 |
1601 |
Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies |
1646 |
Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian |
1650 |
Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55 |
1654 |
Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies |
1662 |
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623) |
1680 |
Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601) |
1691 |
Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle |
1699 |
Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69 |
1719 |
Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52 |
1744 |
Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46 |
1753 |
[Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66 |
1765 |
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten, dies at 42 |
1780 |
Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32 |
1795 |
Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67 |
1812 |
Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56 |
1813 |
Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54 |
1813 |
Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer, dies at 61 |
1819 |
James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736) |
1822 |
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, dies at 72 |
1822 |
Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62 |
1838 |
James Geddes, American Engineer (Erie Canal), dies at 75 |
1851 |
Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 |
1856 |
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French Chemist, dies at 39 |
1872 |
Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 |
1876 |
George Smith, English Archaeologist and assyriologist (cuneiform script), dies of fever at 36 |
1881 |
Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 |
1883 |
Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810) |
1887 |
Alvan Clark, American Astronomer and telescope maker, dies at 83 |
1888 |
Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 |
1889 |
Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 |
1892 |
Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62 |
1895 |
John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853) |
1895 |
John Wesley Hardin, The Lawless Breed |
1896 |
Josiah Dwight Whitney, American Geologist, dies at 76 |
1900 |
Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833) |
1909 |
Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies |
1912 |
Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67 |
1914 |
Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844) |
1922 |
Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 |
1923 |
Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845) |
1924 |
Ferdinand Cheval, Le palais idéal |
1929 |
Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 |
1929 |
Sergei Diaghilev, |
1931 |
Aristides Agramonte y Simoni, Cuban-American Physician, Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever), dies at 63 |
1934 |
Tom Grimes, The Secret of the Pueblo |
1934 |
Jerry Jarnagin, Irene Franklin, the American Comedienne |
1934 |
Nigel Playfair, Perfect Understanding |
1935 |
Thérèse Kolb, Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard |
1936 |
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 |
1936 |
Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding |
1937 |
Gyula Pekár, A kölcsönkért kastély |
1938 |
Zofia Dromlewiczowa, Puszcza |
1939 |
Frank Wild, South |
1942 |
Effie Palmer, Way Back Home |
1944 |
Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62 |
1944 |
Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 |
1944 |
Günther von Kluge, |
1944 |
Henry Wood, Naked Britain |
1945 |
Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875) |
1945 |
Mrs. Wilfrid North, Meet John Doe |
1945 |
Fumiko Katsuragi, The Living Magoroku |
1946 |
Marquis de Dion, M. le comte de Dion |
1947 |
Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67 |
1947 |
Lucien Denni, Holiday |
1947 |
Master Vinayak, Brahmachari |
1949 |
Jack Worth, White Heat |
1950 |
Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871) |
1950 |
Bela Schaffer, Swiss Miss |
1950 |
Irene Haisman, Niobe |
1951 |
Blanche Bayliss, Miss Jerry |
1952 |
Lloyd Neal, 6 Day Bike Rider |
1952 |
Aubrey Stauffer, Sleepwalker |
1953 |
Walter Bullock, The Gang's All Here |
1953 |
Merrill McCormick, Robin Hood |
1954 |
Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73 |
1954 |
Robert Graves, Wife Trouble |
1954 |
Tivadar Lándor, Dreams of Love |
1954 |
Arthur Jasmine, Salomé |
1954 |
Alcide De Gasperi, |
1954 |
Eugenie Krix, Krates |
1954 |
Terry Ramsaye, Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life |
1955 |
Erich Grave, Der Kaiser von Kalifornien |
1955 |
Ord Hamilton, Death at a Broadcast |
1956 |
Virginia Kirtley, Polishing Up Polly |
1956 |
H.H. Harrod, The Blot |
1957 |
David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890) |
1957 |
Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898) |
1957 |
Eduardo Vivas, The Tragic Circus |
1957 |
Vladimír Repa, Racek má zpozdení |
1958 |
Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 |
1959 |
Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 |
1959 |
Dewey Skipworth, Ace Drummond |
1959 |
Alfred Kubin, Dream City |
1959 |
Blind Willie McTell, Le Havre |
1960 |
Al Zinnen, 101 Dalmatians |
1961 |
Charles Gemora, Jack the Giant Killer |
1962 |
Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 |
1963 |
Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890) |
1964 |
Kalevi Hartti, Kasvot kuvastimessa |
1965 |
Hans Oppenheimer, Stop Train 349 |
1966 |
Jeanne De Casalis, Jamaica Inn |
1967 |
Carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84 |
1967 |
Isaac Deutscher, Polish/Eng historian (Stalin-biography), dies at 60 |
1967 |
Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884) |
1967 |
James Cavanaugh, G.I. Joe: Retaliation |
1968 |
Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44 |
1968 |
George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904) |
1970 |
Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909) |
1971 |
Walther Victor, writer, dies |
1973 |
Dennis Wyndham, Oh, Mr. Porter! |
1974 |
... Davies, US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered |
1974 |
Anna Arena, Bell' Antonio |
1975 |
Jim Londos, wrestler (b. 1897) |
1975 |
Mark Donahue, The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World |
1975 |
Konrad Swinarski, Sedziowie. Tragedya |
1976 |
Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 |
1976 |
Jeno Kenessey, composer, dies at 70 |
1976 |
Ken Wadsworth, cricketer (Exciting NZ keeper), dies of cancer at 29 |
1977 |
Groucho Marx, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86 |
1977 |
Valentin Lebedev, Dekabristy |
1977 |
Leonid Gallis, Vtoroye dykhaniye |
1978 |
Jongo da Serrinha, Jongo - Danse des âmes |
1979 |
Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack |
1979 |
Lourdinha Bittencourt, Poeira de Estrelas |
1979 |
Odylo Costa Filho, John, the Knife and the River |
1979 |
Morris Surdin, The Hospital |
1980 |
Otto Frank, Anne Frank Remembered |
1981 |
Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74 |
1981 |
Vladimir Fetin, Polosatyy reys |
1981 |
Witold Zatorski, Aktorzy prowincjonalni |
1982 |
August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908) |
1982 |
Hilliard Marks, Humphrey Bogart Show |
1982 |
Jack Curtice, Episode #9.31 |
1982 |
Pierre Mingand, Mauvaise graine |
1983 |
Ulises Petit de Murat, Pampa bárbara |
1983 |
Zofia Mrozowska, The Constant Factor |
1983 |
José Prada, La venganza |
1983 |
Tatyana Guretskaya, Pravo na zhizn |
1983 |
Ida Forsyne, The Green Pastures |
1984 |
Eleanor Warner, The Music Show |
1984 |
George Milo, Psycho |
1984 |
Luchi De Jesus, Black Belt Jones |
1984 |
George Meeker, The Roaring Twenties |
1985 |
Kathe Oswald, Der chinesische Götze - Das unheimliche Haus, 3. Teil |
1985 |
James R. Scott, Stalag 17 |
1986 |
Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79 |
1986 |
Jacob A W Burger, chairman (Dutch soc-dem party), dies at 81 |
1986 |
Lorenzo Tucker, actor (Black King), dies |
1986 |
Lorenzo Tucker, Wages of Sin |
1986 |
Ted Chapman, Airplane! |
1986 |
Georg Løkkeberg, Autumn Sonata |
1986 |
Willy Kramp, Das Lamm |
1986 |
Hermione Baddeley, Mary Poppins |
1987 |
Hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies |
1987 |
Madis Ojamaa, Verekivi |
1987 |
Hayden Rorke, Pillow Talk |
1987 |
Michael Ryan, |
1988 |
Erzsi Palotai, Judgment of Lake Balaton |
1988 |
Guy V. Thayer Jr., The Devil Bat |
1988 |
Martin Cornica, Beau Sabreur |
1988 |
Don Haggerty, The Killers |
1989 |
Charles Bastin, The World Moves On |
1989 |
Nelson Tetreault, George Carlin: Carlin on Campus |
1989 |
Wayne Moore, Super Bowl VII |
1989 |
Henry Feltenburg, The Ten Thousand Dollar Trail |
1989 |
Warren Jenkins, Radio Pirates |
1990 |
Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80 |
1990 |
Stephen Smith, Spend Spend Spend |
1990 |
Alla Goreva, The Mystery of the Third Planet |
1991 |
Oliver Drake, Hit the Saddle |
1991 |
Richard Maltby, Miss Potter |
1991 |
Xan Fielding, Night Ambush |
1991 |
Edward Overstreet, Reap the Wild Wind |
1991 |
Grace Eline, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
1992 |
Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48 |
1992 |
Donald William Kerst, American Physicist who developed the betatron, dies of a brain tumor at 80 |
1992 |
Austin McCoy, No Time for Romance |
1992 |
Jean Hubeau, A Sunday in the Country |
1992 |
Carsten Winger, Skadeskutt |
1992 |
László Inke, Kojak Budapesten |
1992 |
Gianni Polidori, My Name Is Nobody |
1992 |
Feliks Arons, Misdaad op wielen |
1992 |
Michiko Saga, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island |
1993 |
Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76 |
1993 |
Lucinda Ballard, US costume designer/wife of Howard Dietz, dies at 90 |
1993 |
Marcelle Rogez, Big Fella |
1993 |
Utpal Dutt, Bhuvan Shome |
1993 |
Princess Baba, The Charge of the Light Brigade |
1993 |
Daisy Lumini, Suicide Commandos |
1993 |
Tino Schirinzi, Chopin |
1993 |
Gérard Hérold, Mon père, ce héros. |
1993 |
Marian Czech, Przeklete oko proroka |
1993 |
Jean King, Foreign Agent |
1994 |
John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59 |
1994 |
Linus Pauling, Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate), dies at 93 |
1994 |
Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96 |
1994 |
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet, dies at 64 |
1994 |
Walter Bartley, biochemist, dies at 78 |
1994 |
Linus Pauling, Doomsday Chronicles |
1994 |
Ladislav Fuks, The Cremator |
1994 |
Robert Rozhdestvensky, Mimino |
1995 |
Danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70 |
1995 |
Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85 |
1995 |
Danny Arnold, Barney Miller |
1995 |
Vladimír Skutina, Hvezda jede na jih |
1995 |
Mary Stewart, Désirée |
1995 |
Paul Lees, The Heiress |
1995 |
Pierre Schaeffer, Love at Twenty |
1995 |
Jean Solar, The Honors of War |
1996 |
Wlodzimierz Borowik, Paragraf zero |
1996 |
Joffre Soares, Summer Showers |
1996 |
Claire Rommer, A Thousand for One Night |
1996 |
Rudolf Steinboeck, Das andere Leben |
1996 |
Mandus de Vos, De kantoortuin |
1996 |
Torresmo, Partidas Dobradas |
1997 |
Cezary Julski, Teddy Bear |
1997 |
Cathleen Cordell, The Return of the Living Dead |
1997 |
Maja Dimitrijevic, Milena iz Praga |
1997 |
Petr Novák, Cosy Dens |
1997 |
Herbert De Souza, Booloo |
1998 |
Douglas Gordon, The Shetland Experience |
1998 |
Monty Ash, Blast from the Past |
1998 |
Hellmut Andics, Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch |
1998 |
Gloria Clokey, Gumby: The Movie |
1998 |
Susanne Sidney, High School Hellcats |
1999 |
Lucie Lichtig, French Connection II |
2000 |
Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941) |
2000 |
Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown) |
2000 |
Lee Sholem, Superman and the Mole-Men |
2000 |
Ole Risom, Best Busy People Video Ever! |
2001 |
Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933) |
2001 |
Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939) |
2001 |
Kurt Weitkamp, Die große Wäsche |
2001 |
Sylvia Millecam, Hector |
2001 |
Betty Everett, Mermaids |
2001 |
Jerzy Gieraltowski, Wyrok smierci |
2001 |
Donald Woods, Cry Freedom |
2001 |
Gilberto Martinho, O Diamante |
2001 |
Hugh Barrett, Finding SomethingTo Do |
2001 |
Morris Golde, Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider |
2002 |
Swami Satchidananda, Chappaqua |
2002 |
Gerald Jann, The Love Bug |
2002 |
Eduardo Chillida, Episode dated 17 September 2002 |
2002 |
Conrad Gyllenhammar, Sawdust and Tinsel |
2003 |
Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926) |
2003 |
Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948) |
2003 |
Leo Dolan, The Long Good Friday |
2003 |
Jean-Selim Kanaan, Don't Forget You're Going to Die |
2003 |
Pedro Terol, Windmills |
2003 |
Sérgio Vieira de Mello, En Route to Baghdad |
2003 |
Rennie Ellis, Hard Knocks |
2003 |
David Webster, Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth |
2003 |
Jerzy Tyczynski, Trójkat bermudzki |
2003 |
Ann Lee, Trial |
2003 |
Lev Kerbel, Le Sculpteur de Lénine |
2003 |
Dixon Lademan, Walter Brennan |
2003 |
Tatjana Lukjanova, Peasants |
2003 |
Francisco Carlos, Esse Milhão É Meu |
2004 |
Remo Pisani, The Edge of Night |
2004 |
Günter Rexrodt, Deutschland bankrott? Euro in Gefahr? |
2004 |
Harry Tytle, Mars and Beyond |
2004 |
George Gibson, Maybe It's Love |
2005 |
Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918) |
2005 |
Bueno De Mesquita, Appartement für drei |
2005 |
Anna Golebiowska, Passenger |
2005 |
Mo Mowlam, Sir Winston Churchill |
2005 |
Mel Welles, The Little Shop of Horrors |
2005 |
Frances Whitfield, Snow White and the Seven Bradys |
2005 |
Dale Cummings, The Battle of the Damned |
2006 |
Joseph Hill, Frantic |
2006 |
Jarkko Laine, Drifting Clouds |
2006 |
Tony LaMarca, The Brain That Wouldn't Die |
2006 |
Roger Deakin, A Beetle Called Derek |
2006 |
Joyce Blair, Arch of Triumph |
2006 |
Renate Brausewetter, Secrets of a Soul |
2007 |
Maria Zientarowa, Wojna domowa |
2007 |
Yôko Minakaze, Bonbon ganbaru |
2007 |
Greg Drolette, The Lion King |
2007 |
Francis Ryck, Les fils des alligators |
2008 |
Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician |
2008 |
LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b.1961) |
2008 |
Sid Campbell, The Master Demon |
2008 |
Diane Webber, Mermaids of Tiburon |
2008 |
Paul Starr, Four Rooms |
2008 |
Leo Abse, A Very Social Democrat: A Portrait of Roy Jenkins |
2008 |
Wayne Wadhams, Lianna |
2008 |
Julius Carry, The Last Dragon |
2008 |
Algimantas Masiulis, When I Was a Partisan |
2008 |
LeRoi Moore, Dave Matthews Band: Listener Supported |
2009 |
Don Hewitt, television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes (b. 1922) |
2009 |
Don Hewitt, Douglas Edwards with the News |
2009 |
Gene Summers, Million Dollar Mermaid |
2009 |
Pavel Kashlakov, Ugol padeniya |
2010 |
Skandor Akbar, The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling |
2010 |
David L. Quaid, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians |
2010 |
Nikolay Evdokimov, Svidaniye s molodostyu |
2010 |
Suzanne Grossman, Drága kisfiam |
2010 |
Jackson Gillis, Short Fuse |
2010 |
Johnny Bailey, The Complete History of the Philadelphia Eagles |
2010 |
Dick Maloney, Miss Castaway and the Island Girls |
2010 |
Michael Been, The Lost Boys |
2010 |
Ted Lipscomb, Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit |
2010 |
Ahna Capri, Enter the Dragon |
2010 |
Claudio Sapiaín, El hombre que imaginaba |
2010 |
Christopher Shea, You're in Love, Charlie Brown |
2010 |
Jo Graff, The Wild Scene |
2010 |
Anker Sørensen, Den sidste vinter |
2011 |
Gun Hägglund, Swedish news presenter (b. 1932) |
2011 |
Raúl Ruiz, Chilean filmmaker (b. 1941) |
2011 |
Bert Bertolami, The Heavenly Kid |
2011 |
Raoul Ruiz, Marcel Proust's Time Regained |
2011 |
Scott Wannberg, I Heart Huckabees |
2011 |
Lane Venardos, Survivor: The Reunion |
2011 |
Gerald Shih, Red Dust |
2011 |
Gil Courtemanche, A Sunday in Kigali |
2011 |
Christopher J. Summerell, Young Guns II |
2011 |
Jimmy Sangster, Horror of Dracula |
2012 |
Tony Scott, American director, commits suicide at 68 |
2012 |
Maïté Nahyr, Boy Meets Girl |
2012 |
Tony Scott, Top Gun |
2012 |
Werner Riepel, Brand-Stiftung |
2012 |
James Ginchereau, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
2012 |
Jeanette Leahy, Living Venus |
2012 |
Michael Girschek, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus |
2012 |
Charles Huggins, Def by Temptation |
2013 |
Alan Lander, I Began as a Boy |
2013 |
Donna Hightower, Enrico Macias |
2013 |
Mirko Kovac, Vecernja zvona |
2013 |
Halina Skaza, Ognisty aniol |
2013 |
Carlos Romero Marchent, Santo contra el doctor Muerte |
2013 |
Stephenie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
2013 |
Cedar Walton, She's Gotta Have It |
2013 |
Russell S. Doughten Jr., The Prodigal Planet |
2013 |
Arno Carlstedt, Skin, Skin |
2013 |
Widow Norton, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar |
2013 |
Fritz Rau, Panic Time |
2013 |
Fernando Figueredo, Bad Boys II |
2013 |
Lee Thompson Young, Friday Night Lights |
2014 |
Deborah Sussman, Day of the Dead |
2014 |
Maruxa Vilalta, Pequeña historia de horror |
2014 |
Candida Lycett-Green, John Betjeman: The Last Laugh |
2014 |
Simin Behbahani, Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty |
2014 |
James Foley, E-Team |
2014 |
Dinu Patriciu, Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula |
2014 |
Lyubov Leshukova, Igra na vylet |
2014 |
Brian G. Hutton, Where Eagles Dare |
2015 |
Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Karmen Gei |
2015 |
Mansur Ball, Adavilo |
2015 |
Antonio Larreta, Mad Love |
2016 |
Iconic Israeli composer Nachum Heiman dies aged 82 |
2016 |
Champion distance jockey Bob Skelton dies, aged 81 |
2017 |
Breakfast radio pioneer Gary O'Callaghan dies aged 83 |
2017 |
Predator actor Sonny Landham dies aged 76 |
2017 |
TV personality Bruce Forsythe dies aged 89 |
2018 |
Kofi Annan, former UN secretary-general, dies at age 80 |
2018 |
Bob Bass, two-time NBA Executive of the Year, dies at 89 |
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