Notable Deaths on August 21st
August 21st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1131 |
Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies |
1157 |
King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) |
1190 |
Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies |
1245 |
Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies |
1271 |
Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) |
1516 |
John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 |
1581 |
Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) |
1614 |
Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer, dies at 54 |
1627 |
Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 |
1629 |
Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies |
1673 |
Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 |
1673 |
John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 |
1689 |
William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier |
1723 |
Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 |
1762 |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) |
1763 |
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710) |
1772 |
Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 |
1772 |
Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48 |
1785 |
Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies |
1798 |
Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 |
1812 |
Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67 |
1814 |
Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753) |
1824 |
John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 |
1824 |
Santiago Ferrer, composer, dies at 62 |
1836 |
Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785) |
1838 |
A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 |
1853 |
Maria Quitéria, Um Caipira em Bariloche |
1856 |
Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 |
1864 |
John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24 |
1870 |
Ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China (b. 1821) |
1872 |
David Kalisch, Hunderttausend Taler |
1888 |
Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 |
1898 |
Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 |
1905 |
Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80 |
1905 |
Mary Mapes Dodge, Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates |
1911 |
W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies |
1921 |
Leonard Boncza-Stepinski, Cud nad Wisla |
1925 |
Irineu Marinho, Um Senhor de Posição |
1930 |
Eugene Silvain, The Passion of Joan of Arc |
1930 |
William 'Cap' Anderson Hatfield, |
1932 |
Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80 |
1932 |
Wilton Lackaye, Trilby |
1935 |
Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 |
1935 |
John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (b. 1849) |
1935 |
Marjorie White, Sunnyside Up |
1935 |
Arthur Gruenberger, Central Park |
1936 |
Eugène Dabit, Hotel du Nord |
1937 |
Jane Weir, Souls at Sea |
1940 |
Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Ramón Mercader at 62 |
1940 |
Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68 |
1940 |
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American poet (b. 1863) |
1940 |
Hermann Obrecht, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1882) |
1940 |
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Casey at the Bat |
1942 |
Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies |
1942 |
J. Parker Read Jr., The Last Moment |
1942 |
Børge Munch Petersen, De tre måske fire |
1943 |
Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86 |
1943 |
Henrik Pontoppidan, Das Totenreich |
1943 |
Abraham Merritt, The Devil-Doll |
1944 |
Reginald Sharland, Girl of the Port |
1944 |
Edward L. Grafton, The Argonauts of California - 1849 |
1945 |
Henry Hayward, The Bush Cinderella |
1945 |
Carl Barcklind, Ett brott |
1947 |
Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies |
1947 |
Forrest Huff, The Love of Sunya |
1947 |
Ettore Bugatti, |
1948 |
Richard Atwater, Mr. Popper's Penguins |
1949 |
Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75 |
1949 |
Victor Metzetti, The Fighting Pilot |
1949 |
Joseph W. Girard, '49-'17 |
1950 |
Pete Decker, The Gold Rush |
1951 |
(Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45 |
1951 |
Constant Lambert, Merchant Seamen |
1952 |
Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies |
1957 |
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888) |
1957 |
Nels Stewart, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902) |
1957 |
Nels Stewart, |
1957 |
Vance Carroll, Speed Limited |
1957 |
Vladimir Braun, Malva |
1958 |
Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73 |
1958 |
Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44 |
1958 |
Stevan Hristic, Sofka |
1958 |
Walter Schumann, The Night of the Hunter |
1958 |
Kurt Neumann, The Fly |
1959 |
Earl Hudson, So Big |
1959 |
Jacob Epstein, Statues also Die |
1960 |
David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (b. 1886) |
1961 |
H. William Miller, Kitten with a Whip |
1963 |
John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies |
1964 |
Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies |
1964 |
Duane Decker, You're Telling Me |
1966 |
Robert Koppel, Henriette Jacoby |
1968 |
Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 |
1970 |
Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79 |
1971 |
George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29 |
1976 |
Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies |
1977 |
Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 |
1977 |
Danny Lockin, American actor/dancer, dies from bleeding to death after being stabbed 100 times |
1978 |
Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71 |
1978 |
Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies |
1978 |
Elizabeth Hill, The Citadel |
1978 |
Edvard Valenta, The Case Is Not Yet Closed |
1979 |
Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (b. 1910) |
1979 |
Wolfgang Penz, Ein Schneemann für Afrika |
1979 |
Carol Hazell, Alternative 3 |
1979 |
Stuart Heisler, The Star |
1980 |
Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies |
1980 |
Gilbert Warrenton, The Man Who Laughs |
1981 |
Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85 |
1981 |
Eddie Byrne, Star Wars |
1982 |
Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies |
1982 |
Jack Rutherford, Whoopee! |
1982 |
Vladimir Polkovnikov, Zakoldovannyy malchik |
1983 |
Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50 |
1983 |
Benigno Aquino, Korea |
1983 |
William G. Troiano, The Wild World of Batwoman |
1983 |
Jerzy Szczygiel, Milczenie |
1983 |
Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, The Year of the Hare |
1983 |
Eddie Le Baron, An Innocent Affair |
1984 |
Wolfgang Schleif, Die Mädels vom Immenhof |
1984 |
Helen Enriquez, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1985 |
Dolf Denis, Kapitein Zeppos |
1985 |
Maxwell Shaw, The Oblong Box |
1985 |
Bob Meading, Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture |
1986 |
Jaki Sommerich, That's Life! |
1986 |
Thad Jones, Black Out |
1986 |
Alexandre O'Neill, The Puppeteer |
1986 |
Dino Gigante, Her Life as a Man |
1986 |
George Brenlin, General Hospital |
1987 |
Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies |
1987 |
Ruth Gower, The Secret Voice |
1987 |
Bombolo, Delitto al ristorante cinese |
1987 |
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Othello |
1987 |
Karl Bruck, The Young and the Restless |
1988 |
Hans Gunther Adler, German writer, dies at 78 |
1988 |
Ray Eames, American designer, artist and architect (b. 1912) |
1988 |
Ed Haskett, The Raven |
1988 |
Ed Haskett, Gilda |
1988 |
Ray Eames, The Fabulous Fifties |
1988 |
Jerry Warren, The Wild World of Batwoman |
1988 |
Nicholas Cortland, Search for Tomorrow |
1988 |
Gilbert La Chapelle, Dirty Dancing |
1989 |
Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) |
1989 |
Raul Seixas, City of God |
1989 |
Joe Preninger, Rose Bowl |
1990 |
George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya |
1990 |
Zbigniew Stok, She Devils of the SS |
1990 |
Wes Dawn, Die Hard |
1990 |
Maja Jerlström, Löjen och tårar |
1991 |
Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101 |
1991 |
Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75 |
1991 |
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies |
1991 |
Marta Reguera, Cosecharás tu siembra |
1991 |
Erwin Heimann, Klassenkampf |
1991 |
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Das Opfer Helena |
1992 |
Lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), dies after illness at 74 |
1992 |
Theo van Tijn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65 |
1992 |
Dai Vernon, Canadian magician (b. 1894) |
1992 |
David E. Rose, The End of the Affair |
1992 |
Mario Verdon, Caro papà |
1992 |
Theodor Berger, An klingenden Ufern |
1992 |
Dai Vernon, The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit: Part I |
1993 |
Marvin Fisher, Rounders |
1993 |
Tatiana Troyanos, Les Troyens |
1993 |
Charles Lind, Adam Had Four Sons |
1994 |
Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35 |
1994 |
Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73 |
1994 |
George Golden, Flight Into Danger |
1994 |
Danitra Vance, Little Man Tate |
1994 |
John Rothermel, The Cockettes |
1994 |
Ray Harden, The Man |
1994 |
Ralph LeBlanc, The Secret Land |
1995 |
Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88 |
1995 |
Hilda Beatritz Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara, dies at 39 |
1995 |
James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72 |
1995 |
Ken Rickards, cricketer (104 runs at 34 66 for WI 1948-52), dies |
1995 |
Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76 |
1995 |
Manfred Donike, chemist Drug Test pioneer, dies at 61 |
1995 |
Nanni Loy, film Director, dies at 69 |
1995 |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, physicist (Nobel-1983), dies at 84 |
1995 |
Robert T. Smith, Perils of the Jungle |
1995 |
Nanni Loy, Where's Picone? |
1995 |
Marcel Charvey, Belle de Jour |
1995 |
Ursula Köllner, Das Zimmer |
1995 |
Chuck Stevenson, 1965 Indianapolis 500 |
1995 |
Guri Richter, Me and My Kid Brother and the Smugglers |
1996 |
Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69 |
1996 |
Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82 |
1996 |
Alyce King, Swingin' Down the Scale |
1996 |
Don Germano, Lucy Gets a Roommate |
1996 |
George A. Heinemann, Tut: The Boy King |
1997 |
Misael Pastrana Borrero, Pres of Colombia (1970-74), dies |
1997 |
Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921) |
1997 |
Yuriy Nikulin, The Diamond Arm |
1998 |
Luis Dávila, Zampo y yo |
1998 |
Jack G. Roberts, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |
1998 |
Wanda Toscanini-Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic |
1999 |
Len Lowe, Episode #2.2 |
1999 |
Hans von Herwarth, The Nazis: A Warning from History |
1999 |
Cilly Feindt, Der Sprung ins Nichts |
2000 |
Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930) |
2000 |
Mykel Mariette, The Closest Thing to Heaven |
2000 |
Alicja Wirth, Szkice weglem |
2000 |
Marek Lech, Pierwsze nauki |
2000 |
Tomata Du Plenty, Population: 1 |
2000 |
Andrzej Zawada, Twarza w twarz |
2000 |
Luzi Kryn, Die Bettwurst |
2000 |
Bubi Scholz, Die 3. Runde |
2000 |
Nina Kalckar, Den ny husassistent |
2000 |
Tim Aspinall, Death à la Carte |
2000 |
Sam Freedle, High Noon |
2000 |
John Hayes, Grave of the Vampire |
2001 |
Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927) |
2001 |
Tony Cyrus, The Living Daylights |
2001 |
Katharine Snell, The Big Broadcast of 1938 |
2001 |
Kenneth Du Main, First Monday in October |
2001 |
Beryl Cooke, Here Comes Thursday: The Rise and Fall of Harris |
2002 |
Ed Geldart, Rushmore |
2002 |
Jacques Ardouin, The Party |
2002 |
Milos Vosmansky, The Tale of John and Mary |
2003 |
Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and aid worker (b. 1946) |
2003 |
Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963) |
2003 |
Wesley Willis, Super Size Me |
2003 |
Troyanne Ross, Thunder in Carolina |
2003 |
Matty Ferrigno, Pumping Iron |
2003 |
John Juliani, Under the Piano |
2003 |
John Coplans, Born in Flames |
2003 |
Ken Coleman, 1964 NFL Championship Game |
2003 |
Luísa Barbosa, Sweet Nightmare |
2003 |
Daniel Diot, Omnibus |
2004 |
Moshe Shamir, Hu Halach B'Sadot |
2004 |
Viktor Avilov, Mister Designer |
2004 |
Géza Böszörményi, Szívzür |
2005 |
Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925) |
2005 |
Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934) |
2005 |
Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936) |
2005 |
Martin Dillon, tenor, American opera singer (b. 1957) |
2005 |
Måns Hedström, The Iron Age |
2005 |
Wei Li, Life of a Beijing Policeman |
2005 |
Robert Moog, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey |
2005 |
Branislav-Ciga Milenkovic, I Even Met Happy Gypsies |
2005 |
Steven Bland, American Outlaws |
2005 |
Sim Hubbard, Miracle Mile |
2005 |
Dorothy Flood, Resurrection |
2006 |
Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) |
2006 |
Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916) |
2006 |
S. Izhar, Khirbet Hiza'a |
2006 |
Dannie Mac Grant, Boxing Gloves |
2006 |
Bismillah Khan, The Namesake |
2006 |
Don Storer, Climb Up the Wall |
2006 |
Klaus Höhne, The Damned |
2006 |
Lomax Study, A Little Princess |
2006 |
Elyseo Taylor, Black Art, Black Artists |
2007 |
Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish writer (b. 1960) |
2007 |
Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (b. 1918) |
2007 |
Rose Bampton, Episode dated 8 October 1950 |
2007 |
Ed Kovens, Bad Lieutenant |
2007 |
Roy Gerber, Episode #2.7 |
2007 |
Zsuzsa Somogyi, Itt járt Mátyás király |
2007 |
Terri Messina, Single Room Furnished |
2007 |
Philomene Long, The Beats: An Existential Comedy |
2007 |
Grace Paley, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute |
2007 |
Menyhért Lakatos, Átok és szerelem |
2008 |
Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969) |
2008 |
Jerry Finn, American Pie 2 |
2008 |
Fred Crane, Gone with the Wind |
2008 |
Vladimír Hrabánek, Closely Watched Trains |
2008 |
Dorothy Porter, Written on the Wind |
2008 |
Abdullah Al Mamun, Sareng Bou |
2008 |
Peter Arnold, Shine |
2008 |
Kathryn Skatula, Purgatory House |
2009 |
Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (b. 1930) |
2009 |
Dean Turner, Australian musician (b. 1972) |
2009 |
Bruce D. Streetman, Far and Away |
2009 |
John Leake, The Radio Sky |
2009 |
Ulla Hodell, 'Swing it' magistern |
2009 |
Raymond Brody, The Governess |
2009 |
Vicki Bakken, Reward |
2009 |
Johnny Carter, Rock Rock Rock! |
2010 |
Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean writer (b. 1941) |
2010 |
Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and comedienne (b. 1950) |
2010 |
Harold Dow, The Secret Life of Paige Birgfeld |
2010 |
Nancy Dolman, Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas |
2010 |
Virginia Cruzon, Ziegfeld Girl |
2010 |
Christoph Schlingensief, Blackest Heart |
2010 |
Edward O. Denault, The Deliberate Stranger |
2010 |
Anne Werner Thomsen, Europa |
2010 |
Rodolfo Fogwill, Pink Motherland |
2010 |
Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz, A orillas del gran silencio |
2011 |
Maria Kornatowska, Czlowiek srodka |
2011 |
Budd Hopkins, UFOs: The Secret History |
2011 |
Patrick Guillemin, La pasión turca |
2011 |
Märta Laurent, Fordringsägare |
2011 |
Ines Fancovic, The Perfect Circle |
2012 |
Georg Leber, German politician, dies at 91 |
2012 |
William Thurston, American mathematician, dies from melanoma at 65 |
2012 |
Adrian Vaux, Medicine Show |
2012 |
Maria Simionescu, Campioana |
2012 |
LaShunda Rundles, Speak |
2012 |
Taketoshi Naitô, The Burmese Harp |
2012 |
Tubesteak, Some Like It Wet! |
2012 |
Georg Leber, Wetten, dass..? aus Ravensburg |
2012 |
Tissa David, Between the Lions |
2013 |
Sid Bernstein, American music producer/promoter, dies at 95 |
2013 |
Aleksey Zernov, Composition for Victory Day |
2013 |
Jean Hill, Desperate Living |
2013 |
Sid Bernstein, The 56th Annual Grammy Awards |
2014 |
Jean Redpath, Episode #16.146 |
2014 |
Gerry Anderson, A City Dreaming |
2014 |
Robert Hansen, Blowing Smoke |
2014 |
Verna Vels, Lag Met Wena: 'n Afrikaanse Filmkonsert |
2014 |
Cybele, Remote Control |
2014 |
Albert Reynolds, Endgame in Ireland |
2014 |
Helen Bamber, Helen Bamber |
2015 |
Jimmy Evert, The Evert Era |
2015 |
Arthur Morris, ESPN's Legends of Cricket |
2015 |
Kip Turner, Grim |
2015 |
Daniel Rabinovich, Bromato de armonio |
2015 |
Sasha Petraske, Hey Bartender |
2015 |
Bob Hepple, Accused #1: Nelson Mandela |
2015 |
Toby Sheldon, Untitled Bethenny Frankel Talk Show |
2016 |
Louis Stewart, Ireland's greatest ever jazz guitarist, dies aged 72 |
2016 |
Former 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts dies aged 38 |
2017 |
Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis dies aged 91 |
2017 |
US comedian Jerry Lewis dies, aged 91 |
2018 |
Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Emory dies at age 97 |
2018 |
Hollywood Choreographer Miriam Nelson Dies at 98 |
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