Notable Deaths on August 22nd
August 22nd Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
408 |
Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), executed at 48 |
634 |
Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies |
1155 |
Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) |
1188 |
Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) |
1241 |
Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies |
1280 |
Nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies |
1286 |
Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered |
1304 |
John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) |
1350 |
Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies |
1358 |
Isabella, Queen of England (b. circa 1295) |
1367 |
Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 |
1485 |
Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 |
1532 |
William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 |
1553 |
John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded |
1572 |
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528) |
1584 |
Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) |
1599 |
Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577) |
1599 |
Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553) |
1607 |
Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572) |
1609 |
Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525) |
1652 |
Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583) |
1680 |
Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67 |
1701 |
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628) |
1711 |
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) |
1752 |
William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667) |
1755 |
Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies |
1773 |
George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709) |
1793 |
Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80 |
1797 |
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) |
1801 |
Pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 |
1806 |
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732) |
1818 |
Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 |
1828 |
Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (phrenology), dies at 70 |
1831 |
John White, composer, dies at 52 |
1850 |
Nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48 |
1850 |
Nikolaus Lenau, Don Juan et Faust |
1861 |
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831) |
1862 |
Henry Bohlen, German/US brig-general (Union), dies in battle at 51 |
1866 |
George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies |
1874 |
Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies |
1879 |
Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82 |
1886 |
Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 |
1889 |
John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies |
1890 |
Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69 |
1890 |
Vasile Alecsandri, Cucoana Chirita |
1891 |
Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834) |
1891 |
Jan Neruda, A Week in the Quiet House |
1893 |
Ernst II, duke of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer, dies at 75 |
1901 |
Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, dies at 83 |
1903 |
Robert A T G C Salisbury, British premier (1885..1902), dies at 73 |
1903 |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, |
1904 |
Kate Chopin, Grand Isle |
1910 |
George Palmer, cricketer (17 Tests for Aust 1880-86, 78 wickets), dies |
1914 |
Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle |
1914 |
Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle |
1914 |
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi Italian religious figure |
1918 |
Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868) |
1920 |
Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60 |
1921 |
Herbert Bost, Injustice |
1922 |
Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush |
1922 |
Michael Collins, |
1925 |
Arthur Shirley, The Grip of Iron |
1926 |
Charles William Eliot, American University president (Harvard, 1869-1909), dies at 92 |
1926 |
Joe Moore, Be Careful, Dearie! |
1929 |
Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 |
1931 |
Joseph Tabrar, Jean Stapleton |
1933 |
Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 |
1935 |
Julius Außenberg, Two in a Car |
1936 |
Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99 |
1937 |
David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies |
1939 |
Horace Goldin, Stars on Parade |
1940 |
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851) |
1940 |
James Quinn, Come and Get It! |
1942 |
Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72 |
1942 |
Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies |
1942 |
Mikhail Fokin, The Turning Point |
1942 |
Alice Duer Miller, Roberta |
1942 |
Murdock MacQuarrie, Modern Times |
1943 |
Tôson Shimazaki, The Outcast |
1944 |
Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55 |
1944 |
Raymond Aimos, Port of Shadows |
1945 |
Ida Henrietta Hyde, American physiologist, inventor of the micro-electrode, and pioneering female scientist dies at 87 |
1946 |
Eugeniusz Koszutski, Wacus |
1946 |
Luigi Maggi, Nero. Or the Fall of Rome. |
1946 |
Ibolya Nagy, A becsapott újságíró |
1948 |
Evgeniya Gorkusha, Pyatyy okean |
1950 |
Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. 1888) |
1951 |
J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1884) |
1951 |
Árpád id. Latabár, A selejt bosszúja |
1951 |
Emil Gyr, Mir lönd nüd lugg |
1953 |
Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916) |
1953 |
Paul Speer, Thousands Cheer |
1955 |
Olin Downes, First Opera Film Festival |
1955 |
Ingrid Sandahl, Fairy of Solbakken |
1955 |
Erich Kober, Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau |
1956 |
Bertram Marburgh, The Rail Rider |
1957 |
Edward J. Dent, School for Fathers |
1958 |
Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies |
1959 |
Alan Aynesworth, Women of Dolwyn |
1959 |
Cliff Reid, Bringing Up Baby |
1960 |
Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898) |
1960 |
André Hugon, Le chant de l'exilé |
1962 |
Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Mord im Dom |
1963 |
William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies |
1963 |
Eric Johnston, The 33rd Annual Academy Awards |
1963 |
Perry Ivins, Son of Frankenstein |
1964 |
Helena Makowska, Kochanka Szamoty |
1965 |
Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies |
1965 |
Ellen Church, American airline stewardess (b. 1904) |
1965 |
Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein, Anna Boleyn |
1966 |
Apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82 |
1966 |
Walton Butterfield, Fast Company |
1967 |
Tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63 |
1967 |
Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. 1903) |
1969 |
E.M. Dennis, The Ten Thousand Dollar Trail |
1970 |
Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 |
1970 |
Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895) |
1973 |
Louise Huff, actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77 |
1974 |
Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66 |
1974 |
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man, dies of a heart attack at 66 |
1976 |
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73 |
1976 |
Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire |
1976 |
Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. 1913) |
1977 |
Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59 |
1977 |
Charles Van Enger, Millionaire Tom Hampton |
1978 |
Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 |
1978 |
Jomo Kenyatta, 1st premier of Kenya (1963-78), dies at 83 |
1978 |
Ignazio Silone, Fontamara |
1979 |
Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69 |
1979 |
James T Farrell, US writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies |
1979 |
James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan |
1979 |
William John Ranaldi, The Giant Gila Monster |
1979 |
Billy Rinaldi, Thank You |
1980 |
James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer, dies of a stroke at 81 (b. 1899) |
1980 |
Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (b. 1891) |
1980 |
Kishore Sahu, Mayurpankh |
1980 |
Lewis H. Moomaw, The Chechahcos |
1981 |
Glauber Rocha, Black God, White Devil |
1981 |
Karl von Appen, Coriolan |
1982 |
Arthur Duarte, Summer's Clouds |
1983 |
Marguerite Francesca, Polygamy |
1983 |
Melvyn Lenard, Tales of Wells Fargo |
1983 |
Elsa Chauvel, Jedda the Uncivilized |
1983 |
Hans Schalla, Rivalen |
1984 |
Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57 |
1984 |
Charley Foy, Swingtime in the Movies |
1985 |
Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies |
1985 |
Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and Physicist who devised the theory of X-ray interference by crystals and pioneered X-ray diffraction methods, dies at 97 |
1985 |
Octavian Cotescu, Operatiunea 'Monstrul' |
1985 |
Aleksandra Khokhlova, Po zakonu |
1986 |
Bruce Cowling, Battleground |
1986 |
Vernon Young, A Matter of Morals |
1986 |
Kulakhmet Khodzhikov, Zemlya ottsov |
1986 |
Celal Bayar, |
1986 |
William Craig Smith, Victor Victoria |
1986 |
Vicki Eaton, Can You Feel Me Dancing? |
1986 |
Dots Johnson, Paisan |
1987 |
Viktor Chekmaryov, Life in Your Hands |
1987 |
Senja Lehti, Yli rajan |
1987 |
Ted Sherdeman, Them! |
1987 |
Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor and Franklin |
1988 |
Mitzi Strollery, Please Don't Eat the Babies |
1988 |
Rejhan Demirdzic, Prikaze |
1988 |
Lajos Szabó, The Agony of Mr. Boroka |
1989 |
Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933) |
1989 |
Edward Beverly Mann, Stampede |
1989 |
Diana Vreeland, The Eighteenth Century Woman |
1989 |
Huey P. Newton, How Does It Go with the Black Movement? |
1989 |
Charles Hill, ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall |
1989 |
Lillebil Ibsen, Op med hodet! |
1990 |
Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45 |
1990 |
Jack A. Bolger Jr., Terror by Night |
1990 |
Aleksandr Varlamov, The Canterville Ghost |
1990 |
Merlin Marston, Blue Sky |
1990 |
Patrick McAlinney, The Omen |
1991 |
Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide |
1991 |
Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 67 |
1991 |
Siro Angeli, The Awakening |
1991 |
Richard Wilson, It's All True |
1991 |
Sy Salkowitz, The Case of the Difficult Detour |
1991 |
Phillan Bishop, Messiah of Evil |
1991 |
Oswald von Nell-Breuning, Oswald von Nell-Breuning |
1991 |
Jane Burgess, The Prime Mover |
1991 |
Colleen Dewhurst, Annie Hall |
1992 |
Raimo Jääskeläinen, Laukaus Kyproksessa |
1992 |
France Jamnik, Valley of Peace |
1992 |
Larry Randles, Conan the Barbarian |
1992 |
Joe Marconi, Chicago Bears vs. Los Angeles Rams |
1993 |
Don Getz, US filmer (Playpoint) |
1993 |
Kasdi Merbah, PM of Algeria (1988-89), assassinated |
1993 |
Don Getz, Danny Jones |
1993 |
Dan Lounsbery, Episode #3.4 |
1993 |
Marie Susini, Mouchette |
1993 |
Afanasi Salynsky, Vzorvannyy ad |
1994 |
Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80 |
1994 |
Tom Quirke, journalist, dies at 42 |
1994 |
Gilles Groulx, 24 heures ou plus... |
1994 |
Kathryn Reece, Animal Crackers |
1994 |
Leo Lerman, The Nutcracker |
1994 |
Zvonko Jovcic, Thou Shalt Not Kill |
1994 |
Peter Riethof, La Strada |
1994 |
Gary Jasgur, Fishy Tales |
1995 |
Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician, dies at 83 |
1995 |
Zdzislawa Malska, Himmlerland |
1995 |
Jean Hayworth, Young Man's Fancy |
1996 |
David Donaldson, painter, dies at 80 |
1996 |
Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77 |
1996 |
William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist, dies at 87 |
1996 |
Gloria Velarde, The Barber Shop |
1996 |
John Rodion, Tower of London |
1996 |
Erwin Leiser, Mein Kampf |
1997 |
Mary Louise Smith, chairman (Rep), dies at 82 |
1997 |
Manuel Infiesta, Noche de vino tinto |
1998 |
Robert Spindola, The Law West of Tombstone |
1998 |
Elena Garro, Solo de noche vienes |
1998 |
Jack Briggs, Joan of Paris |
1999 |
Aleksandr Demyanenko, Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures |
1999 |
Alfonso Anaya, Las golfas |
1999 |
Muni, Belle de Jour |
1999 |
Christine MacMillan, Floating |
1999 |
Sheila Ochová, Escape in the Wind |
1999 |
Zbigniew Czajkowski, Wojna domowa |
1999 |
Murdo MacKenzie, Dancer in the Dark |
1999 |
Leo Castelli, Robert Rauschenberg: Man at Work |
2000 |
Rosemary Foster, The Seesaw and the Shoes |
2000 |
Jacques Rupp, Lady and the Tramp |
2000 |
Ed Grennan, The Straight Story |
2000 |
Professor Toru Tanaka, The Running Man |
2001 |
Milena Honzíková, Looking Back |
2001 |
Dusty Clare, Diner |
2001 |
Kurt Reimann, The Heath Is Green |
2001 |
Clarke Hardwicke, Song of the Thin Man |
2002 |
Plínio Pacheco, A Noite do Espantalho |
2002 |
Anel Sudakevich, Malenkie tragedii |
2002 |
Mark Bucci, My Friends Need Killing |
2002 |
Lelan Rogers, Coward of the County |
2002 |
Marvin Bryan, Armored Car |
2003 |
Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skating trainer (b. 1914) |
2003 |
Generosa Ammon, American widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956) |
2003 |
Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906) |
2003 |
Imperio Argentina, Dear Nanny |
2003 |
Piéral, That Obscure Object of Desire |
2003 |
Floyd Tillman, The Atomic Cafe |
2003 |
Jindrich Polák, Voyage to the End of the Universe |
2003 |
George E. Swink, The Swarm |
2004 |
Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960) |
2004 |
Daniel Petrie, Canadian television and movie director (b. 1920) |
2004 |
Al Dvorin, American Elvis Presley concert announcer (b. 1922) |
2004 |
Daniel Petrie, Cocoon: The Return |
2004 |
George Kirgo, Spinout |
2004 |
Alfredo Muschietti, Una storia semplice |
2004 |
Al Dvorin, One Night of Sin |
2004 |
Muriel Angelus, The Great McGinty |
2004 |
John Southworth, A Christmas Journey |
2004 |
Eimei Esumi, Treasure Island |
2005 |
Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929) |
2005 |
María Luisa Rubio, Mariana Pineda |
2005 |
Mary Russell, Riders of the Whistling Skull |
2005 |
Vince Degen, The Big Store |
2005 |
Moris Vendrov, Esop |
2005 |
Couceiro Netto, Amor É Fogo que Arde |
2005 |
Tetsuya Kaji, Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Express |
2005 |
Luc Ferrari, Chronopolis |
2005 |
Mati Unt, Autumn Ball |
2006 |
Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack) (b. 1951) |
2006 |
Claudio Boada, Episode dated 1 February 1994 |
2006 |
Bruce Gary, The Doors |
2006 |
Carol Kaye, Line Up |
2006 |
Ede Hilbert, The New Landlord |
2007 |
Jacek Chmielnik, King Size |
2007 |
Butch Van Breda Kolff, Wilt Chamberlain for Losing to Bill Russell |
2007 |
Masahiko Togashi, Magino Village: A Tale |
2007 |
Keith Knight, Meatballs |
2007 |
Frank Bucher 'El Carnicero', Huracán Ramírez |
2007 |
Kemal Hrustanovic, Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams |
2007 |
Dilys Breese, Owls: The Night Hunters |
2008 |
Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899) |
2008 |
David Scholer, Time Machine: Banned from the Bible |
2008 |
Sylvia Fay, Goodfellas |
2008 |
Jeff MacKay, All the President's Men |
2008 |
Ralph Young, Episode dated 8 January 1970 |
2009 |
Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (b. 1926) |
2009 |
Muriel Duckworth, Speaking Our Peace |
2009 |
Morais e Castro, E se eu fosse lá abaixo rir um bocado? |
2009 |
Elmer Kelton, The Good Old Boys |
2009 |
Ted Shreffler, The Adulteress |
2009 |
Diana N. Loomis, Plan 9 from Outer Space |
2009 |
Horst E. Brandt, Bread and Roses |
2009 |
David Avadon, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
2009 |
Ron Green, The Muppet Christmas Carol |
2010 |
Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player (b. 1923) |
2010 |
Willie Sotelo, Ligaw na daigdig |
2010 |
Willie Steyn, In der Wüste Okangawa |
2010 |
Albert Taffet, Fail Safe |
2010 |
Ivan Rogers, The Payback Man |
2010 |
Conny Stuart, Swiebertje als burgemeester |
2011 |
Jack Layton, Canadian politician (b. 1950) |
2011 |
Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (b. 1933) |
2011 |
Nick Ashford, American songwriter (b. 1942) |
2011 |
Jean-Charles Capon, Daddy Nostalgia |
2011 |
Joan Gerber, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp |
2011 |
Kamal Al-Shennawi, Al-irhab wal kabab |
2011 |
Jerry Leiber, Forrest Gump |
2011 |
Troy Roberts, The Last House on the Left |
2011 |
Jack Layton, Let's All Hate Toronto |
2011 |
Muga Takewaki, Lost in the Wilderness |
2011 |
William Barby Faherty, Guns for San Sebastian |
2011 |
Jesper Klein, The Jungle Creature: Hugo |
2011 |
Vicco von Bülow, Ödipussi |
2011 |
Phil Moody, Love Me Deadly |
2011 |
John Howard Davies, Mr. Bean |
2011 |
B.J. Hopper, Because of Winn-Dixie |
2011 |
Nick Ashford, Guardians of the Galaxy |
2011 |
Enrique Caceres, Presentadores míticos |
2012 |
Nina Bawden, English author, dies at 87 |
2012 |
Nicholas Lumont Cuff, Yes Is Better Than No |
2012 |
Milica Radakovic, Izbiracica |
2012 |
Nina Bawden, Carrie's War |
2012 |
Jeffrey Stone, The Thing That Couldn't Die |
2013 |
Jetty Paerl, The Eurovision Song Contest |
2013 |
Jeff Moldovan, The Patriot |
2013 |
Michel Viala, The Invitation |
2013 |
Jozef Bednárik, Jozef Bednárik |
2013 |
Jana Mason, The Big Fix |
2013 |
Keiko Fuji, Tokyo Bad Girls |
2014 |
Renato Mori, Pizza Connection |
2014 |
Philippine Pascal, Swann in Love |
2014 |
Ananthamurthy U.R., The Ritual |
2014 |
Lana Azarkh, The Canterville Ghost |
2014 |
Emmanouil Kriaras, Place of Life - Place of Memory, the Greek Foundation in Paris |
2015 |
Mária Sudlik, Lakodalom |
2015 |
Nikolaus Lehnhoff, The Makropulos Case |
2015 |
Mariem Hassan, Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara |
2015 |
Charles Tomlinson, Art and Design |
2015 |
Jörg Schneider, Usfahrt Oerlike |
2015 |
Merl Reagle, Wordplay |
2015 |
Jacob Beckenstein, A Brief History of Time |
2016 |
Backstreet Boys, NSYNC Founder Lou Pearlman Dies in Jail Aged 62 |
2016 |
Donald Henderson, eradicator of smallpox, dies aged 87 |
2018 |
Tony Award-winning actress Barbara Harris dies at age 83 |
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