Notable Deaths on August 24th
August 24th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1103 |
Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies |
1217 |
Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle |
1313 |
Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies |
1371 |
Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated |
1540 |
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) |
1542 |
Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) |
1572 |
Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral and Huguenot leader, beheaded |
1572 |
Death of thousands of French Protestants by Roman Catholics in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, beginning in Paris |
1572 |
Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515) |
1572 |
Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (bc. 1535) |
1595 |
Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies |
1647 |
Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 |
1664 |
Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) |
1666 |
Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 |
1679 |
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) |
1680 |
Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried |
1680 |
Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618) |
1683 |
John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) |
1712 |
Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 |
1724 |
Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 |
1759 |
Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 |
1770 |
Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies |
1779 |
Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714) |
1798 |
Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709) |
1801 |
Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 |
1821 |
John Polidori, The Vampyr: A Soap Opera |
1832 |
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796) |
1833 |
Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 |
1840 |
Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 |
1841 |
Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 |
1841 |
Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788) |
1888 |
Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies |
1889 |
Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies |
1892 |
Jules Perrot, The Turning Point |
1895 |
John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 |
1901 |
Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish Portraits |
1906 |
Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies |
1907 |
Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 |
1910 |
Herbert Ingraham, Rough Seas |
1919 |
Amado Nervo, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz entre el cielo y la razón |
1921 |
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886) |
1923 |
Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 |
1923 |
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mother Carey's Chickens |
1928 |
Augustin MacHugh, The Meanest Man in the World |
1929 |
Karel Van de Woestijne, Life and Death in Flanders |
1929 |
U.T. Sirelius, Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala |
1930 |
Algernon Boyesen, The Greater Woman |
1932 |
Lucie Labass, Die grüne Manuela - Ein Film aus dem Süden |
1932 |
Marcellus Schiffer, Magic in the Moonlight |
1934 |
Magda Berczelly, Pax vobiscum |
1935 |
Nikolai Radin, Marionettes |
1939 |
W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies |
1940 |
Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 |
1940 |
Paul Nipkow, Bunte Fernseh-Fibel |
1940 |
Edna Waldron, The Merry Widow |
1941 |
Hubert Harben, Scrooge |
1942 |
Carmen Laroux, The Desert Trail |
1943 |
Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies |
1943 |
Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909) |
1943 |
Simone Weil, Venezia salva |
1944 |
Morris Harvey, Scrooge |
1948 |
Cy Schindell, The Devil Commands |
1949 |
Rita Carlyle, The Vampire Bat |
1950 |
Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63 |
1950 |
Ernst Wiechert, Elze's Life |
1950 |
Maria Melato, La principessa del sogno |
1953 |
Miguel Sandoval, The Gay Desperado |
1954 |
Getulio D Vargas, President and dictator of Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71 |
1954 |
Getúlio Vargas, Carnival in Rio |
1954 |
Lewis D. Collins, The Desert Trail |
1955 |
Harold Lewis, The Express |
1955 |
Frank Conlan, The Devil and Daniel Webster |
1956 |
Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898) |
1956 |
Ramón Rivero, La farándula corona |
1956 |
Mitchell Lewis, Meet John Doe |
1956 |
Gertrude Pedlar, The Lawful Cheater |
1956 |
Barry Norton, Drácula |
1956 |
Kenji Mizoguchi, Ugetsu |
1956 |
John Wallace, Arsenic and Old Lace |
1957 |
Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71 |
1958 |
John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65 |
1958 |
Kenneth Leighton, composer, dies at 28 |
1958 |
Leo Blech, composer, dies at 87 |
1958 |
Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (b. 1876) |
1958 |
Ubaldo Maria Del Colle, Il dossier di sua eccelenza |
1959 |
Peggy O'Day, Fast and Furious |
1960 |
Henrik Castiglione, Az 5-ös számú örház |
1960 |
Ruthalice Selznick, The Ex-Mrs. Bradford |
1961 |
Gilbert Reichert, The Greatest Show on Earth |
1962 |
Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74 |
1963 |
Anna Wallin, Ett köpmanshus i skärgården |
1964 |
Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73 |
1964 |
Oliver C. Stratton, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1966 |
Wheezer Dell, World Series Games 1916, Boston vs. Brooklyn |
1967 |
Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 |
1967 |
Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85 |
1967 |
Pedro Noda, Monte Criollo |
1967 |
Mike McKeever, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules |
1968 |
Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies |
1972 |
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 |
1973 |
Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 |
1973 |
Slava Vorlova, composer, dies at 79 |
1974 |
Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894) |
1975 |
Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 |
1976 |
Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 |
1977 |
Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916) |
1977 |
Bradley King, Wild Company |
1978 |
Louis Prima, American singer, dies at 67 |
1979 |
Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (b. 1912) |
1979 |
Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker (b. 1898) |
1980 |
Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927) |
1980 |
Rudolf Günther Wagner, Der Fall Nebe - Teil 1 |
1981 |
Norman Phelps, Bandits and Ballads |
1981 |
Mary Kovacs, Bikini Beach |
1981 |
William F. Dean, Episode #4.3 |
1982 |
Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies |
1982 |
Muazzez Arçay, The Stepmother |
1983 |
Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 |
1983 |
Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone OD |
1983 |
Rudy Schrager, Monsieur Verdoux |
1983 |
Daniela Cieplinska, Wiosna, panie sierzancie |
1983 |
Jack Somack, The Frisco Kid |
1983 |
Arkadi Filippenko, Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal |
1983 |
Scott Nearing, Reds |
1983 |
Pentti Saarikoski, Night or Day |
1985 |
Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 |
1985 |
Colin Crompton, Terry Webster and Dictionary |
1985 |
Morrie Ryskind, Animal Crackers |
1985 |
Paul Creston, Air Power |
1985 |
Odette Roger, The Baker's Wife |
1986 |
Thom Alan Phillips, Semi-Tough |
1986 |
Germaine Acremant, Le tourbillon de Paris |
1986 |
Dennis King Jr., Let's Make Love |
1986 |
Michel Méry, Les deux Monsieur de Madame |
1987 |
Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 |
1987 |
Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936) |
1987 |
András Csorba, The Man of Gold |
1987 |
Michèle Alfa, The Count of Monte Cristo |
1987 |
Malcolm Kirk, Io sto con gli ippopotami |
1987 |
Douglas Byng, Episode dated 24 April 1939 |
1987 |
Bayard Rustin, Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin |
1987 |
Lenita Bruno, Folias Cariocas |
1987 |
Jussi Himanka, Mirror Game |
1988 |
Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 |
1988 |
Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 |
1988 |
Lester Lewis, The Shari Lewis Show |
1988 |
Bill Errigo, Hospital Massacre |
1988 |
Hedi Höpfner, Fronttheater |
1988 |
Leonard Frey, Fiddler on the Roof |
1988 |
Kurt Zips, Pippi on the Run |
1989 |
Gregory Rozakis, America America |
1989 |
Roman Palester, Ostatni etap |
1989 |
Feliks Topolski, Lord Reith |
1990 |
Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941) |
1990 |
Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931) |
1990 |
Sergei Dovlatov, The End of a Great Era |
1991 |
Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 |
1991 |
Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indon writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86 |
1991 |
Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87 |
1991 |
Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97 |
1991 |
Rupert Allan, Hollywood Uncensored |
1991 |
Reynold Brown, Ben-Hur |
1991 |
Mark Lawrence, David and Lisa |
1992 |
Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 |
1992 |
Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48 |
1992 |
Marek Okopinski, Rozbitek |
1992 |
Margie Liszt, The Tooth Will Out |
1993 |
Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101 |
1993 |
George Cansdale, Simon and Laura |
1993 |
Max Morgan, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
1994 |
Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 |
1994 |
Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82 |
1994 |
Reggie Dvorak, The Impromptu Murder |
1994 |
Rickie Sorensen, The Sword in the Stone |
1994 |
Patrizia Viotti, Night of the Damned |
1994 |
Nomi Mitty, Macbeth |
1994 |
Peggy Fears, The Lottery Lover |
1995 |
Erich Geiringer, general Practitioner campaigner, dies at 78 |
1995 |
Gary Crosby, singer/actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61 |
1995 |
Gary Crosby, Girl Happy |
1995 |
Richard Degener, Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty |
1995 |
Zbynek Brynych, Transport z raje |
1995 |
John Terry Bell, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy |
1996 |
Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69 |
1996 |
Emile Noel, international civil servant, dies at 73 |
1996 |
John Christopherson, artist/collector, dies at 75 |
1996 |
Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42 |
1996 |
Robert Reed, Super Dynamic Winery: A Hero's Journey Through the Vineyard |
1996 |
Roger Hume, A Fish Called Wanda |
1996 |
Larry Griswold, Episode #2.6 |
1996 |
Ben Joelson, Reverend Kommandant Klink |
1997 |
Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90 |
1997 |
Tete Montoliu, Tete Montoliu, una mirada |
1997 |
Stanley Grover, Network |
1997 |
Walter George Durst, A Carrocinha |
1997 |
Werner Abrolat, 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter |
1997 |
Lise Roos, That's Me, Too |
1998 |
E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910) |
1998 |
Dorothy Manners, The Victor |
1998 |
Frank Leon, In the Green of the Woods |
1998 |
Jerry Clower, Jerry Clower Live #1 |
1998 |
E.G. Marshall, 12 Angry Men |
1998 |
Gene Page, Blacula |
1999 |
Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (b. 1929) |
1999 |
Manfred Korytowski, Rosen für Afrika |
1999 |
Alexandre Lagoya, Jean Constantin |
1999 |
Eleazar García, El miedo no anda en burro |
1999 |
R. Norwood Smith, A Family Upside Down |
1999 |
Mary Jane Croft, Lucy Gets Trapped |
1999 |
Lani Kai, Blue Hawaii |
1999 |
Warren Covington, Stuart Saves His Family |
2000 |
Kalyanji Veerji Shah, Don |
2000 |
Tatiana Riabouchinska, Make Mine Music |
2000 |
Gwen Anderson, Till Death Do Us Part |
2000 |
Andy Hug, Ultraman Zearth 2 |
2001 |
Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924) |
2001 |
Cecil A. Null, Affliction |
2001 |
Adriano De Zan, La domenica sportiva |
2001 |
Audrey Gomez, Love & Basketball |
2001 |
Hank Sauer, The Winning Team |
2001 |
Germaine Auger, Rothchild |
2001 |
Jane Greer, Out of the Past |
2002 |
Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909) |
2002 |
Hugh Cruttwell, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein |
2002 |
James Kitchens, Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes |
2002 |
Ted Ashley, Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend |
2003 |
Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910) |
2003 |
Bernard Matis, Johnny Reno |
2003 |
Kent Walton, Episode dated 25 November 1965 |
2003 |
Jack Eisner, War and Love |
2003 |
Herbert Otto, Time of the Storks |
2003 |
Sheldon Abend, Original Sin |
2003 |
Amina Rizk, The Curlew's Cry |
2003 |
Zena Walker, The Dresser |
2003 |
Robert C. Bruce, Feline Frame-Up |
2003 |
Barbara Miller, The Big Red One |
2003 |
Wilfred Thesiger, Chop Suey |
2003 |
Daxon Thomas, Hangar 18 |
2003 |
Tommy Alexander, Dennis, the Confused Cupid |
2003 |
Daxson Thomas, Fever Heat |
2003 |
Peter R. Scoppa, Taxi Driver |
2004 |
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926) |
2004 |
Irmgard Düren, Der Herr aus Zürich |
2004 |
Joes Odufré, Liedjes uit 't Schaep Met 5 Pooten |
2004 |
Mary Diveny, Bringing Out the Dead |
2004 |
Bill Pilkington, O Lucky Man! |
2004 |
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death |
2004 |
Elsa Albani, Girl with a Suitcase |
2005 |
Kaleth Morales, Colombian Vallenato singer (b. 1984) |
2005 |
Jamshed Ansari, Rishtay |
2005 |
Harold Ensley, Deputy Festus |
2005 |
Jack Slipper, Great Train Robbery |
2005 |
Jon Riffel, Square Dance Katy |
2005 |
Herbert Wright, The Last Outpost |
2005 |
Danny Nash, Danny Deckchair |
2005 |
Yuriy Sarantsev, Chetirimata ot vagona |
2005 |
Tanyu Kukov, The Goat Horn |
2006 |
Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (b. 1916) |
2006 |
Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b.1979) |
2006 |
Rocco Petrone, Race to the Moon: The Tragedy of Apollo One |
2006 |
Cristian Nemescu, California Dreamin' |
2006 |
Ralph Schoenstein, When It Was a Game 2 |
2006 |
Ann Richards, Sorry, Wrong Number |
2006 |
Earl Jolly Brown, Live and Let Die |
2006 |
Gene Thompson, The Kid from Left Field |
2006 |
Ulli Lothmanns, Fundsache |
2006 |
John Weinzweig, Il Menù |
2006 |
David Plowright, King Lear |
2006 |
James Tenney, Breaking the Frame |
2006 |
Fernanda de Utrera, Flamenco |
2006 |
Leonard W. Levy, God and the Constitution |
2006 |
Andrei Toncu, California Dreamin' |
2006 |
Junior Thompson, |
2006 |
Viktor Pavlov, Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures |
2006 |
Leopold Simoneau, Slumdog Millionaire |
2007 |
Andrée P. Boucher, Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937) |
2007 |
Aaron Russo, American film producer and director (b.1943) |
2007 |
Olga Sarrikosta, Armonia |
2007 |
Hansjörg Felmy, Torn Curtain |
2007 |
Andrée Boucher, Episode dated 13 November 2005 |
2007 |
Priscilla Alden, Nine Months |
2007 |
Eric Stephens, Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun |
2007 |
Denny Martin Flinn, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
2007 |
Bill Catching, Mean Streets |
2007 |
Aaron Russo, Trading Places |
2007 |
Mark Kamps, Waterworld |
2008 |
Hansi Lang, Hansi Lang - Ich spielte Leben |
2008 |
Morris F. Sullivan, All Dogs Go to Heaven |
2008 |
Tad Mosel, All the Way Home |
2009 |
Brian Comrie, Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour |
2009 |
Michael R. Thomas, Ghostbusters |
2009 |
Jørgen Boberg, Episode #10.10 |
2009 |
Toni Sailer, Der schwarze Blitz |
2009 |
T.J. Turner, 1986 NFL Draft |
2009 |
Wolf Leder, Weitere Aussichten heiter... |
2009 |
Wolf Leder, Stresemann |
2009 |
Joe Maneri, American Splendor |
2010 |
Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director (b. 1963) |
2010 |
Jenny Pippal, Stella di Mare - Hilfe, wir erben ein Schiff! |
2010 |
Martha Arcos, Swing High, Swing Low |
2010 |
Mitsuyo Seo, Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors |
2010 |
Eugenia Roca, La reina del Chantecler |
2010 |
Vladimir Msryan, Nicolo Paganini |
2010 |
Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers |
2010 |
María Dulce, O Homem do Dia |
2010 |
Antonín Baudys, Citizen Havel |
2011 |
Mike Flanagan, American baseball pitcher (b. 1951) |
2011 |
Donna Louthood, Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet |
2011 |
Esther Gordy Edwards, Standing in the Shadows of Motown |
2011 |
Frank DiLeo, Goodfellas |
2011 |
Broderick Beaver, Grand Champion |
2011 |
Jordi Vila, Episode dated 14 March 1985 |
2011 |
Mike Flanagan, HTS: Baltimore Orioles Baseball |
2011 |
Jack Hayes, Up |
2011 |
Jean-Pierre Leclerc, Love Crime |
2011 |
Elly Enriquez, The Marrying Man |
2012 |
Pauli Ellefsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, dies at 76 |
2012 |
Steve Franken, Angels & Demons |
2012 |
Felix, Futebol Total |
2012 |
Mikhail Neganov, Dvoe na ostrove slyoz |
2012 |
Steen Gregers, The Invisible Army |
2012 |
Claire Malis, One Life to Live |
2012 |
Wojciech Krysztofiak, The Deluge |
2012 |
Maureen Toal, Great Big Blonde |
2012 |
Ike Jarlego Jr., Himala |
2012 |
Louise Clarke, Digging the Dancing Queens |
2013 |
Julie Harris, American actress, heart failure at 87 |
2013 |
Sabrina Moss, |
2013 |
Zbigniew Lewicki, Noce i dnie |
2013 |
Mike Winters, The Dog It Was That Died |
2013 |
De Sordi, O Preço da Vitória |
2013 |
Bart Trow, The Corporate Cut Throat Massacre |
2013 |
Muriel Siebert, Risk/Reward |
2013 |
Julie Harris, East of Eden |
2014 |
Richard Attenborough, English actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston), dies at 90 |
2014 |
Richard Attenborough, Jurassic Park |
2014 |
Stanley Valentine Wood, Episode #2.4 |
2014 |
Jean Cosmos, Captain Conan |
2014 |
Stephen R. Sheridan, The Bourne Identity |
2014 |
Leonid Stadnyk, Superhuman: Giants |
2014 |
Aldo Donati, Little Italy |
2015 |
Justin Wilson, Gonchi la película |
2015 |
Howard Lipstone, Long Gone |
2015 |
Johan Renvall, Dance |
2015 |
Ludmila Lysova, Episode #1.4 |
2015 |
Juan Carlos Dual, Somos nosotros |
2015 |
Julián Pastor, Hell Without Limits |
2015 |
Chico Maki, 1972 NHL All-Star Game |
2015 |
Tom Neal Jr., Detour |
2016 |
Gong co-founder Gilli Smyth dies aged 83 |
2016 |
Sir Anthony Jay writer of Yes Minister dies aged 86 |
2017 |
Former Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers GM Joe Klein dies at age 75 |
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