Notable Deaths on August 31st
August 31st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
651 |
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary |
683 |
Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque |
1056 |
Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981) |
1057 |
Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies |
1158 |
Sancho III, King of Castile, dies |
1218 |
Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies |
1234 |
Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) |
1372 |
Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301) |
1422 |
Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies |
1590 |
Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies |
1604 |
Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58 |
1616 |
Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 |
1631 |
Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43 |
1638 |
John Ward, composer, dies at 67 |
1645 |
Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566) |
1654 |
Ole Worm, Danish physician (b. 1588) |
1667 |
Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60 |
1688 |
John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies |
1688 |
John Bunyan, Episode #1.3 |
1730 |
Gottfried Finger, Czech composer (b. 1660?) |
1741 |
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (b. 1681) |
1772 |
William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) |
1795 |
Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68 |
1795 |
François-André Danican-Philidor, Tom Jones |
1796 |
John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware, dies at 75 |
1799 |
Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720) |
1805 |
Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95 |
1807 |
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
1814 |
Arthur Phillip, British admiral, first Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738) |
1832 |
Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53 |
1862 |
George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle |
1862 |
Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72 |
1864 |
Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39 |
1867 |
[Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, Fren poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46 |
1867 |
Charles Baudelaire, Messengers |
1869 |
Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827) |
1873 |
Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 |
1875 |
Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49 |
1879 |
William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies |
1882 |
Paolo Giacometti, A Morte Civil |
1888 |
Mary Ann Nichols, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper |
1888 |
Mary Ann Nichols, Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution |
1902 |
Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73 |
1910 |
Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34 |
1913 |
Tim Sullivan, Actors' Fund Field Day |
1918 |
Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 |
1920 |
Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies |
1931 |
Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies |
1931 |
Hall Caine, The Manxman |
1932 |
Pavel Orlenev, Brand |
1934 |
Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies |
1935 |
Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies |
1936 |
Ossian Brofeldt, Den gamla gården |
1938 |
Otto Trobäck, Karl XII, del II |
1940 |
Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 |
1940 |
Georges Gauthier, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1871) |
1941 |
Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies |
1941 |
Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (b. 1892) |
1941 |
Marina Tsvetaeva, Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom! |
1942 |
Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle |
1942 |
Paula DeCardo, You and Me |
1942 |
Teddie Gerard, The Cave Girl |
1943 |
Knud de Trappaud, Baby på eventyr |
1944 |
Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide |
1944 |
Ludwig Satz, His Wife's Lover |
1946 |
Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63 |
1946 |
Harley Granville-Barker, Prunella |
1948 |
Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52 |
1948 |
Billy Laughlin, American actor (b. 1932) |
1948 |
Frank Andrews, The Poor Little Rich Girl |
1948 |
Oscar Bradley, Curly Top |
1948 |
Barlowe Borland, The Hound of the Baskervilles |
1948 |
Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, Don't Lie |
1949 |
Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies |
1949 |
Paul Hoffer, composer, dies at 53 |
1949 |
Nick Long Jr., Broadway Melody of 1936 |
1950 |
Jacques Haïk, Azaïs |
1950 |
Camelia, Some Are Bright |
1951 |
Paul Demel, The Lavender Hill Mob |
1951 |
Abraham Cahan, Hester Street |
1952 |
Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868) |
1952 |
Hans Ebert, Der Bienenstaat |
1953 |
Kitty Hott, Chalumeau serrurier par amour |
1954 |
Wilhelm Heim, Singende Engel |
1954 |
Paul Lieberenz, Triumph of the Will |
1954 |
Barney Dean, Duffy's Tavern |
1956 |
Percy MacKaye, The Scarecrow |
1957 |
Axel Bergman, Kejsarn av Portugallien |
1958 |
Gayne Whitman, Speaking of Animals and Their Families |
1958 |
Tom Harrington, The Kid |
1959 |
Charles Delaney, dies at 67 |
1959 |
Herman Heller, The First Auto |
1959 |
Charles Delaney, Hell-Bent for Frisco |
1961 |
Michele Cozzoli, La nonna Sabella |
1963 |
George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris |
1963 |
Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882) |
1963 |
Georges Braque, Peintres et artistes montmartrois |
1964 |
Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music), dies at 42 |
1964 |
Fritz Lafontaine, Spezi |
1965 |
Wycliffe A. Hill, Tempest Cody, Kidnapper |
1966 |
Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75 |
1967 |
Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76 |
1967 |
Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59 |
1967 |
Georg Bauer, Das sündige Dorf |
1968 |
Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 |
1968 |
George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies |
1969 |
Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72 |
1969 |
Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 |
1973 |
John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78 |
1973 |
Raymond Keane, dies at 66 |
1973 |
Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies |
1974 |
William Pershing Benedict, American pilot |
1974 |
Norman Kirk, New Zealand prime minister (b. 1923 |
1974 |
Fred Godoy, Safari |
1975 |
Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 |
1975 |
Pierre Blaise, Lacombe, Lucien |
1976 |
Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 |
1976 |
Harry Bergvall, Havets melodi |
1977 |
Joseph Mell, Magnificent Obsession |
1977 |
Matti Louhivuori, Mullin mallin |
1978 |
John Wrathall, President of Rhodesia (b. 1913) |
1978 |
Josephine Miller, Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker |
1978 |
Lee David, The Jerk |
1979 |
E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies |
1979 |
Sally Rand, stripper, dies at 75 |
1979 |
Celso Emilio Ferreiro, Pelerinaxe do 'Patronato Rosalia Castro' aos Lugares rosalianos e aitos orgaizados en homaxe da poeta o 'Dia de Galiza' de 1.951 en Sant-iago |
1979 |
Sally Rand, Sunset Murder Case |
1980 |
Stan Worth, The Hollywood Squares |
1980 |
Wanda Bartówna, For Crimes Not Theirs |
1980 |
Bob Alden, The Country Girl |
1980 |
Tom Godwin, The Cold Equations |
1981 |
Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 |
1981 |
Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts), dies |
1981 |
John Cortay, Sunset Blvd. |
1981 |
Pierre Billon, Le soleil a toujours raison |
1983 |
Fred Freed, Aladdin and His Magic Lamp |
1983 |
Jack Henderson, Visit from a Big Star |
1983 |
Einar Molin, Resan till dej |
1984 |
Viljo Puola, Huijarien huvittavat huiputtajat |
1984 |
Tom Plews, Some Like It Hot |
1985 |
Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899) |
1985 |
Ole Vinding, Kanada - Im Land der schwarzen Bären |
1986 |
Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 |
1986 |
Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85 |
1986 |
Karl-Otto Ragotzky, Das Sympathiemittel |
1986 |
Luigi Picchi, A Ilha |
1986 |
Goffredo Parise, Boccaccio '70 |
1986 |
Cestmír Randa, Zaklete rewiry |
1986 |
Frederik Frederiksen, Old Maids |
1986 |
Urho Kekkonen, Presidentti Porojärvellä |
1988 |
Reinhardt Fraunfelder Sr., Paradise for Three |
1988 |
Joan Miller, Criss Cross |
1989 |
Kleopatra Harisijades, Beasts |
1989 |
Claire Luce, Up the River |
1989 |
Idris Nogajbayev, Pervyy uchitel |
1989 |
Robert L. Friend, The Last Order |
1989 |
Edward Hutton, Fish Tales |
1989 |
Lenore Lonergan, Westward the Women |
1990 |
Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies |
1990 |
Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack |
1990 |
Gerty Molzen, The American Friend |
1990 |
Doris Hamner, The Shivaree |
1990 |
Paul Deen, The Story of Little John Bailey |
1990 |
'Sweetwater' Clifton, Go Man Go |
1991 |
Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 |
1991 |
Gerry Davis, Coronation Street |
1991 |
Sadie Delfino, What's the Matter with Helen? |
1992 |
Baron Wilson, The Gambler |
1992 |
Florencio Escardó, La cuna vacía |
1993 |
Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80 |
1993 |
Al Trace, Duel |
1993 |
Boris Karlsson, The Slingshot |
1993 |
Jess Hill, 1955 Rose Bowl |
1993 |
Siegfried Schürenberg, The Bridge |
1993 |
Stuart Latham, A Last Tilt at the Windmill |
1994 |
Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 |
1994 |
Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69 |
1994 |
Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68 |
1994 |
Tapio Vilpponen, Borrowing Matchsticks |
1994 |
Barbara Avedon, Cagney & Lacey |
1994 |
Marion Clayton Anderson, Mutiny on the Bounty |
1994 |
Illa Ginnaven, Two-Lane Blacktop |
1994 |
Herbert Flato, Rocket Attack U.S.A. |
1995 |
Beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 |
1995 |
David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87 |
1995 |
David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71 |
1995 |
Hajime Miterai, industrialist, dies at 56 |
1995 |
Horst Janssen, graphic Artist, dies at 65 |
1995 |
John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93 |
1995 |
Gertrud Luckner, They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust |
1995 |
David Farrar, Black Narcissus |
1995 |
Mildred Coles, Here Comes Happiness |
1995 |
Suzy Marleen, Een zondags uitstapje |
1995 |
Horst Janssen, The Reader |
1995 |
Carmen Mathews, Another World |
1996 |
David Scott, priest, dies at 72 |
1996 |
Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92 |
1996 |
Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85 |
1997 |
Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36 |
1997 |
Will Hare, Back to the Future |
1997 |
Lotus Weinstock, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth |
1997 |
Dodi Fayed, Hook |
1997 |
Accursio Di Leo, Carmen |
1997 |
Princess Diana, Diary of a Princess |
1998 |
Ayanna DuLaney, Lightning, the White Stallion |
1998 |
John David Bland, Tank Girl |
1998 |
Pertti Reponen, Ällitälli |
1998 |
Lillian Burns, The Battle of the Weak |
1998 |
Shigezô Sasaoka, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie |
1999 |
Marguerite Chapman, The Seven Year Itch |
1999 |
Bob Herbert, Rebel |
2000 |
Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (b. 1925) |
2000 |
Lucille Fletcher, Sorry, Wrong Number |
2000 |
Maruska Stankova, Quintet |
2000 |
Jaroslav Dudek, Hrbitov pro cizince |
2000 |
Patricia Owens, The Fly |
2000 |
Nodar Gabunia, Pirosmani |
2000 |
Britta Brunius, Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lilac |
2000 |
Klaus Miedel, Hokuspokus oder: Wie lasse ich meinen Mann verschwinden...? |
2001 |
Sam McFadin, American Graffiti |
2001 |
Richard Drout Miller, The Most Dangerous Match |
2001 |
Antun Markic, Vedno smo bili titovo Velenje |
2001 |
Lawrence 'Crash' Davis, Cobb |
2001 |
Lord Kaulili, Strangers in Our Own Land |
2002 |
Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player (b. 1908) |
2002 |
George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920) |
2002 |
Samson Samsonov, The Grasshopper |
2002 |
Lionel Hampton, Malcolm X |
2002 |
Jean Saudray, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe |
2002 |
Ana Martínez, Como tú, ninguna |
2002 |
George Porter, The Natural History of a Sunbeam |
2003 |
Pavel Tigrid, Episode dated 23 February 2001 |
2003 |
Eva Schäfer, Feriengewitter |
2003 |
Loretta High, Heathcliff |
2003 |
Mario Onaindia, Cómo levantar 1000 kilos |
2004 |
Carl Wayne, English singer (b. 1943) |
2004 |
Carl Wayne, Monkeybone |
2004 |
Hilde Foeda, Young Girls of Vienna |
2004 |
Lee Lucas, The Next Best Thing |
2004 |
George Sroda, Episode #1.16 |
2005 |
Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940) |
2005 |
Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908) |
2005 |
Shelley Powell, The Lost Prince |
2005 |
Sonja Hlebs, Pre rata |
2005 |
Michael Sheard, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
2005 |
Lucio Mad, Black |
2005 |
Antoni Clave, Hans Christian Andersen |
2005 |
Joseph Rotblat, Threads |
2005 |
Susan MacNair, Working Girl |
2006 |
Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911) |
2006 |
Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977) |
2006 |
Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983) |
2006 |
Nellie Connally, JFK: Conspiracy Myths |
2006 |
Guy Gabaldon, Hell to Eternity |
2006 |
William Aldrich, Flight of the Phoenix |
2006 |
Tim Jessen, |
2006 |
Paolo Montarsolo, La Cenerentola |
2007 |
Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932) |
2007 |
Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1928) |
2007 |
Jerry Bono, Speechless |
2007 |
Kristine Yitref, The Nuns: New York Vampires |
2008 |
Jerry Reed, American country music singer and actor (b. 1937) |
2008 |
Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (b. 1933) |
2008 |
Betty Carr, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
2008 |
Karen ffolkes, Most Wanted |
2008 |
Carrie Anne Schmidt, Aardvark |
2008 |
Eldon Rathburn, The Railrodder |
2008 |
Ike Pappas, The Package |
2008 |
Mestre Salustiano, Hoje É Dia de Maria |
2008 |
Edward Guthmann, The Godfather: Part II |
2008 |
Ken Campbell, A Fish Called Wanda |
2009 |
Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925) |
2009 |
Eddie Higgins, The Brain |
2009 |
Barry Flanagan, The Last Time |
2009 |
Bernt Ström, Mannen på balkongen |
2009 |
Jack Manning, The Owl and the Pussycat |
2009 |
Marie Knight, Amélie |
2010 |
Laurent Fignon, French bicycle racer (b. 1960) |
2010 |
Vance Bourjaily, A Cup of Kindness |
2010 |
Ivan Ufimtsev, 38 popugaev |
2010 |
Laurent Fignon, Episode dated 20 June 2009 |
2010 |
Mick Lally, The Secret of Kells |
2010 |
Sid Rawle, Winstanley |
2011 |
Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976) |
2011 |
Frank E. Warner, Taxi Driver |
2011 |
Rosel Zech, Veronika Voss |
2011 |
Wade Belak, Let's All Hate Toronto |
2012 |
Peter Steffen, Ach Egon! |
2012 |
John Orval Thomas, Cody |
2012 |
Norbert Walter, Versagen unsere Führungskräfte - Was ist los in Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft? |
2012 |
Percy Jackonia, Stones of Death |
2012 |
Albert Honig, Other Voices |
2012 |
Max Bygraves, Family Fortunes |
2012 |
Carlo Maria Martini, Giovanni XXIII, Il pensiero e la memoria |
2012 |
Kevin Hutchinson, Pacific Rim |
2012 |
Joe Lewis, Jaguar Lives! |
2012 |
Tom Keating, AFL-NFL World Championship Game |
2013 |
David Frost, British broadcaster, dies from a heart attack at 74 |
2013 |
Jerzy Fornal, Sekret |
2013 |
Viera Strnisková, And Give My Love to the Swallows |
2013 |
Ferenc Daday, Afrikai völegény |
2013 |
David Frost, David Frost Interviews Richard Nixon |
2014 |
Peter Stursberg, CTV National News |
2014 |
Stefan Andrei, Socialism in One Family |
2014 |
Carol Vadnais, 1978 NHL All-Star Game |
2014 |
Jimi Jamison, Spy Game |
2014 |
Joan Holloway, Episode #4.30 |
2014 |
María Eugenia Llamas, Los tres huastecos |
2014 |
Dieter Leipold, Intuition in der Arbeitswelt |
2014 |
Yves Carcelle, Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton |
2014 |
Bapu, Sri Rama Rajyam |
2014 |
Liza Laska, Dimri i fundit |
2014 |
Josef Hrncir, Giant Shoe-Factory |
2015 |
Barbara Brecht-Schall, Der Held der westlichen Welt |
2015 |
Cipe Lincovsky, The Girlfriend |
2015 |
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord Montagu |
2015 |
Joy Beverley, Billy Wright |
2015 |
Marja Pensala, Elsa |
2015 |
Tom Scott, 1962 NFL Championship Game |
2016 |
Ice Road Truckers star Darrell Ward dies in plane crash aged 52 |
2016 |
Czech Olympic champion gymnast Vera Caslavska dies aged 74 |
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