August 16 :: Historical Deaths

Famous Deaths

• 1027 - Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)


• 1297 - John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)


• 1327 - Roch, French saint (b. 1295)


• 1358 - Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)


• 1419 - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)


• 1443 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)


• 1445 - Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)


• 1518 - Loyset Compère, French composer


• 1532 - John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)


• 1661 - Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608)


• 1678 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (b. 1621)


• 1705 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654)


• 1733 - Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)


• 1791 - Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)


• 1836 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)


• 1855 - Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)


• 1886 - Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (b. 1836)


• 1888 - John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)


• 1893 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)


• 1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)


• 1900 - Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (b. 1845)


• 1907 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)


• 1921 - King Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)


• 1938 - Robert Johnson, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1911)


• 1938 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)


• 1948 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (b. 1895)


• 1949 - Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (b. 1900)


• 1951 - Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (b. 1887)


• 1952 - Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)


• 1956 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (b. 1882)


• 1957 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)


• 1959 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879)


• 1961 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870)


• 1971 - Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie executive, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox (b. 1893)


• 1972 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)


• 1973 - Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)


• 1975 - Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-born runner (b. 1927)


• 1977 - Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (b. 1935)


• 1978 - Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1888)


• 1979 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)


• 1983 - Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)


• 1986 - Jaime Saenz, Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1921)


• 1989 - Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)


• 1990 - Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)


• 1991 - Shamu, One of the famous whales that star at SeaWorld (b. 1975)


• 1991 - Luigi Zampa, Italian film director (b. 1905)


• 1993 - Stewart Granger, British film actor (b. 1913)


• 1995 - J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (b. 1933)


• 1997 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (b. 1948)


• 1997 - Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915)


• 1999 - Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914)


• 2002 - Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)


• 2002 - Abu Nidal, Palestinian political leader (b. 1937)


• 2002 - John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)


• 2003 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928)


• 2004 - Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950)


• 2004 - Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)


• 2004 - Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)


• 2005 - Joe Ranft, American animator (b. 1960)


• 2005 - Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)


• 2005 - Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928)


• 2005 - William Corlett, English children's writer(b. 1938)


• 2005 - Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)


• 2006 - Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)


• 2006 - Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920)


• 2006 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)


• 2006 - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (b. 1912)


• 2007 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)


• 2007 - Bahaedin Adab, Iranian MP (b. 1945)


• 2007 - The Missing Link, professional wrestler (b. 1939)