Famous Deaths on 31 Aug

Famous Deaths on 31 Aug

1056 - Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)
1234 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1372 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 - King Henry V of England (b. 1387)
1645 - Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)
1654 - Ole Worm, Danish physician (b. 1588)
1688 - John Bunyan, English writer (b. 1628)
1730 - Gottfried Finger, Czech composer (b. 1660?)
1741 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (b. 1681)
1772 - William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
1795 - François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (b. 1726)
1799 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720)
1814 - Arthur Phillip, British admiral, first Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
1867 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (b. 1821)
1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
1888 - Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1845)
1920 - Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (b. 1832)
1940 - Georges Gauthier, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1871)
1941 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (b. 1892)
1948 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (b. 1932)
1952 - Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868)
1963 - Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)
1967 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1969 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
1973 - John Ford, American film director (b. 1894)
1974 - Norman Kirk, New Zealand prime minister (b. 1923)
1974 - William Pershing Benedict, American pilot
1978 - John Wrathall, President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
1979 - Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (b. 1904)
1985 - Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
1986 - Henry Moore, English sculptor (b. 1898)
1986 - Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (b. 1900)
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
1997 - Dodi Al-Fayed, film producer (b. 1955)
2000 - Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (b. 1925)
2002 - Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player (b. 1908)
2002 - George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2004 - Carl Wayne, English singer (b. 1943)
2005 - Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908)
2005 - Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2006 - Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
2006 - Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911)
2007 - Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
651 - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
683 - Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque