August 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1027 – George I of Georgia (b. 998)
• 1297 – John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
• 1327 – Saint Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
• 1358 – Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)
• 1419 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (b. 1361)
• 1443 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
• 1445 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (b. 1424)
• 1518 – Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445)
• 1532 – John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)
• 1661 – Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608)
• 1678 – Andrew Marvell, English poet (b. 1621)
• 1705 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654)
• 1733 – Matthew Tindal, English author (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, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1886 – Ramakrishna, Indian mystic (b. 1836)
• 1888 – John Pemberton, American chemist, inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)
• 1899 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)
• 1900 – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (b. 1845)
• 1904 – Prentiss Ingraham, American writer (b. 1843)
• 1907 – James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
• 1911 – Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 – Carl Theodor Schulz, Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1921 – Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter 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 – William Halsey, Jr., American navy admiral (b. 1882)
• 1959 – Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Abdul Haq, Indian scholar, and linguist (b. 1870)
• 1964 – Paul Weinstein, German jumper (b. 1878)
• 1971 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie executive (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
• 1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Soviet runner (b. 1927)
• 1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (The Blue Moon Boys) (b. 1935)
• 1978 – Jean Acker, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch nobleman and statesman (b. 1888)
• 1979 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian poet and novelist (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 – Stewart Granger, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – J. P. McCarthy, American radio host (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer (b. 1948)
• 1997 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant 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 player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – William Corlett, English author (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (b. 1960)
• 2005 – Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan military officer and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M'Boom) (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Dewey Robertson, Canadian wrestler (b. 1939)
• 2008 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Elena Leuşteanu, Romanian gymnast (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek military officer (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Bobby Thomson, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Larry R. Brown, American politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 – T. G. Kamala Devi, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Martine Franck, Belgian photographer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Phil Kelly, Irish footballer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Jang Hyun-Kyu, South Korean footballer (b. 1981)
• 2012 – Constance Kgosiemang, Namibian politician and tribal chief (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
• 2012 – William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)