August 19 - Deaths

Deaths

• 14 – Augustus, Roman emperor (b. 63 BC)
• 1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
• 1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
• 1284 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester (b. 1273)
• 1297 – Saint Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (b. 1274)
• 1493 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
• 1580 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)
• 1646 – Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian (b. 1583)
• 1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
• 1662 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 – Jean Eudes, French priest, founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1692 – John Proctor, Salem farmer accused of witchcraft during Salem Witch Trials (b. 1632)
• 1753 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish navy admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749)
• 1883 – Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
• 1895 – John Wesley Hardin, American outlaw and gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
• 1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 – Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 – Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)
• 1936 – Hugh Patrick Lygon, English son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (b. 1904)
• 1937 – Joe Lydon, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1944 – Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
• 1945 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1946 – Bob McKinney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1950 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
• 1954 – Alcide De Gasperi, Italian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 – David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
• 1957 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
• 1959 – Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1901)
• 1963 – Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)
• 1967 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 – Isaac Deutscher, polish journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist (b. 1904)
• 1970 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
• 1975 – Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (b. 1897)
• 1976 – Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (b. 1900)
• 1976 – Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
• 1977 – Peter Dyneley, English actor (b. 1921)
• 1977 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
• 1979 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) (b. 1932)
• 1979 – Joel Teitelbaum, Great Rebbi and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1980 – Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Jessie Matthews, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1982 – August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
• 1986 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)
• 1993 – Utpal Dutt, Bengali actor (b. 1929)
• 1994 – Linus Pauling, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1995 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Bineshwar Brahma, Indian religious figure (b. 1948)
• 2000 – Antonio Pugliese, Italian wrestler (b. 1941)
• 2000 – Theodore Trautwein, American judge (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
• 2001 – Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
• 2005 – Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Mo Mowlam, English politician (b. 1949)
• 2008 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961)
• 2008 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948)
• 2009 – Don Hewitt, American television producer, creator of 60 Minutes (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Skandor Akbar, American wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician
• 2012 – Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Tony Scott, English director and producer (b. 1944)