August 24 - Deaths

Deaths

• 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and philosopher (b. 23)
• 1042 – Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015)
• 1103 – Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
• 1217 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (b. 1170)
• 1540 – Parmigianino, Italian painter (b. 1503)
• 1542 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
• 1572 – Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:

• Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral and Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
• Petrus Ramus, French academic and writer (b. 1515)
• Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535)

• 1595 – Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546)
• 1647 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
• 1664 – Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (b. 1610)
• 1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and writer (b. 1614)
• 1680 – Thomas Blood, Irish criminal (b. 1618)
• 1680 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter (b. 1616)
• 1683 – John Owen, English theologian (b. 1616)
• 1759 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b. 1715)
• 1779 – Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk (b. 1714)
• 1798 – Thomas Alcock, English clergyman and author (b. 1709)
• 1818 – James Carr, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1831 – August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
• 1841 – Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788)
• 1841 – John Ordronaux, French-American privateer (b. 1778)
• 1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b. 1822)
• 1895 – Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)
• 1930 – Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1940 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 – Antonio Alice, Argentine painter (b. 1886)
• 1943 – Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1945 – Midori Naka, Japanese actress (b. 1909)
• 1946 – James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge (b. 1862)
• 1954 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian politician, 17th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director (b. 1898)
• 1958 – Paul Henry, Irish painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Günter Litfin, German victim, first person to be shot at the Berlin Wall (b. 1937)
• 1967 – Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio commentator (b. 1930)
• 1967 – Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American aviator, author, and inventor, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, actor, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1979 – Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b. 1912)
• 1979 – Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Scott Nearing, American writer, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 – Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936)
• 1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
• 1990 – Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931)
• 1991 – Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904)
• 1992 – André Donner, Dutch judge (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer journalist (b. 1898)
• 1997 – Werner Abrolat, German actor (b. 1924)
• 1998 – E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2000 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 – Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Nikolay Guryanov Russian mystic and priest (b. 1909)
• 2003 – Wilfred Thesiger, English explorer and writer (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
• 2005 – Hal Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Cristian Nemescu, Romanian director (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Rocco Petrone, American engineer (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Andrée Boucher, Canadian politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese director (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Lijon Eknilang, Marshallese activist (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Zygmunt Kiszkurno, Polish target shooter (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Claire Malis, American actress (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Dale Sommers, American radio host (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Maureen Toal, Irish actress (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Krum Yanev, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1929)