August 9 - Deaths

Deaths

• 117 – Trajan, Roman emperor (b. 53)
• 378 – Traianus, Roman general
• 378 – Valens, Roman emperor (b. 328)
• 803 – Irene of Athens (b. 752)
• 833 – Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph (b. 786)
• 1048 – Pope Damasus II
• 1107 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
• 1173 – Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician
• 1250 – Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)
• 1534 – Thomas Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)
• 1580 – Patriarch Metrophanes III of Constantinople (b. 1520)
• 1601 – Michael the Brave, Ottoman prince (b. 1558)
• 1634 – William Noy, English jurist (b. 1577)
• 1720 – Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)
• 1744 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (b. 1673)
• 1816 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
• 1837 – Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)
• 1871 – John Paterson, Scottish-Australian politician (b. 1831)
• 1886 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)
• 1910 – Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist (b. 1868)
• 1919 – Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)
• 1929 – Walter Katzenstein, German rower (b. 1878)
• 1942 – Edith Stein, German philosopher and nun (b. 1891)
• 1945 – Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian naval officer and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1945 – Harry Hillman, American runner (b. 1881)
• 1945 – Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1865)
• 1946 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (b. 1874)
• 1953 – Henri Étiévant, French actor, director (b. 1870)
• 1953 – Auguste Giroux, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1957 – Carl Clauberg, German nazi doctor (b. 1898)
• 1962 – Hermann Hesse, German-Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1967 – Joe Orton, English writer (b. 1933)
• 1969 Victims of the Charles Manson murders:
  • • – Abigail Folger, American heiress (b. 1943)
    • – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor and writer (b. 1936)
    • – Steven Parent, American student (b. 1951)
    • – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (b. 1933)
    • – Sharon Tate, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1969 – C. F. Powell, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1973 – Charles Daniels, American swimmer (b. 1885)
• 1974 – Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1975 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
• 1979 – Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
• 1979 – Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founder the Crips (b. 1953)
• 1980 – Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player (b. 1927)
• 1988 – Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
• 1992 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer (b. 1938)
• 1995 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage) (b. 1942)
• 1996 – Frank Whittle, English engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910)
• 2000 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Paul Samson, English guitarist (Samson) (b. 1953)
• 2002 – Peter Neville, English anarchist, sociologist, and activist (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Jacques Deray, French director (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 2003 – Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Chester Ludgin, American singer (b. 1925)
• 2004 – Robert Lecourt, French politician and lawyer (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
• 2004 – David Raksin, American composer (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
• 2005 – Judith Rossner, American novelist (b. 1935)
• 2006 – James Van Allen, American physicist (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Rafael Ruiz, Spanish field hockey player (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and writer (b. 1941)
• 2008 – Bernie Mac, American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
• 2009 – Jasmine You, Japanese bass player (Versailles) (b. 1979)
• 2010 – Ted Stevens, American politician (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Wendy Babcock, Canadian activist (b. 1979)
• 2011 – Roberto Busa, Italian priest and scholar (b. 1913)
• 2011 – Jimmy Harris, American football player (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Kolapo Ishola, Nigerian politician (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Eleanor Josaitis, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Mimi Lee, American chemist and philanthropist (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Carl Davis, American record producer (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Al Freeman, Jr., American actor and director (b. 1934)
• 2012 – David Rakoff, Canadian-American writer and actor (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Jan Sawka, Polish-American artist and architect (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Mel Stuart, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1930)