Famous Deaths on August 22

• 1155 Konoe, 76th Emperor of Japan (1142-55), dies at 16
• 1188 Ferdinand II, King of León and Galicia (1157-1188), dies at 51
• 1241 Gregory IX [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies
• 1280 Nicholas III [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies
• 1286 Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered
• 1304 John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
• 1350 Philip VI, King of France (1328-50), called the Fortunate and Philip VI of Valois, dies at about 57
• 1358 Isabella of France, Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II (1308-30), “She-Wolf of France”, (b. circa 1295)
• 1367 Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57

• 1532 William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82
• 1553 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded
• 1572 Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
• 1584 Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
• 1599 Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553)
• 1607 Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
• 1609 Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)
• 1652 Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia), dies at 69
• 1680 Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67
• 1701 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, dies at 72
• 1711 Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
• 1752 William Whiston, English Anglican priest and mathematician, dies at 84
• 1755 Caspar Burman, Dutch historian and Mayor of Utrecht, dies at 59
• 1773 George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
• 1793 Louis de Noailles, Marshal of France, dies at 80
• 1797 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general, dies at 73
• 1801 Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1796-1801), dies at 46
• 1806 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (The Swing), dies at 74
• 1807 Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, dies at 71
• 1818 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85
• 1828 Franz Joseph Gall, German-French physician (phrenology), dies at 70
• 1831 John White, English organist and violinist, dies at 52
• 1839 Benjamin Lundy, American Quaker abolitionist and philanthropist, dies at 50
• 1850 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungarian-German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser), dies at 48
• 1861 Xianfeng, Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, dies at 30
• 1862 Henry Bohlen, German-American brigadier general (Union), dies in battle at 51
• 1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London’s 1st bus service, dies
• 1874 Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet, dies at 50
• 1878 Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain (1829-33), dies at 72
• 1879 Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
• 1886 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67
• 1889 John Sanger, British circus entrepreneur, dies (b. 1816)
• 1890 Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian foreign minister, diplomat and poet, dies at 69
• 1891 Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
• 1893 Ernst II, Duke of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93) and composer, dies at 75
• 1901 Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer, dies at 83

• 1904 Kate O’Flaherty Chopin, American writer, dies at 54
• 1910 Joey Palmer, Australian cricket medium pace/spin bowler (17 Tests, 78 wickets, BB 7/65; Victoria CA), dies at 51
• 1914 Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi Italian religious figure
• 1914 James Dickson Innes, British painter, dies of tuberculosis at 27
• 1914 Léon Amédée François Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
• 1914 Rondony, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
• 1917 Matthijs Maris [Thijs], Dutch painter and etcher influenced by Pre-Raphaelites, dies at 78
• 1918 Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868)
• 1920 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter, etcher and sculptor (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60

• 1926 Charles William Eliot, American academic (President of Harvard University, 1869-1909), dies at 92
• 1929 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, dies at 74
• 1936 Juliette Adam, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue) and feminist, dies at 99
• 1937 David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies
• 1940 Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist, early radio pioneer, dies at 89
• 1942 Henry Eichheim, American violinist, composer, organologist, and ethnomusicologist dies at 72
• 1942 Mikhail Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 62
• 1944 Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55
• 1945 Ida Henrietta Hyde, American physiologist who invented the micro-electrode and the first woman allowed to do research at Harvard Medical School and to be elected to the American Physiology Society, dies at 87
• 1950 Kirk Bryan, American geologist, dies at 62
• 1951 J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 66
• 1952 Hiranuma Kiichirō, 24th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 84
• 1953 Jim Tabor, American MLB 3rd baseman (2 x grand slams in one game), dies of a heart attack at 36
• 1958 Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist (Nobel Prize for Literature 1937), dies at 77
• 1960 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 58kg 1924), dies at 61
• 1963 William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies
• 1965 Ellen Church, American 1st female airline stewardess (United flight in 1930 from San Francisco to Cheyenne), dies in a horse riding accident at 60
• 1965 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dtch Flemish actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies
• 1966 Apolinary Szeluto, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 82
• 1967 Gregory Pincus, American biologist and inventor (birth control pill), dies at 64
• 1970 Richard Frank Donovan, American organist, teacher, and composer (Smoek and Steel; Wood-Notes), dies at 78
• 1970 Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
• 1973 Louise Huff, American actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77
• 1974 Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man, dies of a heart attack at 66
• 1976 Gina Bachauer, Greek classical pianist of Austrian heritage, dies at 63
• 1976 Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73
• 1976 Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets himself on fire in protest of repression of religion at 47
• 1977 Sebastian Cabot, British actor (Kismet; Family Affair – “Mr. French”, Time Machine), dies at 59
• 1978 Ignazio Silone, Italian novelist (Fontamara; Pane e vino), anti-fascist activist, and politician, dies at 78

• 1979 Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69
• 1979 James T. Farrell, American writer (Studs Lonigan trilogy), dies at 75
• 1979 John Lee Granderson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, dies at 71
• 1980 Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz), dies at 89
• 1980 James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer, dies of a stroke at 81
• 1984 Charles Whittenberg, American composer, dies at 57
• 1985 Ginty Lush, Australian cricketer (NSW quickie of 30’s), dies at 71
• 1985 Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and Physicist who devised the theory of X-ray interference by crystals and pioneered X-ray diffraction methods, dies at 97
• 1985 Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer and journalist, dies at 71
• 1989 Diana Vreeland, French-American fashion editor (Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue), dies at 85

• 1989 Johannes “Jan” Teulings, Dutch actor (Lentelied, The Three Wishes), dies of natural causes at 84
• 1989 Robert Grondelaers, Belgian road cyclist (Olympic gold Team Road Race; silver Individual Road Race 1952), dies at 56
• 1990 “Boogie” Bill Webb, American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter (“Bad Dog”), dies at 66
• 1990 Merlin Marston, American actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 46
• 1990 Thomas W. McKnew, American Vice President, Chairman, and Chairman Emeritus of the National Geographic Society (1954-90), dies of pneumonia at 94 [1] [2]
• 1991 Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide
• 1991 Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Blue and the Grey – “Maggie”; Anne of Green Gables), dies of cervical cancer at 67
• 1992 Paul Winter, American classical and session violinist (NBC Orchestra, 1937-58), dies at 78
• 1993 Don Getz, American filmmaker (Playpoint), dies at 50
• 1993 Kasdi Merbah, Prime Minister of Algeria (1988-89), assassinated
• 1994 Leo Lerman, American writer and editor (Condé Nast Publications), dies at 80
• 1994 Tom Quirke, journalist, dies at 42
• 1995 Jose Antonio Girón, Spanish politician (Minister of Labour, 1941-57), dies at 83
• 1996 David Donaldson, Painter and Limner to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland, dies at 80
• 1996 Mareo Ishiketa, Japanese composer, dies at 79
• 1996 Robin Lorimer, Scottish publisher (New Testament from Greek into Scots), dies at 77
• 1996 William James Millar Mackenzie, Scottish political scientist, dies at 87
• 1997 Mary Louise Smith, American political organizer, 1st female chair of the Republican party, dies at 82
• 2001 Tatyana Averina, Russian speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic gold 1976), dies at 61
• 2002 Mark Bucci, American opera, theater, and film composer and lyricist (1959 Arts & Letters Award), dies at 78
• 2003 Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skating trainer (b. 1914)
• 2003 Generosa Ammon, American widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
• 2003 Imperio Argentina [María Magdalena Nile], Argentinian-Spanish singer and actress, dies at 92
• 2004 Al Dvorin, American Elvis Presley concert announcer, dies at 81
• 2004 Daniel Petrie, Canadian television and movie director, dies at 83
• 2005 Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter (Illustrated London News), dies at 94 [1]
• 2005 Luc Ferrari, French composer, dies at 76
• 2006 Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack – “My Sharona”‘), dies of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 55
• 2008 Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899)
• 2008 Ralph Young, American pop singer (Sandler and Young), dies at 90
• 2009 Beryl Sprinkel, American economist (Council of Economic Advisers), dies at 85
• 2009 Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (b. 1926)
• 2010 Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player (b. 1923)
• 2011 Jack Layton, Canadian politician, dies at 61
• 2011 Jean-Charles Capon, French jazz cellist and composer (Confluence; Baroque Jazz Trio), dies at 75
• 2011 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber & Stoller – “Hound Dog”; “Jailhouse Rock”; “Is That All There Is?”), dies at 78
• 2011 Nickolas “Nick” Ashford, American songwriter, record producer (“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”; “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”), and singer (Ashford & Simpson – “Solid”), dies of throat cancer at 70
• 2011 Vicco von Bülow [Loriot], German comedian, cartoonist and film director (Unsere Besten), dies at 87
• 2012 Nina Bawden, English author known for “Carrie’s War”, dies at 87
• 2013 Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer and actress, dies at 62
• 2014 John Akers, American business executive (head of IBM, 1983-93), dies of a stroke at 79
• 2015 Andy Mapple, English water skier (World Slalom C’ship 1981, 89, 95, 97, 99, 2001), dies at 52
• 2015 Arthur Morris, Australian cricket batsman (46 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 206, BA 46.48; NSWCA), dies at 93
• 2015 Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator, dies at 88
• 2016 (Jean-Baptiste) “Toots” Thielemans, Belgian-American jazz harmonica player, guitarist, whistler, and composer, dies at 94
• 2016 Roberto Cassan, Italian-American jazz and folk accordionist, dies of a heart attack at 53
• 2016 S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), dies at 92
• 2016 Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician, dies at 75
• 2017 John Abercrombie, American jazz guitarist, dies of heart failure at 72
• 2017 Rafael “Felo” Ramírez, Cuban-American Spanish language sports announcer (Miami Marlins), dies at 94
• 2018 Ed King, American psychedelic rock musician (Strawberry Alarm Clock; Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of cancer at 68
• 2018 Lazy Lester [Leslie Johnson], American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player (“I Hear You Knockin'”, “Sugar Coated Love”), dies cancer at 85
• 2019 Bobby Dillon, American NFL defensive back (second to record 50 interceptions), dies of dementia at 89
• 2020 Alessandro Mazzinghi, Italian boxer (WBA and WBC light-middleweight champion 1963–65, 68), dies from a stroke at 81
• 2020 Peder Holm, Danish composer, dies at 93
• 2021 Alberto Bica, Uruguayan soccer right winger (9 caps; Racing, River Plate, Nacional Montevideo), dies from leukemia at 63
• 2021 Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 – “Red, Red Wine”), dies of cancer at 62
• 2021 Eric Ash, British engineer and university rector (Imperial College, London), dies at 93
• 2021 Lloyd Dobyns, American broadcast journalist (NBC News, 1969-86 – Overnight; Weekend; Monitor), dies at 85
• 2021 Micki Grant [Minnie Perkins], American theater singer, actress, and composer (Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope; Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God), dies at 92
• 2021 Rod Gilbert, Canadian Hockey HOF right-wing (NY Rangers; first NYR to have # retired), dies at 80
• 2022 Bill Haller, American baseball umpire (AL 1961, 63-82; 15 x AL C’ship Series games; 27 x World Series games; 4 x MLB All-Star games), dies at 87
• 2022 Creed Taylor, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and bossa nova record producer (Stan Getz; Wes Montgomery), and label founder (Impluse!; CTI Records), dies at 93
• 2022 György Pásztor, Hungarian ice hockey forward (6 x Hungarian C’hip; Budapest SC, Red Meteor SC; Hungarian IHHOF) and administrator (est. Hungarian IH Federation), dies at 99
• 2022 Jaimie Branch, American avant-garde trumpet player and composer (Fly Or Die), dies at 39
• 2022 Jerry Allison, American rock drummer and songwriter (Buddy Holly & Crickets – “That’ll Be The Day”; “Peggy Sue”), dies at 82 [1]
• 2022 Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and Governor of Balochistan (1978-84), dies at 96
• 2023 (Salvatore) “Toto” Cutugno, Italian pop singer-songwriter (“L’Italiano”; Eurovision, 1990; “Insieme: 1992”), dies of prostate cancer at 80
• 2023 Tom Courtney, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 4x400m relay 1956), dies of amyloidosis at 90
• 2024 Sphen, Australian gentoo penguin, one half of a famous same-sex penguin partnership with Magic, dies at Sydney Zoo at 11 [1]

August 22 Highlights