August 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1027 – Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)
• 1297 – John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
• 1327 – Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
• 1358 – Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)
• 1419 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)
• 1443 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
• 1445 – Margaret of Scotland, consort of Louis XI (b. 1424)
• 1518 – Loyset Compère, French composer (b. circa 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 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654)
• 1733 – Matthew Tindal, English deist (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, British publisher (b. ?)
• 1886 – Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (b. 1836)
• 1888 – John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)
• 1899 – Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)
• 1900 – Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (b. 1845)
• 1907 – James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
• 1921 – King Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 – Robert Johnson, American blues singer 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 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, Indian educator and linguist, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870)
• 1971 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
• 1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-born Soviet distance runner (b. 1927)
• 1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, actor, and guitarist (b.1935)
• 1978 – Alidius Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1978 – Jean Acker, American silent film actress (b. 1893)
• 1979 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Jaime Saenz, Bolivian poet and novelist, and short story writer (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Luigi Zampa, Italian film director (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1993 – Stewart Granger, British film actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician & singer (b. 1948)
• 1997 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Abu Nidal, Palestinian political 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 coach (b. 1950)
• 2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Joe Ranft, American animator (b. 1960)
• 2005 – Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928)
• 2005 – William Corlett, English children's author (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Dewey Robertson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1939)
• 2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners) (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Elena Leuşteanu, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist (b. 1935)
• 2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese sustainable farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Bobby Thomson, American baseball player