Died on Tuesday, 5th August – Famous Deaths

05/08/2025

Col Joye, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)

Colin Frederick Jacobsen, better known by his stage name Col Joye, was an Australian pioneer rock and pop singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-seven years, starting from the late 1950s.

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05/08/2022

Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1943)

Judith Durham was an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962.

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Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (born 1963)

Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann, known professionally as Cherie Gil, was a Filipino actress and singer. With a career spanning nearly 50 years, she was dubbed the "La Primera Contravida" for her acting prowess which landed her numerous antagonistic roles on film, television, and the stage.

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Ali Haydar, Syrian army officer (born 1932)

Ali Haydar, known as the "Father of the Syrian Special Forces", was a Syrian military officer who was the commander of the Syrian Special Forces for 26 years. He was a close confidant to President Hafez al-Assad and one of the members of Assad's inner circle. Born in the village of Hallet Ara, Haydar was a member of the Ba'ath Party from his youth. He was commissioned into the Syrian Army in 1952 after a stint studying at the Homs Military Academy. After the Ba'ath Party seized power in a 1963 coup d'état, Haydar was put in charge of Syria's special forces and supported al-Assad in his rise to the presidency. During this time he was deployed to Lebanon during their civil war. Haydar opposed the 1984 coup d'état attempt led by Rifaat al-Assad, instead remaining loyal to Hafez al-Assad. After suffering an aneurysm and leaving his post in 1988, he returned to lead the special forces again in the early 1990s. At the time a Major General, he was formally removed from his position and then imprisoned in August 1994, though he was treated well during his brief prison stay and was released without a trial or public humiliation. Haydar died in Latakia at the age of 90.

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Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (born 1938)

Issey Miyake was a Japanese fashion designer. He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, notably the Pleats, Please line, exhibitions and fragrances such as L'eau d'Issey.

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Dillon Quirke, Irish hurler (born 1998)

Dillon Quirke was an Irish hurler who played for Tipperary Senior Championship club Clonoulty–Rossmore and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team.

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05/08/2020

Hawa Abdi, Somali human rights activist and physician (born 1947)

Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe was a Somali human rights activist and physician. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization.

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05/08/2019

Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (born 1931).

Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison was an American novelist and editor. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987).

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05/08/2018

Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (born 1953)

Alan Robert Rabinowitz was an American zoologist who served as the president, CEO, and chief scientist at Panthera Corporation, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world's 40 wild cat species. Called the "Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection" by Time, he studied jaguars, clouded leopards, Asiatic leopards, tigers, Sumatran rhinos, bears, leopard cats, raccoons, cervidae, and civets.

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05/08/2015

Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (born 1912)

Arthur Walter James was a British journalist and Liberal Party politician.

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Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (born 1943)

Anthony Horace Millington was a Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United and Swansea City in the 1960s and 1970s and made 21 international appearances for Wales. His career ended in 1975 following a car accident and he later became the disability officer at Wrexham A.F.C. He was the brother of Grenville Millington, who played in goal for Rhyl and Chester.

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05/08/2014

Harold J. Greene, American general (born 1962)

Harold Joseph "Harry" Greene was an American military officer. During his time with the United States Army, he held various commands associated with engineering and logistical support for American and coalition troops in Afghanistan. At the time of his death, he was the deputy commanding general of the Combined Security Transition Command.

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Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (born 1936)

Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov was a Russian novelist, notable for his fantasy novel Danilov, the Violist.

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Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1914)

Henry Chapman Pincher was an English journalist, historian and novelist whose writing mainly focused on espionage and related matters, after some early books on scientific subjects.

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Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (born 1927)

Jesse Leonard Steinfeld was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the eleventh surgeon general of the United States from 1969 to 1973.

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05/08/2013

Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (born 1926)

Ruth Aiko Asawa was an American modernist artist primarily known for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created figurative and abstract drawings and prints influenced by nature, particularly flowers and plants.

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Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1966)

Shawn Christopher Burr was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Burr played in the NHL for parts of 16 seasons from 1985 to 2000.

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Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)

William Lawrence Dunn was a Canadian singer-songwriter, film director and politician. Born in Montreal, he was of mixed Mi'kmaq and Scottish/Irish background. Dunn often highlighted indigenous issues in his work.

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Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)

Roy Rubin was a former college and professional basketball coach.

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May Song Vang, American activist (born 1951)

May Song Vang was an American Hmong community leader and activist. She was the widow of General Vang Pao, a former member of the Royal Lao Army and prominent Hmong American leader, who died in 2011. May Song Vang became a more prominent symbol of the Hmong American community in California and the rest of the United States after the death of her husband.

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Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (born 1959)

Rob Wyda was the District Judge of Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair, one of the largest magisterial districts in Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1999, he was elected three times. He announced his candidacy for a seat on the Pennsylvania Superior Court in March 2013, but withdrew a few weeks later.

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05/08/2012

Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (born 1917)

Erwin Axer was a Polish theatre director, writer and university professor. A long-time head of Teatr Współczesny in Warsaw, he also staged numerous plays abroad, notably in German-speaking countries, in the US and Leningrad (USSR). Laureate of Witkacy Prize – Critics' Circle Award (1993).

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Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

Michel Daerden was a francophone Belgian politician, a member of the Parti Socialiste, and a finance auditor.

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Fred Matua, American football player (born 1984)

Fred Matua was an American football guard. After playing college football for Southern California, he was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL draft. He was also a member of the Lions, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Florida Tuskers, and Omaha Nighthawks.

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Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (born 1916)

Martin Eli Segal was a Russian-born American businessman who co-founded the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1969 with two other Lincoln Center executives, William F. May and Schuyler G. Chapin. He also served as the Film Society's founding president and CEO until 1978. Segal was founding chair of the Commission for Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Assistance Center, and the New York International Festival of the Arts.

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Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (born 1919)

Chavela Vargas was a Costa Rican and Mexican singer. She gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. However, her impact extends beyond this genre, encompassing various styles within popular Latin American music.

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Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (born 1960)

Roland C. Wagner was a French writer of humorous science fiction. Since his professional debut in 1981, he wrote around one hundred novellas and around fifty novels. He was the only writer to have received the Prix Rosny-Aîné seven times, as well as many other awards.

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05/08/2011

Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (born 1954)

Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper was a Polish poltician, farmer, and trade unionist who led the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, an agrarian populist party that, between 2005 and 2007, was the third-largest political party in Poland; in 2006, he briefly formed a coalition government alongside the ruling Law and Justice party, serving in the roles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture. He also served as Deputy Marshal of the Sejm in 2001 and from 2005 to 2006.

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Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder (born 1989)

Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian, better known as Zyzz, was an Australian bodybuilder and model. He established a cult following after posting videos of himself on YouTube, starting in 2007.

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05/08/2009

Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1914)

Budd Schulberg was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) and The Harder They Fall (1947), as well as his screenplays for On the Waterfront (1954) and A Face in the Crowd (1957), receiving an Academy Award for the former.

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05/08/2008

Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (born 1932)

Neil Bartlett was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley.

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Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1929)

Reginald John Lindsay OAM was an Australian country music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and radio and television personality. He won three Golden Guitar Awards and wrote more than 500 songs in his 50-year music career. Lindsay recorded over 65 albums and 250 singles. Reg made his first trip to Nashville in June 1968 and recorded his first Nashville EP on this historic trip.

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05/08/2007

Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (born 1926)

Jean-Marie Aron Lustiger was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. His life is depicted in the 2013 film Le métis de Dieu.

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Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (born 1943)

Florian Pittiș was a Romanian stage and television actor, theatre director, folk music singer, and radio producer.

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05/08/2005

Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (born 1936)

Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (born 1915)

James Joseph O’Hora was an American college football coach for over 30 years.

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Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (born 1941)

Raul Sagarbarria Roco was a Filipino politician. He was the founder and presidential nominee of Aksyon Demokratiko, which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bid in 1998 and his second one in 2004. He was a former constitutional delegate, congressman, senator and Secretary of Education under the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

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Eddie Jenkins, Welsh footballer (born 1909)

Edwin Jonathan Jenkins was a Welsh professional footballer. He began his professional career with Cardiff City, making his debut for the club in February 1930. After two seasons as a reserve, he featured regularly for the club in the Third Division South between 1932 and 1934, making 87 appearances in all competitions before being released. He later played for Bristol City and Newport County before retiring.

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05/08/2002

Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (born 1982)

Joshua Ryan Evans was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy Lenox in the soap opera Passions. Evans was aged 17 to 20 during his tenure on Passions, but had the appearance and voice of a small child due to achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. He was 3 feet 2 inches (97 cm) tall.

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Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (born 1916)

Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years, as well as the team's assistant general manager for seven years beginning in 1972. Hearn was the first broadcaster named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Hearn is remembered for his rapid fire, staccato broadcasting style, associated with colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul that have become common basketball vernacular. Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, 1965. Most of Hearn's games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media.

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Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (born 1920)

Franco Lucentini was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies.

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Darrell Porter, American baseball player (born 1952)

Darrell Ray Porter was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1971 to 1987 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, and Texas Rangers. The four-time All-Star was known for his excellent defensive skills and power hitting ability. He struggled but was never able to overcome a substance abuse problem, yet went on to become the most valuable player of the 1982 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Porter died from accidental drug toxicity in 2002 at the age of 50.

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Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)

Matthew Thomas Robinson Jr. was an American actor, writer and television producer. Robinson was the first actor to portray the character of Gordon Robinson on the PBS children's TV program Sesame Street. When Sesame Street began in 1969, not only did Robinson play Gordon, but he also provided the voice of the puppet Roosevelt Franklin and was one of the show's producers. He left the show in 1972. In later years, when producers needed a last name for the Gordon character, then played by Hal Miller and later Roscoe Orman, they used Matt's last name.

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05/08/2001

Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (born 1929)

Erifasi Otema Allimadi was a Ugandan politician who served as the country's Foreign Minister (1979–1980) in the UNLF government and later on as the country's third Prime Minister of Uganda (1980–1985) in the UPC government.

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Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (born 1948)

Christopher Charles Skase was an Australian businessman who later became one of his country's most wanted fugitives, after his business empire crashed spectacularly and he fled to Mallorca, Spain.

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05/08/2000

Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (born 1920)

Otto Buchsbaum was born in Vienna, Austria. He moved to Brazil in 1939. In 1967, he led, together with his wife, Florence Buchsbaum, the movement "Teatro ao Encontro do Povo", whose aim was to offer theater shows to the people, trying to discuss their lives and the world. He founded, in the 1970s, the politico-ecological movement "Resistência Ecológica" and also ran the newspaper Abertura Cultural, which was the mainstay of the movement.

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Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (born 1910)

Tullio Crali was a Dalmatian Italian artist associated with Futurism. A self-taught painter, he was a late adherent to the movement, not joining until 1929. He is noted for realistic paintings that combine "speed, aerial mechanisation and the mechanics of aerial warfare", though in a long career he painted in other styles as well.

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Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (born 1911)

Lala Amarnath Bhardwaj was an Indian cricketer. He is considered to be the father figure of Indian cricket. He scored the first ever century for India in Test Cricket in 1933. He was independent India's first cricket captain and captained India in their first Test series win against Pakistan in 1952.

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Alec Guinness, English actor (born 1914)

Sir Alec Guinness was an English actor. In the BFI listing of the 100 most important British films of the 20th century, he was the single most noted actor, represented across nine films—six in starring roles and three in supporting roles—including five directed by David Lean and four from Ealing Studios. He won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, a Tony Award and a Volpi Cup. In 1959, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980 and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 1989.

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05/08/1998

Otto Kretschmer, German naval officer and submariner (born 1912)

Otto Kretschmer was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War.

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Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1911)

Todor Hristov Zhivkov was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1956 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was the second longest-serving leader in the Eastern Bloc, the longest-serving leader within the Warsaw Pact and the longest-serving non-royal ruler in Bulgarian history.

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05/08/1994

Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (born 1908)

Menachem Avidom was an Israeli composer. His Hebrew surname is the combination of the names of his daughters Daniella and Miriam.

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Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (born 1922)

Alain Carpentier de Changy was a racing driver from Belgium. His single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix attempt was at the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix with a Cooper run by Ecurie Nationale Belge, but he failed to qualify. He was more successful in sports car racing.

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05/08/1992

Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)

Sir Robert David Muldoon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party. Departing from National Party convention, Muldoon was a right-wing populist and economic nationalist, with a distinctive public persona described as reactionary, aggressive, and abrasive.

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05/08/1991

Paul Brown, American football player and coach (born 1908)

Paul Eugene Brown was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the National Football League (NFL), and the American Football League (AFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Cleveland Browns, a team named after him, and later co-founded the Cincinnati Bengals. His teams won seven league championships in a professional coaching career spanning 25 seasons.

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Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (born 1906)

Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.

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05/08/1987

Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1910)

Georg Gaßmann was a German politician.

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05/08/1985

Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (born 1898)

Arnold Horween was an American football player and coach. He played and coached both collegiately for Harvard University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL).

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05/08/1984

Richard Burton, Welsh actor (born 1925)

Richard Walter Burton was a Welsh actor.

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05/08/1983

Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (born 1913)

Judy Canova, born Juliette Canova, was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality who appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own eponymous network radio program, a popular series broadcast from 1943 to 1955.

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Joan Robinson, English economist and author (born 1903)

Joan Violet Robinson was a British economist known for her wide-ranging contributions to economic theory. One of the most prominent economists of the century, Robinson incarnated the "Cambridge School" in most of its guises in the 20th century. She started out as a Marshallian, became one of the earliest and most ardent Keynesians after 1936, and ended up as a leader of the neo-Ricardian and post-Keynesian schools.

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05/08/1980

Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (born 1924)

Harold Lowell Runnels was an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from New Mexico from 1971 to 1978.

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05/08/1978

Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (born 1893)

Jesse Joseph Haines, nicknamed "Pop", was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). After a lengthy stint in minor league baseball, he played briefly in 1918, then from 1920 to 1937. He spent nearly his entire major league career with the Cardinals. Haines pitched on three World Series championship teams. Though he had a kind personality off the field, Haines was known as a fiery competitor during games.

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05/08/1968

Luther Perkins, American guitarist (born 1928)

Luther Monroe Perkins, Jr. was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music. His creatively simple, sparsely embellished, rhythmic use of Fender Esquire, Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars is credited for creating Cash's signature "boom-chicka-boom" style.

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05/08/1964

Moa Martinson, Swedish author (born 1890)

Moa Martinson was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of the working class, and also the personal development of women. Her works were about motherhood, love, poverty, politics, religion, urbanization and the hard living conditions of the working-class woman.

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Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1886)

Arthur Howey Ross was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive from 1905 until 1954. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers, he was one of the first to skate with the puck up the ice rather than pass it to a forward. He was on Stanley Cup championship teams twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons; in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and 1908 with the Montreal Wanderers. Like other players of the time, Ross played for several different teams and leagues, and is noted for his time with the Wanderers while they were members of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and its successor, the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1911, he led one of the first organized player strikes over increased pay. When the Wanderers' home arena burned down in January 1918, the team ceased operations and Ross retired as a player.

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05/08/1963

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (born 1898)

Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria was a Spanish composer.

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05/08/1960

Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)

Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and from 1941 to 1942.

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05/08/1959

Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (born 1881)

Edgar Albert Guest was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.

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05/08/1957

Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)

Heinrich Otto Wieland was a German chemist. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids.

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05/08/1955

Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (born 1909)

Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known for her signature fruit hat outfits that she wore in her American films.

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05/08/1952

Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (born 1917)

Sameera Moussa or Samira Musa Ali was an Egyptian atomic scientist and physicist, she is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Moussa held a doctorate in atomic radiation.

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05/08/1948

Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1871)

Montagu Henry Toller was an English cricketer who played for both Devon and Somerset in the late 19th century. He made six first-class appearances for Somerset, all in 1897, but was predominantly a good club cricketer. In 1900, he was part of the Devon Wanderers team that represented Great Britain in the 1900 Summer Olympics, the only time cricket has featured in the Olympics.

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05/08/1946

Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (born 1863)

Wilhelm Marx was a German judge, lawyer, and politician who twice served as chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928. He also briefly held the position of Minister-President of Prussia in 1925. A leading figure in the Centre Party, he served as its chairman from 1922 to 1928. With a total tenure of three years and 73 days, he was the longest-serving chancellor of the Weimar Republic.

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05/08/1944

Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (born 1906)

Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull was a Welsh cricketer who played in nine Test matches for the England cricket team between 1930 and 1936.

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05/08/1939

Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (born 1865)

Béla Jankovich de Vadas et Jeszenicze was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1913 and 1917. He studied in the Theresianum of Vienna, University of Budapest, University College London and Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. Between 1891 and 1893 he travelled around the world, he went to the United States, to China and Japan. After his returning to home he farmed on his possessions of Tésa.

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05/08/1935

David Townsend, American art director and set designer (born 1891)

David Wood Townsend was an American art director.

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05/08/1933

Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (born 1856)

Charles Harold Davis was an American landscape painter.

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05/08/1929

Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (born 1847)

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights association, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), explaining, "I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government." She tried to broaden women's chances of higher education, as a governor of Bedford College, London and co-founding Newnham College, Cambridge in 1871. In 2018, a century after the Representation of the People Act, she was the first woman honoured by a statue in Parliament Square.

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05/08/1921

Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1844)

Dimitrios Rallis was a Greek politician, founder and leader of the Neohellenic or "Third Party".

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05/08/1916

George Butterworth, British composer (born 1885)

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the fighting at the Battle of Pozières in the First World War, and died during the Battle of the Somme.

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05/08/1911

Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (born 1864)

Robert Lee Caruthers, nicknamed "Parisian Bob", was an American right-handed pitcher and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The star pitcher on five league champions in a ten-year career, he was the top pitcher in the American Association, leading that league in wins and shutouts twice each, winning percentage three times, and earned run average once. His 175 wins in the Association were the second most of any pitcher, and his league ERA of 2.62 was the lowest of any pitcher with at least 2,000 innings in the league; he was also the only pitcher to have 40-win seasons for two different Association teams. His career winning percentage was the highest of any pitcher prior to 1950 with at least 250 decisions.

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05/08/1904

George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (born 1834)

Sir George Richard Dibbs KCMG was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales on three occasions.

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05/08/1901

Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and German Empress (born 1840)

Victoria, Princess Royal was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841. As the eldest child of the British monarch, she was briefly heir presumptive until the birth of her younger brother, the future Edward VII. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor.

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05/08/1895

Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (born 1820)

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, journalist, businessman, and revolutionary socialist. He is best known for his lifelong collaboration with Karl Marx, with whom he co-authored The Communist Manifesto (1848) and developed the political and philosophical system that came to be known as Marxism. After Marx's death, Engels served as the editor of his works, completing the second and third volumes of Das Kapital.

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05/08/1881

Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (born 1823)

Spotted Tail was a Sichangu Lakota tribal chief. Famed as a great warrior since his youth, warring on Ute, Pawnee and Absaroke (“Crow”), and having taken a leading part in the Grattan Massacre, he led his warriors in the Colorado and Platte River uprising after the massacre perpetrated by John M. Chivington's Colorado Volunteers on the peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camping on Sand Creek, but declined to participate in Red Cloud's War.

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05/08/1880

Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (born 1816)

Ferdinand Karl Franz Schwarzmann, Ritter von Hebra was an Austrian physician and dermatologist known as the founder of the New Vienna School of Dermatology, an important group of physicians who established the foundations of modern dermatology.

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05/08/1877

Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (born 1830)

Robert Williams, usually referred to by his bardic name Trebor Mai, was a Welsh language poet, born at Ty'n-yr-ardd near Llanrhychwyn, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, the son of a tailor. He was educated at a local Llanrhychwyn school and for a period attended the free school at Llanrwst. Around 1843, he moved with his family to Llanrwst and he applied himself to his father's craft. After he married on 13 October 1854 he commenced business as a tailor himself in Llanrwst, and remained there for the rest of his life. He died in 1877, aged 47.

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05/08/1868

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (born 1788)

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes, was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley.

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05/08/1799

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (born 1726)

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving in the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759.

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05/08/1792

Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1732)

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led the Kingdom of Great Britain through most of the American Revolutionary War. He also held a number of other cabinet posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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05/08/1778

Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (born 1703)

Charles Clémencet was a French Benedictine historian.

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Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (born 1756)

Thomas Linley the younger, also known as Thomas Linley, Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England. A highly talented violinist, Tom Linley was also the most promising of all native English composers between Henry Purcell and Edward Elgar, combining prodigious talent with a delightful personality. He is sometimes referred to as the "English Mozart". His early promise was cut short when he drowned in a boating accident, aged just 22 years.

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05/08/1743

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (born 1696)

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding. His memoirs of the early reign of George II were too revealing to be published in his time and did not appear for more than a century.

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05/08/1729

Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (born 1664)

Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor, creator of the atmospheric engine in 1712, Baptist preacher by calling and ironmonger by trade.

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05/08/1678

Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (born 1619)

Juan García de Zéspedes was a Mexican composer, singer, viol player, and teacher.

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05/08/1633

George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (born 1562)

George Abbot was an English bishop who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633. He also served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Dublin, from 1612 to 1633.

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05/08/1610

Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (born 1552)

Alonso García de Ramón was a Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile: first temporarily from July 1600 to February 1601, and then from March 1605 to August 1610. He was born in Cuenca, Spain in 1552.

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05/08/1600

John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (born 1577)

John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie was a Scottish nobleman who died in mysterious circumstances, referred to as the "Gowrie Conspiracy", in which he and/or his brother Alexander were attempting to kill or kidnap King James VI of Scotland for unknown purposes. The king's retinue killed both brothers during the attack, and the king survived.

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05/08/1579

Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (born 1504)

Stanislaus Hosius was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Royal Prussia, and from 1558, he served as the papal legate to the Holy Roman Emperor's Imperial Court in Vienna, Austria. From 1566 he was also the papal legate to Poland.

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05/08/1447

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His father, the 1st Duke of Exeter, was a maternal half-brother to Richard II of England, and was executed after King Richard's deposition. The Holland family estates and titles were forfeited, but John was able to recover them by dedicating his career to royal service. Earl of Huntingdon, of the Castle, town, manor of Barnstable and manors of Dartington, Fremington, South Molton, Torrington, Devon, Stevington, Bedfordshire, Ardington, Berkshire, Haslebury, Blagdon and Somerset. Holland rendered great assistance to his cousin Henry V in his conquest of France, fighting both on land and on the sea. He was marshal and admiral of England and governor of Aquitaine under Henry VI.

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05/08/1415

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (born 1375)

Richard of Conisbrough, 3rd Earl of Cambridge was the second son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York. He was beheaded for his part in the Southampton Plot, a conspiracy against King Henry V. He was the father of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and the grandfather of King Edward IV and King Richard III.

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Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (born 1370)

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham KG, also known in older sources as Lord Scrope was a favourite of Henry V, who performed many diplomatic missions. He was beheaded for his involvement in the notional Southampton Plot to assassinate the king. Some historians believe that the charge was trumped-up to punish him for other acts of disloyalty, and that there may never have been such a plot.

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05/08/1364

Kōgon, Japanese emperor (born 1313)

Emperor Kōgon was the first of the Emperors of Northern Court during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan. His reign spanned the years from 1331 through 1333.

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05/08/1063

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd

Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was the only Welsh king to unite all of Wales, ruling from 1055 to 1063. He had previously been King of Gwynedd and Powys from 1039 to 1055. Gruffudd was the son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd, and Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain, King of Deheubarth, and the great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda. After his death, Wales was again divided into separate kingdoms.

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05/08/0940

Li Decheng, Chinese general (born 863)

Li Decheng (李德誠), formally Prince Zhongyi of Zhao (趙忠懿王), was a prominent general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Wu state. He and his family would remain highly honored during the time of Wu's successor state Southern Tang.

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05/08/0917

Euthymius I of Constantinople (born 834)

Euthymius I Syncellus was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from February 907 to 15 May 912. A monk since his youth, he became spiritual father of the future emperor Leo VI the Wise, and was raised by him to the high ecclesiastical office of syncellus. Despite his turbulent relationship with Leo VI, in 907 he was appointed to the patriarchate and held the post until his deposition shortly before or after Leo VI's death in 912.

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05/08/0910

Eowils and Halfdan, joint kings of Northumbria

Eowils and Halfdan (Healfdan) were kings in Danish (Viking) ruled Northumbria in the early tenth century.

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Ingwær, king of Northumbria

Ingwær was a Norse King of Northumbria. According to Æthelweard's Chronicon he was a co-king of Northumbria along with his brothers Eowils and Halfdan, though the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle does not mention him. By Æthelweard's account he died at the Battle of Tettenhall alongside his brothers in 910.

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05/08/0890

Ranulf II, duke of Aquitaine (born 850)

Ranulf II was Count of Poitou from 866 and Duke of Aquitaine from 887. On the death of Charles the Fat in 888, he styled himself King of Aquitaine and did so until 889 or his death, after which the title fell into abeyance.

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05/08/0882

Louis III, Frankish king (born 863)

Louis III was King of West Francia from 879 until his death in 882. Despite questions of his legitimacy and challenges against his ascension to the monarchy, Louis would prove to be an effective leader during his reign, notable for the defeat of Viking invaders at the Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu in August 881 that would later be immortalized in the poem Ludwigslied. He also led a less successful military campaign against Boso of Provence with help from Charles the Fat.

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05/08/0877

Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier

Abū al-Ḥasan ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān was an Abbasid official who served twice as vizier, under caliphs al-Mutawakkil and al-Mu'tamid.

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05/08/0824

Heizei, Japanese emperor (born 773)

Emperor Heizei , also known as Heijō-tennō, was the 51st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Heizei's reign lasted from 806 to 809.

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05/08/0642

Eowa, king of Mercia

Eowa was a son of the Mercian king Pybba and a brother of the Mercian king Penda; he was possibly King of Northern Mercia, as the 8th-century Historia Brittonum reports that he was co-ruler with his brother Penda.

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Oswald, king of Northumbria

Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages.

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05/08/0553

Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (born 508)

Xiao Ji (蕭紀), courtesy name Shixun (世詢), known by his princely title of Prince of Wuling (武陵王), was an imperial prince and pretender to the throne of the Chinese Liang Dynasty. He was the youngest son of the dynasty's founder Emperor Wu, and he governed the modern Sichuan and Chongqing region. In 552, believing that he was destined to be emperor, he declared himself as such and advanced east to try to take the throne, but in 553, with Western Wei forces attacking his domain from the rear under the instigation of his brother Emperor Yuan, Xiao Ji's advancing forces were defeated by Emperor Yuan's, and he was killed in battle.

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