Today's 1 August Famous Deaths in History

Roman politician and general (Battle of Actium), commits suicide after he is defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium at 53

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371 St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283)
527 Justin I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies (b. c. 450)
1137 Louis VI 'The Fat', King of the Franks (1108-37), dies of dysentery at about 55
1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies at about 49 [born c. 1141]
1227 Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
1252 Giovanni da Pian del Carpine [John of Plano Carpini], Italian friar, explorer and diplomat (1st European traveller to give account of the Mongol Empire), dies (b. c. 1185)
1402 Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England, dies at 61
1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50

Italian banker, de facto ruler of Florence and patron of the arts, dies at 74

1541 Simon Grynaeus, German theologian dies at about 48 {[exact birthdate unknown c.1493]
1546 Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (co-founder of Society of Jesus), dies at 40
1557 Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
1580 Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat, dies at 55
1589 Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
1628 Francesco Gonzaga, Italian composer, dies at 37
1630 Federico Cesi, Italian naturalist and founder of the first modern scientific society, the Accademia dei Lincei, dies at 45
1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48
1708 Edward Tyson, English physician and father of comparative anatomy (The Anatomy of a Pygmy), dies at 57

Queen of Great Britain (1702-14), dies at about 49

1743 Richard Savage, English poet and playwright, dies at about 46
1787 Alfonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, theologian, poet, composer, lawyer, and Catholic saint, dies at 90
1796 Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)
1798 François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral, fought in the American Revolutionary War and against Nelson at The Battle of the Nile, killed in battle at 55
1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, German composer, dies at 51
1812 Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)
1813 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, dies at 60
1821 Elizabeth Inchbald [Simpson], English actress and author (Lovers' Vows, Lady Abbess), dies at 68
1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies
1837 Walter Geikie, Scottish painter, dies at 41
1846 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, dies at 83
1851 William Joseph Behr, German writer and politician arrested for sedition, dies at 75
1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies
1866 John Ross [Guwisguwi], Cherokee leader (Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 1828-66), dies at 75
1869 Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer and photographer, murdered while trying to cross the Sahara at 33
1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet (Bell Birds), dies of tuberculosis at 43
1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
1884 Heinrich Laube, writer, dies
1887 Joseph Rainey, American politician, 1st African American in US House of Representatives (1870-1879), dies at 55
1892 George Baird Hodge, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 64
1895 Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzugs), dies at 77
1896 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell, dies at 85
1902 Ludwig Beckmann, German painter, dies at 80

American frontierswoman, dies at 51

1911 Edward Austin Abbey, American painter (Quest of the Holy Grail mural at Boston Public Library), dies at 59
1911 Konrad Duden, German linguist (the Duden dictionary), dies at 82
1916 Claude Newberry, South African cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies
1917 Frank Little, American labor organize (Industrial Workers of the World), murdered at 38 or 39 (exact birthdaye unknown, b. 1879)
1918 Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, Canadian physician and founder of Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal), dies at 72
1918 John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy, dies at 64
1919 Oscar Hammerstein, German-American cigar maker, opera and theater impresario, composer, and playwright, dies of kidney disease at 73
1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, early Indian nationalist leader, dies at 64
1922 Vaclav Juda Novotny, Czech music writer, composer, and libretti translator, dies at 72
1925 John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61
1926 Israel Zangwill, Jewish author (Children of The Ghetto) and Zionist leader, dies at 62
1929 Syd Gregory, Australian cricket batsman and captain (58 Tests, 4 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 201; NSW CA), dies at 59
1932 Arnold Fothergill, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 8 wickets. BB 4/19; Somerset CCC, MCC), dies at 77
1934 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, dies at 79
1935 Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist (patented rayon), dies at 71
1943 Ismar Elbogen, German-American rabbi and scholar (Encyclopedia Judaica), dies at 68

1946 Andrey Vlasov, Russian-Soviet army general and Nazi collaborator, executed for high treason, by hanging at 45
1954 Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies
1959 Jean Behra, French Formula One driver, dies in a car race at 38
1962 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62
1963 Theodore Roethke, American poet (Praise to the end!), dies at 55
1965 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, Japanese cellist and composer, dies at 77
1966 (Earl) "Bud" Powell, American jazz pianist and composer ("Un Poco Loco"), dies of tuberculosis and malnutrition, complicated by alcoholism at 41
1966 Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 16 at U of Texas, shot by cops
1970 Frances Farmer, American actress (Son of Fury, Flowing Gold, Among the Living), dies from esophageal cancer at 56
1970 Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician (Nobel-1931), dies at 86
1971 John McDermott, American golfer (US Open, 1911-12), dies of heart failure at 79 [1]
1971 Paul Sawtell [Sawatzki], Polish-American film score composer (T-Men; The Fly; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), dies at 65
1973 Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer, pedagogue (Venice Liceo Musicale, 1932-52), and musicologist (Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi). s at 91

German politician (Head Of State, German Democratic Republic), dies at 80

1974 Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1898)
1975 Howard Joslin, American actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68

American spy captured by the USSR after his U-2 spy was shot plane in 1959, dies in a helicopter crash at 47

1980 Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)

1981 (Sidney) "Paddy" Chayefsky, American Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Marty; The Hospital; Network), novelist, and playwright, dies of cancer at 58
1981 Seppo Nummi, Finnish composer and music critic, dies at 49
1983 "Wild Bill" Moore, American R&B and jazz tenor saxophone player ("We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll": Marvin Gaye's "Mercy, Mercy Me"), dies at 65
1983 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
1985 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92
1985 Sam Wooding, American jazz pianist, and bandleader, one of the 1st to tour Europe (Chocolate Kiddies), dies at 90
1986 Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, dies at 70
1986 Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73
1987 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, dies of a stroke at 70
1987 Pola Negri [Apolonia Chalupec], Polish-American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Forbidden Paradise; Madame Bovary), and singer, dies of pneumonia and a brain tumor at 90
1988 Florence Eldridge [McKechnie], American Broadway stage and screen actress (Long Day's Journey Into Night; The Swan; Inherit The Wind), dies of a heart attack at 86
1988 John Dearden, American cardinal (1969-88) and archbishop of Detroit, dies at 80
1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52
1990 Lotta Hitschmanova, Canadian humanitarian (founder of the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada), dies at 80 [1]
1990 Norbert Elias, German-British sociologist and philosopher (Process of Civilization), dies at 93
1991 Stuart Wilson, English actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87
1992 Chico Alvarez, Canadian jazz trumpeter (Stan Kenton Orchestra), dies of cancer at 72
1992 Kenny Sacha, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer film), dies of AIDS at 39
1992 Margarita Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja), dies at 76
1992 Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
1993 Alfred Manessier, French painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81
1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered
1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
1993 Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72
1993 Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered
1994 George Dixon, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
1994 Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90
1995 Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies
1995 Robert L. "Bob" Talley, American jazz and blues pianist and composer, dies at 75
1996 Frida Boccara, French singer, dies at 55
1996 John Lanigan, Australian operatic tenor (Covent Garden), dies at 75
1996 Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and international aid worker (b. 1929)
1996 Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies
1996 Pierre Lucien Claverie, Algerian-French Bishop of Oran, murdered by Islamic extremists in Algeria at 58
1996 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1950 - isolation and discovery of cortisone ), dies at 99 [1]
1997 Ngiratkel Etpison, Palauan businessman politician (President of Palau, 1989-92), dies at 73
1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of a heart attack at 82
1998 Eva Bartok [Éva Márta Szőke], Hungarian-British actress (The Crimson Pirate; Ten Thousand Bedrooms), dies at 71 [birth date sources vary between 1926 and 1929]
1999 Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian-born writer (b. 1897)
2000 Hugh Hood, Canadian author (White Figure, White Ground), dies at 72
2001 Korey Stringer, American NFL football tackle, 1995-2000 (Minnesota Vikings), dies of complications from heat stroke at 27
2003 Guy Thys, Belgian longest-serving football coach (final UEFA European Championship 1980), dies at 80 [1]
2003 Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum), dies at 60
2003 Marie Trintignant, French actress (Le Cousin), dies from injuries after domestic violence assault by her boyfriend at 41
2004 Philip Abelson, American physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 91
2005 Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (New York Post; Saturday Evening Post), introduced The Beatles to Bob Dylan, dies of cancer at 77
2005 Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, dies at 85
2005 Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1982-2005), dies at 84
2005 WiBo, Dutch cartoonist, dies at 87
2006 Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (Frank and Ernest), dies at 81
2006 Iris Marion Young, American feminist and political scientist (b. 1949)
2006 Jason Rhoades, American installation artist know for his Perfect World installation, dies of heart failure at 41
2007 Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer, dies of lung cancer at 74
2008 Ashok Mankad, Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 6 x 50; Bombay), dies at 61
2008 Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)

2009 Naomi Sims, American supermodel and businesswoman who was the first black model on a US magazine cover, dies from cancer at 61
2010 Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby union halfback (1 cap; Wellington RFU), cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 7 dismissals) and international umpire (1 Test), dies at 99
2010 Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican nationalist, dies at 90
2010 Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, dies at 100
2012 Douglas Townsend, American composer, dies at 90
2012 Joan Bernard, British army officer in the Auxiliary Territorial Service and founding principal of Trevelyan College (1966-78), dies due to ill-health at 94
2013 Dick Kazmaier, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1951; Unanimous All-American 1951; Princeton), dies from heart and lung disease at 82
2014 Michael Johns, Australian singer, American Idol (season 7) finalist, dies at 35
2014 Rod de'Ath, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher, 1972-78), and record producer, dies at 64
2015 Anatoly Kremer, Russian composer and conductor (Eksperiment), dies at 82
2015 Cilla Black [Priscilla White], British pop singer ("Anyone Who Had a Heart"), and TV personality (Blind Date), dies at 72
2016 Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1978-2005), dies at 87
2016 Queen Anne of Romania [Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma], wife of Michael I King of Romania, dies at 92
2017 Goldy McJohn, [John Goadsby] Canadian rock organist (Steppenwolf - "Born To Be Wild"; "Magic Carpet Ride"), dies at 72
2019 Barry Hughart, American author of fantasy novels (Bridge of Birds), dies at 85
2019 Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (NWA, AWA, WWE; 9x world champion), dies of lung cancer at 76
2019 [Donn Alan] DA Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (Don't Look Back), dies at 94
2020 Rickey Dixon, American College Football Hall of Fame cornerback (Jim Thorpe Award 1987; Oklahoma Sooners; Cincinnati Bengals, LA Raiders), dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 53
2020 Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (2 x World Series of Poker C'ships; World Series of Poker Bracelets 1991, 94), dies of stroke complications at 75
2020 Stan Mellor, British National Hunt jockey and trainer (first jumps jockey to ride 1,000 winners; Champion Jockey 1960-62), dies at 83
2020 Vitold Kreyer, Russian athlete (Olympic bronze, triple jump 1956, 60) and coach (Soviet athletics team 1967–80; head Russian team 2000 Olympics), dies at 87
2020 Wilford Brimley, American character actor (Our House; Cocoon; Quaker Oats commercials), dies at 85 [1]
2021 David A. Gall, Canadian thoroughbred Hall of Fame jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1979, 81; first to ride 8 winners on single US race card), dies at 79
2021 Ian Thomson, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 9 wickets; Sussex CCC), dies at 92
2022 Hans Weilbächer, German soccer midfielder (1 cap West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V 241 games), dies at 88
2022 Jeannie Carson [Shufflebottom], British-born comedian, actress, singer and dancer (As Long as They're Happy; An Alligator Named Daisy), dies at 94
2022 John Hughes, Scottish soccer striker (8 caps; Celtic 255 games), dies from cancer at 79
2023 Sheila Oliver, American politician (Lt. Governor of New Jersey, 2018-23; Member of NJ State Assembly, 2004-18), dies at 71
2024 Bertrand Fourcade, French rugby union coach (Italy 1989-93, France Universities 1996-2000; Lourds RFC), dies at 81
2024 Craig Shakespeare, English soccer coach (WBA, Leicester CIty) and midfielder (Walsall 284 games), dies from cancer at 60
2024 Zdeněk Prokeš, Czech soccer defender (17 caps Czechoslovakia; Bohemians Praha 294 games), dies at 71
2025 Frank Grimes, Irish stage and screen actor (Strumpet City, Coronation Street), dies at 78
2025 Jeannie Seely, American country music singer ("Don't Touch Me"; “Can I Sleep In Your Arms?”), and songwriter, dies of an intestinal infection at 85 [1]
2025 Jonathan Kaplan, American film and TV director (Heart Like a Wheel; The Accused; Love Field; ER), dies of liver cancer at 77
2025 José Paes, Ecuadorian soccer defender (12 caps; Portuguesa, Barcelona SC), dies at 79
2025 Linda Hodes (née Margolies), American dancer and co-artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company (1979-91), dies of congestive heart failure at 94