Cousin Sam: August 21 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths

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Births

VIP

Notable

1165 – Philip II Augustus, King of France 1179-1223 (d. 1223)

my 4th cousin 26x removed
1535 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (d. 1619)
1567 – Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (d. 1622)
1597 – Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (d. 1672)

1642 – Johann Friedrich Treiber, German historian and composer (d. 1719)
1643 – Afonso VI, mentally ill King of Portugal1656-1667 (d. 1683)

1660 – Hubert Gautier, French engineer (d. 1737)
1665 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1729)
1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician (d. 1734)
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire

1689 José Pradas Gallén, Spanish composer (d. 1757)

1721 Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet (d. 1789)

1725 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)

1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, German composer (d. 1802)
1754 – William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor (d. 1839)
created gas lighting

1754 – Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (d. 1833)
1765 – William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)

my 13th cousin 5x removed

1780 Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and linguist (Slovenian Grammar) (d. 1844)
1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (d. 1857)
1798 – Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (d. 1874)
1800 – Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
1801 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (d. 1876)

1806 Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish violinist and composer (d. 1860)

1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, American Brevet Major General (Union Army) (d. 1870)

1811 William Kelly, American inventor (pneumatic process of steelmaking) (d. 1888)

1813 – Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician (d. 1891)
1816 – Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (d. 1856)

1821 William Barksdale, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)
1823 – Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter, educator and astronomer (d. 1899)

1824 John Sanford Mason, American Brigadier General (Union Army) (d. 1897)

1825 Kate Loder, British composer and pianist (d. 1904)

1826 – Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist and educator (d. 1903)

1826 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist, born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1903)

1829 Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1907)

1840 – Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch missionary and bishop (d. 1900)

1843 – William Pepper [American physician] (d. 28 Jul 1898)

1852 – Benedetto Junck, Italian composer (d. 1903)

1858 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (d. 1889)
1862 – Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (d. 1911)
1869 – William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet (d. 1963)

1872 – Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (d. 1898)

1874 Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs 1918-27 (d. 1942)
1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo 1921-23 (d. 1956)
1878 – Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (d. 1963)

1879 Henry Ainley, English actor (As You Like It) (d. 1945)
1879 – Claude Grahame-White, English pilot (d. 1959)

1880 Johan H. Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter, leader of Order Service (OD) (d. 1942)

1882 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter (Lady in Blue), and sculptor (The Nymph) (d. 1916)

1884 – Chandler Egan, American golfer (d. 1936)
1885 – Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (d. 1939)
1886 – Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)
1887 – James Paul Moody, English 6th officer of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rician soldier (d. 2007)

1891 George "Bugs" Moran, American gangster n (d. 1957)
1892 – Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989)

1893 (Marie-Juliette) "Lili" Boulanger, French composer (d. 1918)

first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize)

1896 Blossom Rock [Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald], American actress (d. 1978)

Grandmamma-Addams Family

1896 Raymond Herreman, Belgian poet, journalist and writer (Jericho's Rose) (d. 1971)

1896 Roark Bradford, American writer and humorist (d. 1943)

(Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)

1900 Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Let's Go) (d. 1973)

1902 Renato Fasano, Italian composer (d. 1979)

1902 – Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (d. 1972)
1903 – Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1984)
1904 – William "Count" Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
(Count Basie Orchestra)

1905 Friz Freleng, American animator for Warner Bros cartoons (d. 1995)

(Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies)
1905 – Bipin Gupta, Indian actor (d. 1981)

1906 Joachim Homs, Spanish composer (d. 2003)

1906 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French advertising magnate (d. 1996)

Founder of Publicis Groupe

1907 Roy K. Marshall, American astronomer and TV scientist (Nature of Things)

1907 – P. Jeevanandham, Indian politician (d. 1963)

1908 David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi) (d. 1995)
1908 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author and illustrator (d. 2004)

1908 Tom Tully, American radio, stage, and screen actor (The Caine Mutiny; Shane), born in Durango, Colorado (d. 1982)

1909 C. Dillon Douglas, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) (d. 2003)

1909 John William Haussermann Jr., American composer (d. 1986)

1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)

1912 Bruce Trent [William Butters], British singer and actor (d. 1995)

(The Passing Show, Band Waggon)
1912 – Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)

1912 Man Singh II, Maharajah of Jaipur State, born in Rajuptana Agency (d. 1970)

1913 Diana Churchill, English actress (Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster) (d. 1994)

1913 Victor Rosow, Russian dramatist, born in Yaroslavl (d. 2004)

1914 Dallas Pratt, American collector (The American Museum in Britain) (d. 1994)

1914 – Doug Wright, English cricketer (d. 1998)
1915 – Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998)

1915 Joshua Hassan, first Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87) (d. 1997)
1916 – Bill Lee, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
1916 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)

1916 William John Raff Hooper, British cartoonist (Percy Prune) (d. 1996)
1917 – Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d.2008)
1918 – Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2004)
1920 – Christopher Robin Milne, English soldier and bookseller (d. 1996)

1920 Gerry Staley, American baseball pitcher (d. 2008)

(MLB All Star 1952-53, 60; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox)
1921 – Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (d. 2014)
1921 – Jaymala Shiledar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2013)
1922 – Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (d. 2015)
1923 – Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1923 – Mario Laserna Pinzón, French-Colombian educator and politician (d. 2013)

1923 Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), born in Bippus, Indiana (d. 2005)

1923 Arthur "Art" Janov, American psychologist and psychotherapist (d. 2017)

notable for creating primal therapy (The Primal Scream)

1923 Cliff Adams, British singer (The Stragazers; The Cliff Adams Singers) (d. 2001)

1924 – Jack Buck, American sportscaster (St. Louis Cardinals) (d. 2002)
1924 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
1924 – Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
1925 – Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (d. 1977)
1925 – Judy Grable, American wrestler (d. 2008)
1925 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)

1926 Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer (d. 2006)

1927 Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer (d. 2017)

1927 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader
16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1928 – Addison Farmer, American bassist (d. 1963)
1928 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player (The Jazztet) (d. 1999)
1928 – Bud McFadin, American football player (d. 2006)

1928 Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer (d. 2007)

1928 Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician (d. 1990)

founded the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)

1929 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1929 – X. J. Kennedy, American poet and author
1929 – Marie Severin, American illustrator

1929 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (d. 2017)

1930 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)

my 18th cousin
1930 – Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

1931 Gregg Smith, American choral conductor and composer (d. 2016)

1931 Nancy Hadley, American actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show)

1931 Pete Retzlaff, American NFL halfback, tight-end and general manager (d. 2020)

1932 – Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015)
1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1933 – Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
1933 – Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994)
1933 – Barry Norman, English author and critic

1934 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician (d. 2001)
13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1934 – Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (d. 2015)

1935 – Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)

1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
1936: François Pinault [French businessman]
1936 – Radish Tordia, Georgian painter

1936 Mart Crowley, American playwright (Boys in the Band)

1937 Donald Campbell Dewar, Scottish politician (d. 2000)

(1st minister of Scotland's first Parliament in almost 300yrs)
1937 – Donald Dewar, Scottish politician (d. 2000)
1st First Minister of Scotland
1937 – Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician
51st President of Ecuador
1937 – Robert Stone, American journalist and author (d. 2015)

1938 – Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
(The Regents)
1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
(The New Christy Minstrels and The First Edition)

1939 Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter (d. 2015)

("Runaround Sue"; "The Wanderer")
1939 – James Burton, American guitarist (TCB Band)
1939 – Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician
3rd President of Botswana
1939 – Harold Reid, American singer-songwriter
(The Statler Brothers)
1939 – Clarence Williams III, American actor

1940 Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, Argentinian rheumatologist
1940 – Dominick Harrod, English journalist (d. 2013)
1940 – Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist

1941 Jackie DeShannon [Sharon Lee Myers], American singer-songwriter

("What the World Needs Now Is Love"; "When You Walk In The Room")

1941 Tom Coster, American rock and jazz keyboard player (Santana)

1941 Howard Lew Lewis, English comedian and actor (d. 2018)

(Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes), born in London

1941 Tony Clarke, British rock musician and producer (Moody Blues) (d. 2010)

1943 Clydie Mae King, American session and touring vocalist (d. 2019)

(Ray Charles; Bob Dylan; Humble Pie; Lynyrd Skynrd)

1943 – Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer
1943 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1943 – Lucius Shepard, American author (d. 2014)
1943 – Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1944 – Perry Christie, Bahamian politician
3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas
1944 – Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

1945 – Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
1945 – Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
1945 – Patty McCormack, American actress and singer
1945 – Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (d. 2006)

1946 Lev Alburt, International Chess Master (1976) born in Russia
1947 – Sándor Erdős, Hungarian fencer
1947 – Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(The Buckinghams)

1947: Ben Shneiderman [American computer scientist]

1947 Mary Simon, Canadian diplomat and Inuit rights advocate

first indigenous Governor General of Canada

1948 Robert Hazard [Rimato], American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)

("Girls Just Want to Have Fun"; "Escalator of Life")
1949 – Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
1949 – Daniel Sivan, Israeli professor

1950 – Arthur Bremer, American attempted murderer
1950 – Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model

1951 – Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
1951 – Margo Kane, Canadian actress and playwright
1951 – Char Margolis, American psychic medium and Dutch TV star
1951 – Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
1951 – Harry Smith, American journalist

1951 Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist

(Finders Keepers, 1965-69; Trapeze, 1969-73, 1991-94: Deep Purple, 1973-76)
1952 – Keith Hart, Canadian wrestler
1952 – Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
(Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Country Communion)
1952 – Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician
6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1952 – Bernadette Porter, English nun and academic
1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2002)
(The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues)

1953 – Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director

1954 – Chip Coffey, American psychic medium
1954 – Archie Griffin, American football player
1954 – Bodil Niska, Norwegian saxophonist
1954 – Steve Smith, American drummer
(Journey, Montrose, Steps Ahead, The RD Crusaders, and Vital Information)

1954 Nick Kane, American rock guitarist

(The Mavericks, 1993-2000 - "Dance the Night Away")

1956 – Kim Cattrall, English-American actress and producer
1956 – Jon Tester, American farmer and politician

US Senator-D-Montana 2007-

1957 Budgie [Peter Edward Clarke], English rock drummer

(Siouxsie and the Banshees; The Creatures)
1957: John Howe [Canadian illustrator]
1957 – Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)

1957 Kim Sledge, American vocalist (Sister Sledge - "We Are Family")

1957 Mark Pender, American trumpet player (Miami Horns; Southside Johnny)
1958: Steve Case [American businessman]

1958 Ralph Marrero, American actor (d. 1991)

(Dawn of the Dead; The Babe; Johnny Suede)
1959 – Jim McMahon, American football player

1961 Danny Sheaffer, American MLB catcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1961 – Gerardo Barbero, Argentine chess grandmaster and coach (d. 2001)
1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1961 – David Morales, American DJ and producer
1961 – Peter Slaghuis, Dutch DJ and producer (d. 1991)
1962 – John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
1962 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (d. 2008)
1963 – Richmond Arquette, American actor
1963 – Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco 1999-present
1965 – Jim Bullinger, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
1965 – Caryn Mower, American wrestler, actress, and stuntwoman
1966: Ken Mehlman [American businessman, attorney, and politician]
61st Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 2005-2007
1966 – John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach

1967 Tuineau Alipate, NFL linebacker

1967 Michael Bendetti, American actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street)
1967 – Stéphane Charbonnier [Charb], French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)

editor of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
1967 – Serj Tankian, Lebanese-American musician
(System of a Down and Axis of Justice)

1968 Barbara Ann Moore, American actress, and ballroom dancer, born in Spokane, WA

Playboy playmate (Dec, 1992)
1968 – Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
1968 – Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
1968: John Timothy "Tim" Griffin [American attorney and politician]
16th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, R, 2015-present
U.S. Representative, R. AR, 2011-2015
1968 – Laura Trevelyan, English journalist

1969 Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball infielder
1970 – Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
1970 – Cathy Weseluck, Canadian voice actress
1970 – Simone Eriksrud, Norwegian singer (D'Sound)

1970 Steve Everitt, NFL center (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles)

1971 Shayne Edge, American NFL/WLAF punter

1971 – Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer
(The Prodigy)
1971 – Jaan Tiidemann, Estonian architect

1971 Matthew Noonan, American concert organist
1973 – Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman
co-founded Google
1973 – Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 Ismael Valdes, Mexican baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1974 – Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist

1974 Amy Fisher, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco

1974 Pietra Gay, WNBA guard/forward (Houston Comets)
1974 – Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player
1974 – Johnny Reid, Scottish-Canadian singer
1975 – Alicia Witt, American actress and singer
1976 – Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player
1976 – Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player
1976 – Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 – Nikos Vertis, Dutch-Greek singer
1978 – Bhumika Chawla, Indian actress
1978 – Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
1978 – Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
1978 – Jason Marquis, American baseball player
1978 – Fay Wolf, American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist
1978 – Annie Wu, Taiwanese actress
1979 – Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Milkshake")

1980 – Burney Lamar, American race car driver
1980 – Paul Menard, American race car driver

1981 Collie Buddz [Colin Patrick Harper], American reggae and dancehall artist
1981 – Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer
1981 – Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman
co-founded ConnectU
1981 – Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman
co-founded ConnectU

1981 Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball playe

1983 Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider
1983 – Chantelle Houghton, English model
1983 – Brody Jenner, American model and actor
1984 – Alizée Jacotey, French pop singer and dancer
1984 – Rachel Potter, American singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – Melissa Schuman, American actress
1984 – Barun Sobti, Indian actor
1984 – Eve Torres, American wrestler, model, and dancer
1984 – B. J. Upton, American baseball player
1985 – Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
1985: Laura Haddock [English actress]
1985 Jacob (Jake) Pitts, American heavy metal rock guitarist
1985 – Melissa M, French singer
1986 – Kiami Davael, American actress
1986 – Brooks Wheelan, American comedian and actor
1987 – Cody Kasch, American actor
1987 – Kim Kibum, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior)

1988 – Paris Bennett, American singer
1988 – Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988 – Louise Setara [Smith}, pop and soul English singer-songwriter
1988 – Whitney Sloan, English actress

1989 – Elarica Gallacher, English actress
1989 – Rob Knox, English actor (d. 2008)
1989 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer

1990 – Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor
1990 – Big Chocolate, American singer-songwriter, and producer
(Burning the Masses)

1991 – Demy, Greek singer
1991 – Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer

1992 – Brad Kavanagh, English singer-songwriter and actor
1992 – RJ Mitte, American actor
1992 – Song Seung-hyun, Korean singer, guitarist and actor
(F.T. Island)

1994 – Jacqueline Emerson, American actress and singer
(Devo 2.0)
1996 – Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress
1999 – Maxim Knight, American actor

Family

Coulee area

Other

Weddings

VIP

1745 Future Russian Tsar Peter III marries Ekaterina Alexeievna

later Catherine II (Catherine the Great)

Notable

1869 Business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt marries second wife and cousin

Frank Armstrong Crawford in London, Ontario

1929 Painter Diego Rivera (42) weds fellow artist Frida Kahlo (22)

1956 Boxing champ Archie Moore (42) weds model Joan Hardy in Ensenada, Mexico

1976 Magazine publisher Larry Flynt (33) weds Althea Leasure (23) (his fourth time)

1982 British 'U2' lead singer Bono (22) weds activist and businesswoman

Allison "Ali" Stewart (21) at All Saints Church, Raheny, Ireland

1993 British-American lyricist Bernie Taupin (43) weds Strephanie Haymes; divorce in 1998

2005 "Strictly Come Dancing" hostess Natasha Kaplinsky (32) weds investment banker

Justin Bower at St. Margaret's Church in Somerset, England

2010 Actor and director Stephen Moyer (41) weds actress Anna Paquin (28)

at a private estate in Malibu

Family

Coulee area

Other

Deaths

VIP

Notable

672 – Kōbun, Japanese emperor (b. 648)

1131 Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
1157 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile (b. 1105)

1190 Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war)

1245 Alexander van Hales, English scholar
1271 – Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)

1516 John III van Egmont, Viceroy of Holland, dies at 78

1581 Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)

1614 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (b. 1560)
1627 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557)

1629 Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher
1673 – Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)

1673 Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist

1673 John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54
1689 – William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)

1723 Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian historian and Monarch of Moldova (1710-11), dies at 49
1762 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author (b. 1689)
1763 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician (b. 1710)
Secretary of State for the Southern Department

1772 Alessandro Felici, Italian composer, dies at 29

1772 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, German composer, and priest dies at 48

1775 – Daher el-Omar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)

1785 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor, dies at 71
1796 – John McKinly, American physician and politician (b. 1721)
1st Governor of Delaware

1798 Corneille-François de Nélis, Flemish scholar and bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62

1812 Silverius Muller, Austrian composer, priest, and educator, dies at 67

1813 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, dies at 67

1814 – Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)

1824 John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70

1824 Santiago Ferrer, Spanish composer, dies at 62

1835 – John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist (b. 1773)
1836 – Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
1838 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
1853 – Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
1854 – Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

1856 Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, German composer, dies at 64

1864 John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 24

1870 – Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician (b. 1821)
Viceroy of Liangjiang

1876 Harry T. Hays, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 56

1888 Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70

1898 Niccolò van Westerhout, Italian composer, dies at 40

1905 Jules Oppert, French-German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80

1905 – Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
1910 – Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (b. 1835)

1921 Ernest Daudet, French journalist and writer (White Terror), dies at 84

1932 Frederick Corder, British composer (The Nabob's Pickle), dies at 80

1935 Josef Cyril Sychra, Czech composer, dies at 76

1937 George Wright, American Baseball HOF shortstop
1940 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (b. 1882)
1940 – Ernest Thayer, American poet (b. 1863)
1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian Marxist revolutionary and political theorist (b. 1879)

founded the Red Army, assassinated at 62 by an ice-pick wielding Ramón Merca
1940 Paul Juon, Russian-Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68

1940 Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist, member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 58

1942 Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WWII), dies
1943 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish author (b. 1857)
Nobel Prize 1917
1947 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman (b. 1881)
founded Bugatti

1949 Gerhard von Keussler, German composer, dies at 75
1951 – Leonard Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

1952 Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
1957 – Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
1957 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1957 – Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)

1958 Walter Schumann, American choral director and film and television composer, dies at 44
1960 – David Barnard Steinman, American engineer (b. 1886)
designed the Mackinac Bridge
1964 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage (b. 1893)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Italy (1926-34, 1938-64

Italian Minister of Justice

1968 Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45

1970 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, dies at 79

1971 – George Jackson, American activist, criminal, and author (b. 1941)
co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family gang

shot to death during attempted San Quentin, California prison escape
1974 – Buford Pusser, American sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee (b. 1937)

dies in a single vehicle car crash

1977 Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87

1977 Danny Lockin, American actor and dancer (Hello Dolly)

dies from bleeding to death after being stabbed 100 times

1978 – Charles Eames, American architect (b. 1907)
co-designed the Eames House

1981 Hermann Schey, German-Dutch classical bass-baritone singer, and teacher, dies at 85

1981 Eddie Byrne, British actor (Star Wars, Island of Terror), dies from a stroke at 70

1982 – Sobhuza II Paramount Chief and Ngwenyama of Swaziland (1899-1982) (b. 1899)
1983 – Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician, assassinated (b. 1932)

1987 Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies

1988 H. G. Adler, German writer (The Journey), dies at 78

1988 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (The Dawn) (b. 1963)

1988 – Ray Eames, American architect, designer, and filmmaker (b. 1912)
co-designed the Eames House
1989 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter and producer, dies of pancreatitis (b. 1945)

1991 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 101

1991 Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75

1991 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German-Swiss architect and writer (Mozart biographer), dies at 74

1992 Lucille Brown, American actress (Our Gang - "Farina"(the 1st one)), dies after illness at 74

1992 Theo van Tijn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65

1992 Dai Vernon [David Frederick Wingfield Verner], Canadian magician (b. 1894)

1992 Theodor Berger, Austrian composer. (Sinfonia Parabolica), dies at 87

1993 – Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano (b. 1938)

1994 Danitra Vance, American comedienne, dies of breast cancer at 40

1994 Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73

1995 Anatole Fistoulari, Ukrainian conductor, dies at 88

1995 Hilda Beatritz Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara, dies at 39

1995 James Truitte, American ballet dancer (Lester Horton; Alvin Ailley), dies at 72

1995 Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76

1995 Manfred Donike, German cyclist and chemist drug test pioneer, dies at 61

1995 Nanni Loy, Italian film director (The Four Days of Naples), dies at 69

1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (b. 1910)
Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician
Nobel Prize 1983

1996 Joyce Plesters, British conservation scientist, dies at 69

1996 Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82

1997 Misael Pastrana Borrero, President of Colombia (1970-74), dies

1997 – Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921)

1999 Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer, dies at 91

1999 Juan Carlos Zorzi, Argentinian composer, and conductor

dies of esophageal cancer at 63

2000 – Tomata du Plenty, American singer (b. 1948)
(The Screamers)
2000 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician
3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
2000 – Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer (b. 1928)
2001 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
2003 – Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)
2003 – Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1963)
(Wesley Willis Fiasco)

2004 Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer and Minister of Education, dies at 88
2005 – Martin Dillon, American tenor (b. 1957)

2005 Polly Hill, British economic anthropologist, dies at 91

(studied Cocoa-Farmers Of Southern Ghana)

2005 – Robert Moog, American businessman (b. 1934)
founded Moog Music
2005 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
2005 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)

2006 – Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian classical shehnai player (b. 1916)
2006 – Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)
2006 – S. Yizhar, Israeli author and politician (b. 1916)
2007 – Siobhan Dowd, English author (b. 1960)
2007 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918)

2007 Caroline Aigle, French fighter pilot, dies of cancer at 32

first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force aged 25

2008 – "Huckle" Jerry Finn, American sound engineer and record producer (b. 1969)

dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and heart attack at 39

2008 Buddy Harman, American country music drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), dies at 79

2009 Johnny Carter, American doo-wop singer (The Flamingos; The Dells), dies at 75

2009 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (b. 1930)
2009 – Dean Turner, Australian singer, bass player, and producer (b. 1972)
(Magic Dirt)
2010 – Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and singer (b. 1952)
2010 – Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941)
2012 – Georg Leber, German politician (b. 1920)
Federal Minister of Defence for Germany
2012 – Taketoshi Naito, Japanese actor (b. 1926)
2012 – J. Frank Raley, American politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
2012 – Guy Spitaels, Belgian politician (b. 1931)
7th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
2012 – William Thurston, American mathematician (b. 1946)

2013 – Jean Berkey, American politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (b. 1918)
2013 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)
2013 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1932)
Minister of Defence for Zimbabwe
2013 – Lew Wood, American journalist (b. 1929)
2014 – Raed al Atar, Palestinian militant (b. 1974)
2014 – Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (b. 1944)
2014 – Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925)
2014 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer (b. 1939)
2014 – Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 27 Oct 1946)
2014 – Jean Redpath, Scottish-American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2014 – Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1932)
9th Taoiseach of Ireland

2015 Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach (father of Chris Evert), dies at 91

2015 Anna Kashfi [Joan O'Callaghan], Welsh actress and 1st wife of Marlon Barando, dies at 80

2015 Bob Hepple, South African-born academic and Nelson Mandela's lawyer, dies at 81

2017 Thomas Meehan, American writer (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray), dies at 88

2017 Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), dies at 75

2018 George Andrie, American football defensive end, dies from dementia at 78

2018 Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (Lazytown), dies of cancer at 43

2018 Barbara Harris, American Tony Award-winning actress, dies at 83

2021 Floyd Reese, American football administrator and analyst, dies from cancer at 73

2021 (Isaac) Don Everly, American rock and roll singer-guitarist, dies at 84

(The Everly Brothers - "Bye, Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie")

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2016: James Kenneth "Jim" Killingsworth (b. 9 Mar 1949)

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Monday, April 25, 2022

August 21 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths

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