Famous Deaths on August 22, Who Died on August 22
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1155 | Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139) |
| 1241 | Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143) |
| 1280 | Pope Nicholas III (b. 1225) |
| 1304 | John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247) |
| 1338 | William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312) |
| 1350 | Philip VI of France (b. 1293) |
| 1358 | Isabella of France (b. 1295) |
| 1425 | Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (b. 1423) |
| 1456 | Vladislav II of Wallachia |
| 1485 | Richard III of England (b. 1452) |
| 1532 | William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450) |
| 1545 | Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484) |
| 1553 | John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504) |
| 1572 | Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528) |
| 1584 | Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530) |
| 1599 | Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553) |
| 1607 | Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572) |
| 1652 | Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583) |
| 1664 | Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610) |
| 1680 | John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613) |
| 1681 | Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602) |
| 1701 | John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628) |
| 1711 | Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644) |
| 1752 | William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667) |
| 1773 | George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709) |
| 1793 | Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713) |
| 1797 | Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724) |
| 1806 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732) |
| 1818 | Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732) |
| 1828 | Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758) |
| 1850 | Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802) |
| 1861 | Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831) |
| 1888 | Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817) |
| 1891 | Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834) |
| 1903 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830) |
| 1904 | Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850) |
| 1909 | Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846) |
| 1914 | Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859) |
| 1918 | Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868) |
| 1920 | Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860) |
| 1922 | Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890) |
| 1926 | Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834) |
| 1933 | Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858) |
| 1940 | Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851) |
| 1942 | Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880) |
| 1946 | Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883) |
| 1950 | Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888) |
| 1951 | Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884) |
| 1953 | Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916) |
| 1958 | Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
| 1960 | Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897) |
| 1963 | William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877) |
| 1967 | Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903) |
| 1970 | Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895) |
| 1974 | Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908) |
| 1976 | Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913) |
| 1977 | Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918) |
| 1978 | Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894) |
| 1979 | James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904) |
| 1980 | James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899) |
| 1981 | Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910) |
| 1985 | Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920) |
| 1986 | Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883) |
| 1987 | Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909) |
| 1989 | Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933) |
| 1991 | Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924) |
| 1994 | Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
| 1995 | Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919) |
| 1996 | Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904) |
| 2000 | Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938) |
| 2003 | Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914) |
| 2004 | Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960) |
| 2005 | Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929) |
| 2007 | Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (b. 1922) |
| 2008 | Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899) |
| 2009 | Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (b. 1908) |
| 2010 | Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923) |
| 2011 | Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) |
| 2012 | Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925) |
| 2013 | Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921) |
| 2014 | U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) |
| 2015 | Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922) |
| 2016 | S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (b. 1948) |
| 2018 | Ed King, American musician (b. 1949) |
| 2021 | Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941) |
| 408 | Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359) |
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