Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 19 August today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for August 19
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on August 19
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 607 | Duke Ling of Jin, Chinese monarch |
| 0014 | Augustus, Roman emperor (b. 63 BC) |
| 780 | Credan, English abbot and saint |
| 947 | Abu Yazid, Kharijite rebel leader (b. 873) |
| 998 | Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher (b. 944) |
| 1072 | Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1037) |
| 1085 | Al-Juwayni, Muslim scholar and imam (b. 1028) |
| 1186 | Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) |
| 1245 | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) |
| 1284 | Alphonso, Earl of Chester (b. 1273) |
| 1297 | Louis of Toulouse, French bishop and saint (b. 1274) |
| 1457 | Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b. 1421) |
| 1470 | Richard Olivier de Longueil, French cardinal (b. 1406) |
| 1493 | Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415) |
| 1506 | King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b. 1461) |
| 1541 | Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469) |
| 1580 | Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508) |
| 1646 | Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583) |
| 1654 | Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579) |
| 1662 | Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623) |
| 1680 | Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601) |
| 1691 | Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637) |
| 1702 | Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645) |
| 1753 | Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687) |
| 1808 | Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721) |
| 1822 | Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749) |
| 1883 | Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810) |
| 1895 | John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853) |
| 1900 | Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833) |
| 1914 | Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844) |
| 1915 | Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867) |
| 1923 | Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845) |
| 1928 | Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838) |
| 1929 | Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872) |
| 1932 | Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861) |
| 1936 | Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898) |
| 1942 | Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901) |
| 1945 | Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875) |
| 1950 | Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871) |
| 1954 | Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881) |
| 1957 | David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890) |
| 1967 | Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884) |
| 1968 | George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904) |
| 1970 | Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909) |
| 1975 | Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937) |
| 1976 | Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900) |
| 1977 | Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914) |
| 1980 | Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889) |
| 1981 | Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907) |
| 1982 | August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908) |
| 1986 | Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906) |
| 1993 | Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929) |
| 1994 | Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) |
| 1995 | Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (b. 1910) |
| 2000 | Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948) |
| 2001 | Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933) |
| 2003 | Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926) |
| 2005 | Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1949) |
| 2008 | Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948) |
| 2009 | Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (b. 1922) |
| 2011 | Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (b. 1941) |
| 2012 | Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921) |
| 2013 | Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939) |
| 2015 | George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916) |
| 2016 | Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935) |
| 2017 | Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (b. 1932) |
| 2019 | Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (b. 1948) |
| 2021 | Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (b. 1939) |
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