Deaths on 1 August
2000s
Joyce Brabner
2024
American writer and editor (1952–2024)
Abdalqadir as-Sufi
2021
Scottish Islamic scholar (1930–2021)
Jerry Ziesmer
2021
American film director (1939–2021)
Wilford Brimley
2020
American actor (1934–2020)
Rickey Dixon
2020
American football player (1966–2020)
Rodney H. Pardey
2020
American poker player (1945–2020)
Anne of Romania
2016
Titular queen consort of Romania
Stephan Beckenbauer
2015
German footballer (1968–2015)
Cilla Black
2015
English singer and media personality (1943–2015)
Bernard d'Espagnat
2015
French physicist, philosopher and author
Bob Frankford
2015
Canadian politician (1939–2015)
Hong Yuanshuo
2015
Chinese footballer and manager
Valyantsin Byalkevich
2014
Belarusian footballer (1973–2014)
Jan Roar Leikvoll
2014
Charles T. Payne
2014
American World War II soldier (1925–2014)
Mike Smith (broadcaster)
2014
English presenter and racing driver (1955–2014)
John Amis
2013
British writer
Gail Kobe
2013
American actress and producer (1932–2013)
Babe Martin
2013
American baseball player (1920–2013)
Toby Saks
2013
Musical artist
Wilford White
2013
American football player (1928–2013)
Aldo Maldera
2012
Italian footballer (1953-2012)
Douglas Townsend
2012
American classical composer
Barry Trapnell
2012
English academic, school headmaster and a gifted amateur sportsman
Lolita Lebrón
2010
Puerto Rican nationalist (1919–2010)
Eric Tindill
2010
New Zealand sportsman (1910–2010)
Corazon Aquino
2009
President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992
Gertan Klauber
2008
Czech-born British actor (1932–2008)
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
2008
Indian Communist politician (1916-2008)
Tommy Makem
2007
Irish folk musician (1932-2007)
Bob Thaves
2006
American cartoonist (1924–2006)
Iris Marion Young
2006
American philosopher (1949–2006)
Al Aronowitz
2005
American rock journalist (1928–2005)
Wim Boost
2005
Dutch cartoonist (1918–2005)
Constant Nieuwenhuys
2005
Dutch painter
Fahd of Saudi Arabia
2005
King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005
Philip Abelson
2004
American physicist and scientific editor (1913–2004)
Guy Thys
2003
Belgian footballer and manager
Marie Trintignant
2003
French actress (1962–2003)
Korey Stringer
2001
American football player (1974–2001)
1900s
Eva Bartok
1998
Hungarian-British actress (1927–1998)
Tadeusz Reichstein
1996
Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996)
Lucille Teasdale-Corti
1996
Canadian doctor
Norbert Elias
1990
German British sociologist
John Ogdon
1989
English pianist and composer (1937–1989)
T. Thirunavukarasu
1982
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament
Paddy Chayefsky
1981
American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923–1981)
Kevin Lynch (hunger striker)
1981
Irish Republican (1956–1981)
Patrick Depailler
1980
French racing driver (1944–1980)
Strother Martin
1980
American actor (1919–1980)
Francis Gary Powers
1977
American pilot (1929–1977)
Ildebrando Antoniutti
1974
Italian cardinal (1898–1974)
Gian Francesco Malipiero
1973
Italian composer (1882–1973)
Walter Ulbricht
1973
Leader of East Germany from 1950 to 1971
Frances Farmer
1970
American actress (1913–1970)
Doris Fleeson
1970
American journalist and columnist (1901–1970)
Otto Heinrich Warburg
1970
German physiologist and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
Richard Kuhn
1967
Austrian-German biochemist (1900–1967)
Charles Whitman
1966
American mass murderer (1941–1966)
Theodore Roethke
1963
Pulitzer Prize winning American poet (1908–1963)
Jean Behra
1959
French racing driver (1921–1959)
Rose Fyleman
1957
English writer and poet
Manuel L. Quezon
1944
President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944
Lydia Litvyak
1943
Soviet flying ace (1921–1943)
Edmund C. Tarbell
1938
American painter (1862–1938)
Syd Gregory
1929
Australian cricketer (1870-1929)
Donát Bánki
1922
T. J. Ryan
1921
Australian politician
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1920
Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)
John Riley Banister
1918
Edwin Austin Abbey
1911
American painter (1852–1911)
Samuel A. Davenport
1911
American politician
Henrik Sjöberg
1905
Swedish sportsman
Calamity Jane
1903
American frontierswoman (1852–1903)
1800s
Richard Dry
1869
Australian politician
Peter Julian Eymard
1869
French priest
John Ross (Cherokee chief)
1866
1st principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
Jind Kaur
1863
Maharani of the Sikh Empire
William Joseph Behr
1851
German publicist and writer (1775–1851)
Yakov Kulnev
1812
Russian military leader
Lady Diana Beauclerk
1808
English noblewoman and artist (1734-1808)
John Boorman (cricketer)
1807
English cricketer
John Walker (lexicographer)
1807
Before 1800
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
1798
French Navy officer (1753–1798)
Emanuel Granberg
1797
Finnish painter (1754–1797)
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet
1796
British Army officer
Clas Bjerkander
1795
Swedish scientist (1735–1795)
Alphonsus Liguori
1787
Italian Catholic bishop (1696–1787)
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
1714
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714
Matthew Browne
1603
Jacques Clément
1589
French conspirator and assassin (1567–1589)
Albrecht Giese
1580
Danzig politician (1524–1580)
Olaus Magnus
1557
Swedish writer, cartographer, and prelate (1490–1557)
Peter Faber
1546
Jesuit priest and evangelist (1506–1546)
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
1543
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Simon Grynaeus
1541
German theologian
Giovanni Santi
1494
Italian painter and poet (c. 1435–1494)
Cosimo de' Medici
1464
Lord of Florence from 1434 to 1464
Lorenzo Valla
1457
Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407 – 1457)
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
1402
English prince and nobleman (1341–1402)
Conrad of Lichtenberg
1299
13th-century bishop of Strasbourg
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
1252
Italian diplomat and archbishop (c. 1185 – 1252)
Shimazu Tadahisa
1227
Founder of the Shimazu samurai clan
Vsevolod II of Kiev
1146
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1139 to 1146
Louis VI of France
1137
King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137
Adhemar of Le Puy
1098
11th-century French bishop and crusader
Æthelwold of Winchester
984
Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984
Shulü Ping
953
Liao dynasty empress dowager (879–953)
Ali ibn Isa ibn al-Jarrah
946
10th-century official of the Abbasid Caliphate
Xu Xinyue
946
Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia
873
9th century Thuringian ruler
Justin I
527
Roman emperor from 518 to 527
Eusebius of Vercelli
371
Bishop and saint (c. 283–371)
Mark Antony
-30
Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)