Deaths on 10 August
2000s
Anas Al-Sharif
2025
Palestinian journalist (1996–2025)
Rachael Lillis
2024
American voice actress (1969–2024)
Peggy Moffitt
2024
American model and actress (1937–2024)
Vesa-Matti Loiri
2022
Finnish actor and musician (1945–2022)
Tony Esposito
2021
Canadian-American ice hockey player (1943–2021)
Jeffrey Epstein
2019
American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)
Ruth Pfau
2017
German-Pakistani physician and nun
Buddy Baker
2015
American racing driver (1941–2015)
Endre Czeizel
2015
Hungarian physician, geneticist and professor (1935–2015)
Knut Osnes
2015
Norwegian footballer and coach (1922-2015)
Eriek Verpale
2015
Belgian writer
Jim Command
2014
American baseball player (1928-2014)
Dotty Lynch
2014
Kathleen Ollerenshaw
2014
English mathematician
Bob Wiesler
2014
American baseball player (1930-2014)
William P. Clark Jr.
2013
American judge and public servant (1931–2013)
Jonathan Dawson
2013
Australian academic and filmmaker (1941–2013)
Eydie Gormé
2013
American pop singer (1928–2013)
David C. Jones
2013
9th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jody Payne
2013
American singer-songwriter
Amy Wallace
2013
American writer (1955–2013)
Philippe Bugalski
2012
French rally driver (1963–2012)
Ioan Dicezare
2012
Irving Fein
2012
American film producer
William W. Momyer
2012
United States Air Force general (1916–2012)
Carlo Rambaldi
2012
Italian special effects artist (1925–2012)
Billy Grammer
2011
American country music singer-songwriter (1925–2011)
Markus Liebherr
2010
German-born Swiss businessman
Adam Stansfield
2010
English footballer (1978–2010)
David L. Wolper
2010
American television and film producer (1928–2010)
Isaac Hayes
2008
American musician and actor (1942–2008)
Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler
2007
Tuskegee Airman (1925–2007)
James E. Faust
2007
American Latter-day Saint religious leader
Jean Rédélé
2007
French racing driver (1922–2007)
Tony Wilson
2007
British record producer, record label owner and television presenter (1950–2007)
Michael Houser
2002
Musical artist
Kristen Nygaard
2002
Norwegian computer scientist and mathematician
Lou Boudreau
2001
American baseball player and manager (1917–2001)
Gilbert Parkhouse
2000
Welsh cricketer & rugby union footballer (1925–2000)
1900s
Jennifer Paterson
1999
British chef (1928–1999)
Baldev Upadhyaya
1999
Indian literature scholar (1899–1999)
Jean-Claude Lauzon
1997
Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter
Conlon Nancarrow
1997
American-Mexican composer
Euronymous
1993
Norwegian black metal musician (1968–1993)
Lưu Trọng Lư
1991
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
1987
Greek poet, lawyer and politician
Nate Barragar
1985
American football player (1907–1985)
Anderson Bigode Herzer
1982
Brazilian transgender writer (1962–1982)
Yahya Khan
1980
President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971
Dick Foran
1979
American actor (1910–1979)
Walther Gerlach
1979
German physicist (1889–1979)
Bert Oldfield
1976
Australian cricketer (1894–1976)
János Kodolányi
1969
Hungarian writer
Estes Kefauver
1963
American politician (1903–1963)
Ernst Wetter
1963
Swiss politician
Julia Peterkin
1961
American novelist
Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Abdul Hamid II)
1960
Ottoman princess, daughter of Abdul Hamid II (1887–1960)
Frank Demaree
1958
American baseball player (1910–1958)
Robert Adair (actor)
1954
British actor (1900–1954)
Homer Burton Adkins
1949
American chemist (1892–1949)
Kan'ichi Asakawa
1948
Japanese historian (1873–1948)
Andrew Brown (soccer)
1948
Scottish-American soccer executive (1870–1948)
Montague Summers
1948
English writer (1880–1948)
Robert H. Goddard
1945
American physicist and inventor (1882–1945)
Alf Morgans
1933
Australian politician
Rin Tin Tin
1932
German Shepherd actor (1918–1932)
Pierre Fatou
1929
French mathematician (1878–1929)
Aletta Jacobs
1929
Dutch physician and feminist (1854–1929)
Reginald Dunne
1922
IRA member (1898–1922)
Joseph O'Sullivan
1922
Irish assassin (1897–1922)
Ádám Politzer
1920
Hungarian and Austrian physician
Erich Loewenhardt
1918
German World War I flying ace
John J. Loud
1916
American inventor (1844–1916)
Henry Moseley
1915
English physicist (1887–1915)
Johannes Linnankoski
1913
Finnish author and playwright (1869–1913)
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
1904
Prime Minister of France from 1899 to 1902
1800s
Otto Lilienthal
1896
German aviation pioneer (1848–1896)
John Boyle O'Reilly
1890
Irish poet, journalist, author and activist (1844–1890)
Arthur Böttcher
1889
Baltic German scientist
Karl Andree
1875
German geographer (1808–1875)
Hon'inbō Shūsaku
1862
Japanese professional Go player (1829–1862)
Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet
1839
British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons
Michael Haydn
1806
Austrian composer (1737–1806)
Franz Aepinus
1802
German mathematician (1724–1802)
Before 1800
Ignaz Anton von Indermauer
1796
Austrian aristocrat and statesman
Allan Ramsay (artist)
1784
Scottish painter (1713–1784)
Ferdinand VI
1759
King of Spain from 1746 to 1759
Guillaume Dubois
1723
French cardinal and statesman (1656–1723)
Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond
1660
Scottish duke
Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquess of Bedmar
1655
Spanish cleric and diplomat
Maarten Tromp
1653
Dutch admiral (1598–1653)
Francis III, Duke of Brittany
1536
Dauphin of France
Ippolito de' Medici
1535
Italian Catholic cardinal (1511–1535)
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon
1410
Duke of Bourbon (c. 1337–1410)
John of La Verna
1322
Italian friar (1259–1322)
Felim McHugh O'Connor
1316
King of Connacht
Tekuder
1284
Sultan of the Persian-based Ilkhanate (1246-1284) (r. 1282-1284)
Eric IV of Denmark
1250
King of Denmark and the Wends
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
1241
Claimant to English and Breton succession (died 1241)
Conrad, Duke of Lorraine
955
Franconian noble (c. 922–955)
Al-Wathiq
847
Abbasid caliph from 842 to 847
Eanbald (died 796)
796
Archbishop of York from 780 to 796
Fastrada
794
Queen of the Franks from 784 to 794
Saint Lawrence
258
Early Christian deacon of Rome and martyr