Deaths on 16 August
2000s
Howard S. Becker
2023
American sociologist (1928–2023)
Sean Lock
2021
English comedian and actor (1963–2021)
Peter Fonda
2019
American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)
Richard Williams (animator)
2019
Canadian and British animator (1933–2019)
Aretha Franklin
2018
American singer (1942–2018)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2018
Prime Minister of India (1996; 1998–99, 1999–2004)
Wakako Yamauchi
2018
Japanese American playwright and writer (1924–2018)
João Havelange
2016
Brazilian businessman, athlete and football administrator (1916–2016)
John McLaughlin (host)
2016
American journalist and political commentator (1927–2016)
Jacob Bekenstein
2015
Mexican-Israeli physicist (1947–2015)
Anna Kashfi
2015
British actress (1934–2015)
Shuja Khanzada
2015
Pakistani officer and politician (1943–2015)
Mile Mrkšić
2015
Croatian Serb war criminal (1947–2015)
Patrick Aziza
2014
Nigerian politician and general
Vsevolod Nestayko
2014
Ukrainian children's writer (1930–2014)
Mario Oriani-Ambrosini
2014
Italian lawyer and politician
Peter Scholl-Latour
2014
German journalist and author
David Rees (mathematician)
2013
Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco
2012
Moroccan royal
Martine Franck
2012
Belgian photographer (1938–2012)
Abune Paulos
2012
Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1992 to 2012
William Windom (actor)
2012
American actor (1923–2012)
Mihri Belli
2011
Turkish socialist revolutionary
Dimitrios Ioannidis
2010
Greek military dictator (1923–2010)
Dorival Caymmi
2008
Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter
Ronnie Drew
2008
Irish singer & musician (1934–2008)
Masanobu Fukuoka
2008
Japanese farmer and philosopher (1913–2008)
Bahaedin Adab
2007
Iranian politician, engineer
Alfredo Stroessner
2006
Dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989
Vassar Clements
2005
American jazz, swing, and bluegrass Fiddler (1928–2005)
Tonino Delli Colli
2005
Italian cinematographer
William Corlett
2005
English author (1938–2005)
Brother Roger
2005
Swiss monk (1915–2005)
Ivan Hlinka
2004
Czech ice hockey player and coach (1950–2004)
Balanadarajah Iyer
2004
Carl Mydans
2004
American photographer
Robert Quiroga
2004
American boxer (1969-2004)
Idi Amin
2003
President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
Abu Nidal
2002
Palestinian militant (1937–2002)
Jeff Corey
2002
American actor, director, and teacher (1914–2002)
John Roseboro
2002
American baseball player (1933–2002)
1900s
Phil Leeds
1998
American actor (1916–1998)
Dorothy West
1998
American novelist (1907–1998)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1997
Pakistani singer, songwriter and music director (1948–1997)
Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri
1997
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
Stewart Granger
1993
British actor (1913–1993)
Mark Heard
1992
American folk rock singer and songwriter (1951–1992)
Luigi Zampa
1991
Italian film director (1905–1991)
Pat O'Connor (wrestler)
1990
New Zealand professional and amateur wrestler
Amanda Blake
1989
American actress (1929–1989)
Ronnie Aird
1986
English cricketer and administrator
Jaime Sáenz
1986
Bolivian writer, dramaturge, and professor (1921–1986)
Duško Radović
1984
Serbian writer (1922–1984)
Earl Averill
1983
American baseball player (1902–1983)
John Diefenbaker
1979
Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963
Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
1978
Dutch politician (1888–1978)
Elvis Presley
1977
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Selman Waksman
1973
American biochemist and microbiologist (1888–1973)
Pierre Brasseur
1972
French actor (1905–1972)
Spyros Skouras
1971
American film executive (1893–1971)
Joan Eardley
1963
British artist (1921–1963)
Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar)
1961
Urdu linguist and scholar (1870–1961)
William Halsey Jr.
1959
United States Navy admiral (1882–1959)
Wanda Landowska
1959
Polish harpsichordist and pianist (1879–1959)
Jacob M. Lomakin
1958
Soviet journalist, diplomat, and economist (1904–1958)
Irving Langmuir
1957
American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)
Bela Lugosi
1956
Hungarian actor (1882–1956)
Lydia Field Emmet
1952
American artist (1866–1952)
Margaret Mitchell
1949
American novelist and journalist (1900–1949)
Babe Ruth
1948
American baseball player (1895–1948)
Takijirō Ōnishi
1945
Imperial Japanese Navy admiral (1891–1945)
Andrej Hlinka
1938
Slovak priest and politician (1864–1938)
Robert Johnson
1938
American blues musician and songwriter (1911–1938)
Peter I of Serbia
1921
Last king of Serbia (r. 1903–18); first king of Yugoslavia (r. 1918–21)
Henry Daglish
1920
Australian politician (1866–1920)
George Scott (footballer, born 1885)
1916
English footballer (1885–1916)
Carl Theodor Schulz
1914
Norwegian gardener
Francis Moran (cardinal)
1911
Catholic cardinal (1830–1911)
Prentiss Ingraham
1904
American novelist
Eça de Queiroz
1900
Portuguese realist writer (1845–1900)
1800s
Robert Bunsen
1899
German chemist (1811–1899)
Jean-Martin Charcot
1893
French neurologist (1825–1893)
John Stith Pemberton
1888
American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831–1888)
Webster Paulson
1887
English civil engineer (1837–1887)
Ramakrishna
1886
Indian mystic (1836–1886)
Richard Upjohn
1878
English-American architect (1802–1878)
Ranavalona I
1861
Queen regnant of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861
Henry Colburn
1855
British publisher (1784–1855)
Marc-Antoine Parseval
1836
French mathematician (1755–1836)
Before 1800
Charles François de Broglie, Marquis of Ruffec
1791
French soldier and diplomat (1719–1781)
Matthew Tindal
1733
English deist author
Jacob Bernoulli
1705
Swiss mathematician (1655–1705)
Andrew Marvell
1678
English poet and politician (1621–1678)
Thomas Fuller
1661
English churchman and historian (1608–1661)
John, Elector of Saxony
1532
Elector of Saxony from 1525 to 1532
Loyset Compère
1518
Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer
Beatrice of Silva
1492
Christian saint
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu
1443
Military ruler of Japan from 1442 to 1443
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
1419
King of Bohemia (1378–1419) and Germany (1376–1400)
Albert II, Duke of Austria
1358
Duke of Austria and Styria
Azzone Visconti
1339
Milanese nobleman
Saint Roch
1327
Christian saint
John II of Trebizond
1297
Emperor and Autocrat of all the East, of the Iberians and of Perateia
Philip I, Count of Savoy
1285
Count of Savoy
Theodore II Laskaris
1258
Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258
Hōjō Masako
1225
Japanese female samurai and politician
Bernard de Tremelay
1153
Fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
George I of Georgia
1027
King of Georgia from 1014 to 1027
Marianos Argyros
963
Byzantine aristocrat (died 963)
Theutbald I (bishop of Langres)
856
AD 79
79
Calendar year