Deaths on 19 August
2000s
Maria Branyas
2024
American-born Spanish supercentenarian (1907–2024)
Vašo Patejdl
2023
Slovak musician and composer (1954–2023)
Tekla Juniewicz
2022
Polish supercentenarian (1906–2022)
Sonny Chiba
2021
Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)
Lars Larsen
2019
Danish businessman (1948–2019)
Dick Gregory
2017
American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017)
Jack Riley (actor)
2016
American actor (1935–2016)
George Houser
2015
Activist for African-American civil rights and African independence (1916–2015)
Sanat Mehta
2015
Indian politician and social activist
Samih al-Qasim
2014
Palestinian Druze poet (1939–2014)
Simin Behbahani
2014
Persian poet (1927–2014)
James Foley (journalist)
2014
American journalist (1973–2014)
Candida Lycett Green
2014
British author (1942–2014)
Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
2013
Saudi royal (1923–2013)
Russell Doughten
2013
American filmmaker
Abdul Rahim Hatif
2013
Afghan politician
Donna Hightower
2013
American singer-songwriter (1926–2013)
Donal Henahan
2012
American journalist (1921–2012)
Ivar Iversen
2012
Norwegian canoeist
Tony Scott
2012
English film director and producer (1944–2012)
Edmund Skellings
2012
American poet
Raúl Ruiz (director)
2011
Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher (1941-2011)
Don Hewitt
2009
American television news producer (1922–2009)
Levy Mwanawasa
2008
3rd president of Zambia (1948–2008)
Mo Mowlam
2005
British politician (1949–2005)
Carlos Roberto Reina
2003
President of Honduras from 1994 to 1998
Sérgio Vieira de Mello
2003
Brazilian UN diplomat and humanitarian aid officer (1948–2003)
Donald Woods
2001
South African journalist and activist
Bineswar Brahma
2000
Indian politician
1900s
Pierre Schaeffer
1995
French musicologist (1910–1995)
Linus Pauling
1994
American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
Utpal Dutt
1993
Indian actor, director, playwright (1929–1993)
Hermione Baddeley
1986
English actress (1906–1986)
Viv Thicknesse
1986
Australia international rugby league player
August Neo
1982
Estonian wrestler (1908–1982)
Jessie Matthews
1981
English actress (1907–1981)
Otto Frank
1980
Father of Anne Frank (1889–1980)
Aleksander Kreek
1977
Estonian shot putter
Groucho Marx
1977
American comedian (1890–1977)
Alastair Sim
1976
Scottish actor (1900–1976)
Ken Wadsworth
1976
New Zealand cricketer
Mark Donohue
1975
American racing driver (1937–1975)
Paweł Jasienica
1970
Polish historian, journalist and soldier
George Gamow
1968
American theoretical physicist (1904–1968)
Hugo Gernsback
1967
American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967)
Isaac Deutscher
1967
Polish historian and Marxist (1907–1967)
David Bomberg
1957
British painter (1890–1957)
Alcide De Gasperi
1954
Italian politician and statesman (1881–1954)
Giovanni Giorgi
1950
Italian physicist and engineer (1871–1950)
Tomás Burgos
1945
Chilean philanthropist
Henry Wood
1944
English conductor (1869–1944)
Harald Kaarmann
1942
Estonian footballer (1901–1942)
Heinrich Rauchinger
1942
Austrian painter (1858–1942)
Federico García Lorca
1936
Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)
Louis Anquetin
1932
French painter (1861–1932)
Sergei Diaghilev
1929
Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
Stefanos Skouloudis
1928
Greek banker, politician and diplomat (1838–1928)
Vilfredo Pareto
1923
Italian polymath (1848–1923)
Tevfik Fikret
1915
Ottoman educator and poet (1867–1915)
Franz Xavier Wernz
1914
Jean-Baptiste Accolay
1900
Violinist, conductor and composer
1800s
John Wesley Hardin
1895
Figure from the American Old West
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
1889
French symbolist writer
Jeremiah S. Black
1883
American judge (1810–1883)
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
1822
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1822)
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman
1808
Swedish Navy officer, shipwright and scientist (1721–1808)
Before 1800
Balthasar Neumann
1753
German architect (1687-1753)
Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent
1702
English peer
Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
1691
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1689 to 1691
John Eudes
1680
French Catholic priest (1601–1680)
Blaise Pascal
1662
French polymath (1623–1662)
Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller
1654
Bohemian Talmudist (1579–1654)
Alexander Henderson (theologian)
1646
Scottish theologian
Andrea Palladio
1580
Venetian architect (1508–1580)
Vincenzo Cappello
1541
Former Venetian naval admiral
Alexander Jagiellon
1506
Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492–1506) and King of Poland (1501–1506)
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
1493
Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 to 1493
Richard Olivier de Longueil
1470
French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Andrea del Castagno
1457
Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1419–1457)
Louis of Toulouse
1297
French Catholic bishop and saint (1274–1297)
Alphonso, Earl of Chester
1284
Heir apparent to Edward I of England (1273–1284)
Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence
1245
Count of Provence and Forcalquier
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
1186
Duke of Brittany from 1181 to 1186
Al-Juwayni
1085
Muslim scholar and theologian (1028–1085)
Hawise, Duchess of Brittany
1072
Duchess of Brittany from 1066 to 1072
Fujiwara no Sukemasa
998
Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher
Abu Yazid
947
Kharijite Berber leader (c. 873–947)
Credan
780
8th-century abbot of Evesham Abbey and saint
AD 14
14
Calendar year
Duke Ling of Jin
-607
Ruler of the state of Jin