Deaths on 21 August
2000s
Nell McCafferty
2024
Irish journalist and playwright (1944–2024)
Bill Pascrell
2024
American politician (1937–2024)
John Amos
2024
American actor (1939–2024)
Celso Piña
2019
Mexican musician and producer (1953–2019)
Stefán Karl Stefánsson
2018
Icelandic actor and singer (1975–2018)
Bajram Rexhepi
2017
Prime Minister of Kosovo (1954–2017)
Colin Beyer
2015
New Zealand lawyer
Wang Dongxing
2015
Chinese general and politician (1916–2015)
Jimmy Evert
2015
American tennis player and coach
Gerry Anderson (broadcaster)
2014
Northern Irish broadcaster
Helen Bamber
2014
British psychotherapist and human rights activist (1925–2014)
Steven R. Nagel
2014
American test pilot, astronaut and engineer (1946–2014)
Jean Redpath
2014
Scottish folk singer (1937–2014)
Albert Reynolds
2014
Taoiseach from 1992 to 1994
Jean Berkey
2013
Former Washington state senator
Sid Bernstein (impresario)
2013
American music producer and promoter
C. Gordon Fullerton
2013
American astronaut (1936–2013)
Fred Martin (footballer, born 1929)
2013
Scottish footballer
Enos Nkala
2013
Zimbabwean politician (1932-2013)
Georg Leber
2012
German politician (1920–2012)
J. Frank Raley Jr.
2012
American politician
Don Raleigh
2012
Ice hockey player
Guy Spitaels
2012
Belgian politician (1931–2012)
William Thurston
2012
American mathematician (1946–2012)
Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill
2010
Argentine author and businessman (1941-2010)
Rex Shelley
2009
Singaporean author (1930–2009)
Jerry Finn
2008
American record producer (1969–2008)
Frank Bowe
2007
American professor and disability rights activist
Siobhan Dowd
2007
English writer and activist (1960–2007)
Elizabeth P. Hoisington
2007
20th-century United States Armed Forces officer
Bismillah Khan
2006
Indian musician (1916–2006)
Paul Fentener van Vlissingen
2006
Dutch businessman and writer (1941–2006)
Martin Dillon (musician)
2005
American musician and professor
Robert Moog
2005
American electronic music pioneer (1934–2005)
Dahlia Ravikovitch
2005
Israeli poet, translator and peace activist
Marcus Schmuck
2005
20th-century Austrian mountaineer
Sachidananda Routray
2004
Writer from Odisha, India
John Coplans
2003
British artist, art writer, curator, and museum director
Kathy Wilkes
2003
English philosopher and academic
Calum MacKay (ice hockey)
2001
Canadian ice hockey player
Tomata du Plenty
2000
American singer and painter
Daniel Lisulo
2000
Zambian politician (1930–2000)
Andrzej Zawada
2000
Polish mountaineer (1928–2000)
1900s
Mary Two-Axe Earley
1996
Canadian Mohawk and Oneida women's rights activist
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1995
Indian-American physicist (1910–1995)
Chuck Stevenson
1995
American racing driver (1919–1995)
Tatiana Troyanos
1993
American mezzo-soprano (1938–1993)
Raul Seixas
1989
Brazilian singer-songwriter and music producer (1945-1989)
Teddy Diaz
1988
Musical artist
Charles and Ray Eames
1988
American married couple of industrial designers
Ninoy Aquino
1983
Filipino politician (1932–1983)
Kaka Kalelkar
1981
Indian independence activist and social reformer (1885–1981)
Giuseppe Meazza
1979
Italian footballer (1910–1979)
Charles and Ray Eames
1978
American married couple of industrial designers
Buford Pusser
1974
American sheriff (1937–1974)
Kirpal Singh
1974
Indian guru (1894–1974)
George Jackson (activist)
1971
American author and activist (1941–1971)
Germaine Guèvremont
1968
Canadian writer (1893–1968)
Palmiro Togliatti
1964
Leader of the Italian Communist Party (1893–1964)
David B. Steinman
1960
American civil engineer
Mait Metsanurk
1957
Estonian writer (1879–1957)
Nels Stewart
1957
Canadian ice hockey player (1899–1957)
Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)
1957
Norwegian oceanographer (1888–1957)
Constant Lambert
1951
British composer, conductor, and author (1905–1951)
Ettore Bugatti
1947
Italian-born French automobile designer and manufacturer (1881–1947)
Henrik Pontoppidan
1943
Danish writer, Nobel Laureate
Hermann Obrecht
1940
Swiss politician (1882-1940)
Ernest Thayer
1940
American writer and poet (1863–1940)
Leon Trotsky
1940
Soviet politician and revolutionary (1879–1940)
John Hartley (tennis)
1935
English clergyman and tennis player
Laurence Doherty
1919
English tennis player
Mahboob Ali Khan
1911
Nizam of Hyderabad from 1869 to 1911
Bertalan Székely
1910
Hungarian painter (1835–1910)
Alexander von Oettingen
1905
Baltic German theologian (1827–1905)
1800s
James Farnell
1888
Australian politician (1825–1888)
Ma Xinyi
1870
Hui Muslim official and military general
Juan Álvarez
1867
President of Mexico in 1855
Thomas Clayton
1854
American politician (1777–1854)
Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon
1853
French general during the Napoleonic Wars
Adelbert von Chamisso
1838
German poet and botanist (1781–1838)
Claude-Louis Navier
1836
French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)
John MacCulloch
1835
Scottish geologist (1773–1835)
Benjamin Thompson
1814
British military officer, scientist and inventor
Before 1800
John McKinly
1796
American physician and politician
Daher al-Umar
1775
Arab ruler of northern Palestine (1689/90–1775)
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
1763
British statesman
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1762
English writer and poet (1689–1762)
William Cleland (poet)
1689
Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford
1673
English nobleman and military leader
Jacques Mauduit
1627
French composer
Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana
1622
Spanish poet (1582–1622)
Elizabeth Báthory
1614
Hungarian countess and alleged serial killer (1560–1614)
Jean Parisot de Valette
1568
16th-century French nobleman and military leader
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
1534
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1464–1534)
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers
1271
13th-century French nobleman
Alexander of Hales
1245
English theologian and philosopher (c.1185–1245)
Alfonso VII of León and Castile
1157
King of León, Castile, and Galicia from 1126 to 1157
William II, Count of Nevers
1148
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
1131
King of Jerusalem from 1118 to 1131
Tang Daoxi
913
Alberic I of Utrecht
784
Emperor Kōbun
672
Emperor of Japan in 672