Deaths on 7 August
2000s
Myint Swe
2025
Acting President of Myanmar (2018; 2021–2025)
Jon McBride
2024
American astronaut (1943–2024)
William Friedkin
2023
American director and producer (1935–2023)
David McCullough
2022
American historian and author (1933–2022)
Markie Post
2021
American actress (1950–2021)
Trevor Moore (comedian)
2021
American comedian and actor (1980–2021)
Lê Khả Phiêu
2020
Vietnamese politician (1932–2020)
David Berman (musician)
2019
American musician, singer, and poet (1967–2019)
M. Karunanidhi
2018
Indian writer and politician (1924–2018)
Stan Mikita
2018
Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player (1940–2018)
Don Baylor
2017
American baseball player and manager (1949–2017)
David Maslanka
2017
American composer (1943–2017)
Bryan Clauson
2016
American racing driver (1989–2016)
Manuel Contreras
2015
Chilean general (1929–2015)
Frances Oldham Kelsey
2015
Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist (1914–2015)
Louise Suggs
2015
American golfer
Víctor Fayad
2014
Argentine politician (1955–2014)
Perry Moss
2014
American football player, coach, and executive (1926–2014)
Henry Stone
2014
American record company executive (1921–2014)
Samuel G. Armistead
2013
American linguist (1927–2013)
Almir Kayumov
2013
Russian footballer and referee
Tony Pawson (biochemist)
2013
British-born Canadian scientist
Margaret Pellegrini
2013
American actress, vaudeville performer and dancer (1923–2013)
Meeli Truu
2013
Estonian architect
Alexander Yagubkin
2013
Soviet boxer (1961–2013)
Murtuz Alasgarov
2012
Azerbaijani politician
Judith Crist
2012
American film critic and professor
Vladimir Kobzev
2012
Russian footballer (1959–2012)
Anna Piaggi
2012
Italian fashion writer (1931–2012)
Mayer Zald
2012
Dušan Zbavitel
2012
Czech indologist and translator (1925–2012)
Mark Hatfield
2011
Governor of Oregon and US senator (1922–2011)
Nancy Wake
2011
Courier and SOE operative (1912–2011)
John Nelder
2010
British statistician
Louis E. Saavedra
2009
American politician and educator
Mike Seeger
2009
American folk musician and folklorist (1933–2009)
Bernie Brillstein
2008
American producer and talent agent (1931–2008)
Andrea Pininfarina
2008
Italian engineer and manager
Ernesto Alonso
2007
Mexican film producer (1917–2007)
Angus Tait
2007
New Zealand businessman (1919–2007)
Mary Anderson Bain
2006
American politician (1911–2006)
Peter Jennings
2005
American news anchor (1938–2005)
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková
2005
Slovak painter (1909–2005)
Red Adair
2004
American oil well firefighter (1915–2004)
Colin Bibby
2004
British ornithologist and conservationist
K. D. Arulpragasam
2003
Mickey McDermott
2003
American baseball player and coach (1929–2003)
Algirdas Lauritėnas
2001
Lithuanian basketball player (1932–2001)
1900s
Brigid Brophy
1995
English author, literary critic and polemicist (1929–1995)
Larry Martyn
1994
British actor (1934–1994)
Mickey Leland
1989
American politician and activist (1944–1989)
Camille Chamoun
1987
President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958
Grayson Hall
1985
American actress (1922–1985)
Gunnar Uusi
1981
Estonian chess player
Eddie Calvert
1978
English trumpeter (1922–1978)
Rosario Castellanos
1974
Mexican poet and author (1925–1974)
Sylvio Mantha
1974
Canadian ice hockey player (1902–1974)
Jack Gregory (cricketer)
1973
Australian cricketer
Joi Lansing
1972
American actress (1929–1972)
Harold Haley
1970
American judge and murder victim (1904–1970)
Jonathan P. Jackson
1970
Black Panther Party member who attacked a California courtroom (1953–1970)
Jean Bastien
1969
French footballer (1915-1969)
Joseph Kosma
1969
Hungarian-French composer (1905–1969)
Giovanni Bracco
1968
Itanian racecar driver (1908–1968)
Ramon Vila Capdevila
1963
Catalan anarchist (1908–1963)
Luis Ángel Firpo
1960
Argentine boxer (1894–1960)
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
1958
American writer (1892–1958)
Oliver Hardy
1957
American actor (1892–1957)
Abner Powell
1953
American baseball player (1860–1953)
Charles Bryant (actor)
1948
British actor and film director (1879–1948)
Rabindranath Tagore
1941
Indian polymath (1861–1941)
Konstantin Stanislavski
1938
Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938)
Edwin Harris Dunning
1917
Royal Navy officer and aviator (1892-1917)
François-Alphonse Forel
1912
Swiss scientist (1841–1912)
Wilhelm Liebknecht
1900
German social democratic politician (1826–1900)
1800s
Jacob Maris
1899
Dutch painter (1837–1899)
Alfredo Catalani
1893
Italian operatic composer (1854–1893)
Li Xiucheng
1864
Head of military affairs in the Taiping Heavenly Dynasty (1850–1864)
Mariano Arista
1855
President of Mexico from 1851 to 1853
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1848
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
1834
French weaver, merchant, and inventor (1752–1834)
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
1817
French-American writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)
Before 1800
Francis Blackburne (priest)
1787
English Anglican churchman (1705-1787)
Jin Shengtan
1661
Chinese writer (died 1661)
Martin van den Hove
1639
Dutch astronomer and mathematician (1605-1639)
Friedrich Spee
1635
German Jesuit priest, professor and poet (1591–1635)
Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford
1632
British soldier
Vincenzo Scamozzi
1616
Italian architect (1548–1616)
Thomas Fleming (judge)
1613
English politician and lawyer
Saint Cajetan
1547
Italian Catholic priest (1480–1547)
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
1485
15th-century Scottish prince
Joan of Kent
1385
English noblewoman (c. 1328–1385)
Heinrich II von Rotteneck
1296
Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor)
1272
13th-century English clergyman and Chancellor of England
Hugh Foliot
1234
English bishop (c. 1155–1234)
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1106
Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105
Alfonso V of León
1028
King of León from 999 to 1028
AD 707
707
Calendar year
Majorian
461
Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461