Deaths on 9 August
2000s
Susan Wojcicki
2024
American business executive (1968–2024)
Robbie Robertson
2023
Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)
Pat Hitchcock
2021
British-American actress and producer (1928–2021)
Killer Kau
2021
South African rapper, dancer, and producer (1998–2021)
Zairaini Sarbini
2021
Malaysian freelance voice actress (1972–2021)
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
2016
British landowner, businessman, aristocrat and Territorial Army officer (1951–2016)
Frank Gifford
2015
American football player and television sportscaster (1930–2015)
John Henry Holland
2015
American researcher in genetic algorithms (1929–2015)
Walter López (footballer, born 1977)
2015
Honduran footballer
David Nobbs
2015
English comedy writer (1935–2015)
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
2015
Indian poet and activist (1915–2015)
Fikret Otyam
2015
Turkish journalist, writer and painter
J. F. Ade Ajayi
2014
Nigerian historian (1929–2014)
Andriy Bal
2014
Ukrainian footballer and coach
Arthur G. Cohen
2014
Businessperson
Ed Nelson
2014
American actor, AMPAs member; mayor (1928–2014)
Harry Elliott (baseball)
2013
American baseball player (1923–2013)
Eduardo Falú
2013
Musical artist
William Lynch Jr.
2013
American politician and political consultant (1941–2013)
Carl Davis (music producer)
2012
American record producer and music executive (1934–2012)
Gene F. Franklin
2012
Al Freeman Jr.
2012
American actor (1934–2012)
David Rakoff
2012
Canadian-American humorist and essayist (1964–2012)
Carmen Belén Richardson
2012
Puerto Rican actress (1930–2012)
Mel Stuart
2012
American film director and producer (1928–2012)
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
2010
American bassist and singer
Ted Stevens
2010
American politician (1923–2010)
Bernie Mac
2008
American comedian and actor (1957–2008)
Mahmoud Darwish
2008
Palestinian writer (1941–2008)
Joe O'Donnell (photojournalist)
2007
American journalist
Philip E. High
2006
Science fiction author
James Van Allen
2006
American space scientist
Judith Rossner
2005
American novelist
Robert Lecourt
2004
French politician (1908–2004)
Tony Mottola
2004
American jazz guitarist (1918–2004)
David Raksin
2004
American composer (1912–2004)
Jacques Deray
2003
French film director and screenwriter (1929–2003)
Ray Harford
2003
English footballer & manager
Gregory Hines
2003
American dancer, actor, and singer (1946–2003)
R. Sivagurunathan
2003
Paul Samson
2002
Musical artist
John Harsanyi
2000
Hungarian-American economist and philosopher (1920–2000)
Murder of Nicholas Markowitz
2000
Murder of an American teenager
1900s
Helen Rollason
1999
British television presenter (1956–1999)
Fouad Serageddin
1999
Egyptian politician (1910–2000)
Frank Whittle
1996
British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996)
Jerry Garcia
1995
American guitarist and singer (1942–1995)
Fereydoun Farrokhzad
1992
Iranian showman (1938–1992)
Joe Mercer
1990
English footballer and manager (1914–1990)
M. Carl Holman
1988
American poet (1919–1988)
Giacinto Scelsi
1988
Italian composer and poet (1905-1988)
Eoin McNamee (Irish republican)
1986
Irish republican
Clive Churchill
1985
Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Max Hoffman
1981
American businessman (1904–1981)
Jacqueline Cochran
1980
American aviator and businesswoman (1906–1980)
Ruby Hurley
1980
American civil rights activist (1909–1980)
Walter O'Malley
1979
American businessman (1903–1979)
Raymond Washington
1979
Founder of the Crips gang (1953–1979)
James Gould Cozzens
1978
American novelist
Dmitri Shostakovich
1975
Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975)
Bill Chase
1974
American jazz trumpeter (1934–1974)
Sıddık Sami Onar
1972
Turkish academic (1898–1972)
Jimmy Steele (Irish republican)
1970
Irish republican militant and editor
C. F. Powell
1969
British experimental physicist (1903–1969)
Joe Orton
1967
English playwright and author (1933–1967)
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
1963
Son of U.S. president John F. Kennedy
Hermann Hesse
1962
German writer (1877–1962)
Carl Clauberg
1957
German gynaecologist and Auschwitz experimenter
Edward Thorndike
1949
American psychologist (1874–1949)
Hugo Boss (businessman)
1948
German businessman (1885–1948)
Bert Vogler
1946
South African cricketer (1876–1946)
Robert Hampton Gray
1945
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Harry Hillman
1945
American athletics competitor
Chaïm Soutine
1943
French, Jewish Belarusian painter (1893–1943)
Edith Stein
1942
German nun and philosopher (1891–1942)
Richard Goss
1941
Irish Republican
John Charles Fields
1932
Canadian mathematician (1863–1932)
Samuel Griffith
1920
Australian judge and politician (1845–1920)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
1919
Italian composer (1857–1919)
Huo Yuanjia
1910
Chinese martial artist (1868–1910)
1800s
Samuel Ferguson
1886
Irish poet, barrister and antiquarian
Vincent Novello
1861
English musician and music publisher (1781–1861)
Johann August Apel
1816
German writer and jurist (1771–1816)
Before 1800
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
1744
British landowner and politician (1673–1744)
Simon Ockley
1720
William Noy
1634
English politician and jurist (1577–1634)
Michael the Brave
1601
16th-century ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania
Metrophanes III of Constantinople
1580
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1565 to 1572 and from 1579 to 1580
Thomas Cajetan
1534
15th/16th-century Italian philosopher and priest
Hieronymus Bosch
1516
Dutch painter (c. 1450–1516)
Pierre d'Ailly
1420
French theologian and astrologer (1351–1420)
Stephen of Anjou
1354
Duke of Transylvania, Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia
Eleanor of Anjou
1341
Queen consort of Sicily (1289–1341)
Hugh, Count of Brienne
1296
Count of Brienne and Lecce
Walter of Kirkham
1260
13th-century Bishop of Durham
William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
1211
Lord of Bramber (died 1211)
Najm al-Din Ayyub
1173
Kurdish mercenary and politician, father of Saladin
Emperor Horikawa
1107
Emperor of Japan from 1087 to 1107
Pope Damasus II
1048
Head of the Catholic Church in 1048
Al-Ma'mun
833
Abbasid Caliph from 813 to 833
Irene of Athens
803
Byzantine empress regnant from 797 to 802
Traianus (magister peditum)
378
Roman army officer (died 378)
Valens
378
Roman emperor from 364 to 378