25 notable people died on August 1, including Otto Warburg, John Zápolya, Benedict I.
21st Century
2 deaths
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
monarchpolitician
King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005
Yu Ying-shih
historianphilosopher
American China historian (1930-2021)
20th Century
9 deaths
Otto Warburg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1931)
Gregers Gram
Amtmannminister
Norwegian jurist and politician (1846-1929)
Lesya Ukrainka
playwrightpoet
Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)
Otto Sutermeister
authorcollector of fairy tales
Swiss folklorist (1832-1901)
W. J. Lincoln
film directorfilm producer
Australian film director
Stanislav Vinaver
essayisthistorian
Serbian writer (1891–1955)
Leon Kruczkowski
playwrightpoet
Polish writer (1900-1962)
Marcel Caron
draftspersoninterior architect
Belgian artist (1890-1961)
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Julius von Blaas
artistgraphic artist
Austrian painter (1845-1922)
19th Century
1 death
John Walker
actorlexicographer
English philologist, lexicographer and actor (1732–1807)
18th Century
2 deaths
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
entrepreneurindustrialist
French inventor, younger of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers (1745–1799)
Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche
astronomertraveler
French astronomer
17th Century
2 deaths
Anders Spole
astronomermathematician
Swedish astronomer
Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn
artisanpainter
Dutch Golden Age painter (c.1601-1645)
16th Century
5 deaths
John Zápolya
monarchpolitician
King of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania
Francesco Maurolico
astronomerCatholic priest
Italian mathematician and astronomer (*1494 – †1575)
Valentin Bouché
engineerglass artist
Glass artisian (c.1490-1541)
Simon Grynaeus
authortheologian
German theologian (1493–1541)
Girolamo da Carpi
architectpainter
Italian painter (1501-1556)
15th Century
1 death
Sigismund Albicus
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Czech doctor
10th Century
1 death
Japanese writer
6th Century
1 death
Benedict I
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
4th Century BC
1 death
Isocrates
oratorwriter
Greek rhetorician and writer (436–338 BC)
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