40 notable people died on August 1, including Otto Warburg, John Zápolya, Isocrates.
21st Century
7 deaths
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
monarchpolitician
King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005
Yu Ying-shih
historianphilosopher
American China historian (1930-2021)
AS
Abel Salinas
engineerpolitician
Peruvian politician (1930–2012)
Umbayee
composer
Indian folk musician
MK
Maeve Kelly
poetwriter
Irish writer
OM
Olga Miller
elderhistorian
Australian historian, artist, author and Aboriginal elder (1920-2003)
Eric Tindill
cricketercricket umpire
New Zealand sportsman (1910-2010)
20th Century
15 deaths
Otto Warburg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1931)
Gregers Gram
Amtmannminister
Norwegian jurist and politician (1846-1929)
Katherine Whyte Grant
translatorwriter
Scottish writer and translator
W. J. Lincoln
film directorfilm producer
Australian film director
Lesya Ukrainka
playwrightpoet
Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)
Stanislav Vinaver
essayisthistorian
Serbian writer (1891–1955)
David Christie Murray
journalistwriter
English journalist and writer (1847-1907)
Otto Sutermeister
authorcollector of fairy tales
Swiss folklorist (1832-1901)
Leon Kruczkowski
playwrightpoet
Polish writer (1900-1962)
Marcel Caron
draftspersoninterior architect
Belgian artist (1890-1961)
Julius von Blaas
artistgraphic artist
Austrian painter (1845-1922)
AS
Anton Schlossar
ethnographerfolklorist
Librarian and writer (1849–1942)
Jesekiel David Kirszenbaum
painter
Jewish painter (1900-1954)
KP
Karim Pirnia
academicarchitect
Iranian architect
CS
Charles Shaw
journalistscreenwriter
Australian writer and journalist (1900-1955)
19th Century
2 deaths
John Walker
actorlexicographer
English philologist, lexicographer and actor (1732–1807)
Kuniyasu
artistgraphic artist
Japanese artist (1794-1832)
18th Century
2 deaths
Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche
astronomertraveler
French astronomer
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
entrepreneurindustrialist
French inventor, younger of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers (1745–1799)
17th Century
4 deaths
Anders Spole
astronomermathematician
Swedish astronomer
Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn
artisanpainter
Dutch Golden Age painter (c.1601-1645)
Antonio Raggi
sculptor
Italian artist (1624–1686)
AC
Adam de Colone
painter
Dutch painter in Scotland (1572-1651)
16th Century
6 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)
OM
Olaus Magnus
anthropologistcartographer
Swedish writer
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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