24 notable people died on August 7, including Rabindranath Tagore, Kary B. Mullis, Takatsukasa Mototada.
21st Century
5 deaths
Kary B. Mullis
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1993)
Mimi Rasinah
artist
Cirebon mask dancer maestro from Indonesia
BS
Bruno Sundman
journalistpolitician
Finnish politician
IU
Ivo Urbančič
philosophertranslator
Slovenian philosopher
VB
Vincent Broderick
composerflautist
Irish musician
20th Century
13 deaths
Rabindranath Tagore
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1913)
Enrique Gaviola
astronomerphysicist
Argentine physicist
Eugenie Schwarzwald
pedagoguephilosopher
Austrian educator and writer (1872-1940)
Winétt de Rokha
poetwriter
Chilean writer (1892-1951)
Thorsten Jonsson
authorjournalist
Swedish translator and writer (1910-1950)
David Popper
cellistcomposer
Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913)
Sarah Purser
painterstained-glass artist
Irish artist (1848-1943)
Giorgi Kvinitadze
military officermilitary personnel
Georgian military commander (1874-1970)
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
painter
Canadian artist (1890-1956)
AS
Aimée Sommerfelt
children's writerwriter
Norwegian writer (1892-1975)
ES
Eliezer Steinman
children's writeressayist
Israeli writer (1892–1970)
LH
Ludu U Hla
folkloristjournalist
Burmese writer
SA
Samuel Ekpe Akpabot
academiccomposer
Nigerian composer, ethnomusicologist and author (1932–2000)
19th Century
4 deaths
Edwin Augustus Stevens
businesspersonengineer
American engineer and inventor (1795-1868)
Alfred Hennequin
librettistplaywright
Belgian dramatist (1842–1887)
N. T. Orășanu
newspaper editorpoet
Romanian poet, writer and editor
ML
Mátyás Laáb
Catholic priesttranslator
Croatian writer
17th Century
1 death
John Wilson
Christian ministerwriter
Puritan clergyman in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1667)
14th Century
1 death
Takatsukasa Mototada
politicianwaka poet
Court noble of the Kamakura period (1247-1313)
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