19 notable people died on August 7, including Kary B. Mullis, Rabindranath Tagore, Takatsukasa Mototada.
21st Century
4 deaths
Kary B. Mullis
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1993)
Mimi Rasinah
artist
Cirebon mask dancer maestro from Indonesia
IU
Ivo Urbančič
philosophertranslator
Slovenian philosopher
BS
Bruno Sundman
journalistpolitician
Finnish politician
20th Century
10 deaths
Rabindranath Tagore
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1913)
Enrique Gaviola
astronomerphysicist
Argentine physicist
Winétt de Rokha
poetwriter
Chilean writer (1892-1951)
Eugenie Schwarzwald
pedagoguephilosopher
Austrian educator and writer (1872-1940)
Sarah Purser
painterstained-glass artist
Irish artist (1848-1943)
David Popper
cellistcomposer
Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913)
Giorgi Kvinitadze
military officermilitary personnel
Georgian military commander (1874-1970)
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
painter
Canadian artist (1890-1956)
ES
Eliezer Steinman
children's writeressayist
Israeli writer (1892–1970)
LH
Ludu U Hla
folkloristjournalist
Burmese writer
19th Century
3 deaths
Edwin Augustus Stevens
businesspersonengineer
American engineer and inventor (1795-1868)
N. T. Orășanu
newspaper editorpoet
Romanian poet, writer and editor
Alfred Hennequin
librettistplaywright
Belgian dramatist (1842–1887)
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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