39 notable people died on August 8, including Edgar Adrian, Sir Nevill F. Mott, Hormisdas.
21st Century
2 deaths
Antonio Gava
journalistlawyer
Italian politician (1930-2008)
Alfonso Calderón
poetwriter
Chilean poet and writer (1930–2009)
20th Century
16 deaths
Edgar Adrian
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932)
Sir Nevill F. Mott
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1977)
François-Alphonse Forel
anatomistlimnologist
Swiss scientist (1841-1912)
Edgar Dewdney
civil engineerland surveyor
Canadian politician (1835-1916)
Luigi Sturzo
Catholic priestphilosopher
Italian Catholic priest and politician (1871-1959)
Paavo Rintala
journalistwriter
Finnish theologian, writer and novelist (1930–1999)
Sándor Jemnitz
composerconductor
Hungarian composer and conductor (1890–1963)
Eddie Rosner
composerconductor
German musician (1910-1976)
Ragnvald Hvoslef
military officerpolitician
Norwegian politician (1872–1944)
Martha Louise Rayne
journalist
American journalist
Esther Paterson
painter
Australian artist (1892–1971)
Marino Auriti
sculptor
Artist
Philip Timms
photographer
Canadian photographer (1874–1973)
CM
Cameron Ross McIntosh
journalistpolitician
Canadian politician and centenarian
EC
Ernesto García Cabral
caricaturistfilm actor
Mexican caricaturist (1890-1968)
Steve Bellán
baseball playerbaseball umpire
Major League Baseball player (1849-1932)
19th Century
8 deaths
Linus Yale
businesspersoninventor
American manufacturer of locks (1797–1858)
Carl Peter Thunberg
botanical collectorbotanist
Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)
Ueda Akinari
linguistmerchant
Japanese writer (1734–1809)
Adolph Sutro
businesspersonmining engineer
American mayor (1830-1898)
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
botanistcivil engineer
General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
Custodio García Rovira
lawyerpainter
President of Colombia (1780-1816)
Jakob Baechtold
germanistliterary historian
Swiss literary scholar (1848-1897)
MS
Michael Stapleton
architect
Artist
18th Century
4 deaths
Kada no Azumamaro
Kokugaku scholarwaka poet
Poet
Francis Hutcheson
economistphilosopher
Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)
Julie Bondeli
salonnièrewriter
Swiss salon-holder and letter writer
Mårten Triewald
engineer
Merchant and technician, one of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
17th Century
3 deaths
Tarquinia Molza
composermusician
Italian singer and composer
Francisco de Rioja
Catholic priestchronicler
Spanish poet
Carel de Vogelaer
botanical illustratorpainter
Dutch still life painter (1653-1695)
13th Century
1 death
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
Catholic priestdiplomat
Roman Catholic archbishop and traveller (1182–1252)
12th Century
2 deaths
Vsevolod II of Kiev
monarch
Grand Prince of Kiev
Louis VI of France
monarch
King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137
11th Century
2 deaths
Judith of Schweinfurt
queen consort
Czech princess
Gundekar II of Eichstätt
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Bishop of Eichstatt
6th Century
1 death
Hormisdas
Catholic priestwriter
Bishop of Rome from 514 to 523
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