25 notable people died on August 8, including Edgar Adrian, Sir Nevill F. Mott, Hormisdas.
21st Century
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Alfonso Calderón
poetwriter
Chilean poet and writer (1930–2009)
Antonio Gava
journalistlawyer
Italian politician (1930-2008)
20th Century
7 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)
Edgar Dewdney
civil engineerland surveyor
Canadian politician (1835-1916)
François-Alphonse Forel
anatomistlimnologist
Swiss scientist (1841-1912)
Luigi Sturzo
Catholic priestphilosopher
Italian Catholic priest and politician (1871-1959)
Paavo Rintala
journalistwriter
Finnish theologian, writer and novelist (1930–1999)
Eddie Rosner
composerconductor
German musician (1910-1976)
19th Century
4 deaths
Carl Peter Thunberg
botanical collectorbotanist
Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)
Linus Yale
businesspersoninventor
American manufacturer of locks (1797–1858)
Ueda Akinari
linguistmerchant
Japanese writer (1734–1809)
Custodio García Rovira
lawyerpainter
President of Colombia (1780-1816)
18th Century
3 deaths
Francis Hutcheson
economistphilosopher
Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)
Kada no Azumamaro
Kokugaku scholarwaka poet
Poet
Julie Bondeli
salonnièrewriter
Swiss salon-holder and letter writer
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
Louis VI of France
monarch
King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137
Vsevolod II of Kiev
monarch
Grand Prince of Kiev
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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