15 notable people died on August 9, including Cecil Powell, Sisowath of Cambodia, Louis III of France.
21st Century
4 deaths
Sergei Kovalev
biophysicisthuman rights defender
Russian politician (1930–2021)
Ivan I. Krasko
actorfilm actor
Soviet and Russian theater and film actor
Franca Valeri
film actorplaywright
Italian actress (1920-2020)
Mahmoud Farshchian
architectural designerart educator
Iranian artist
20th Century
4 deaths
Cecil Powell
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1950)
King of Cambodia from 1904 to 1927
Lance McCaskill
academicbotanical collector
New Zealand agricultural instructor, lecturer, conservationist, and writer (1900–1985)
Manuel Cepeda Vargas
journalistlawyer
Colombian politician, revolucionario Marxista (1930-1994)
19th Century
1 death
Anders Sparrman
botanical collectorbotanist
Swedish naturalist (1748-1820)
17th Century
2 deaths
Antonio Mira de Amescua
playwrightpoet
Spanish dramatist
Friedrich Spee
pedagoguepoet
Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis
16th Century
1 death
Andreas Angelus
chroniclerhistorian
Pastor, teacher, chronicler of the Mark Brandenburg (1561-1598)
11th Century
1 death
Almanzor
military commandermilitary personnel
Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman (c.938-1002)
9th Century
1 death
Louis III of France
monarch
King of France
7th Century
1 death
Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad
military leaderwali
Umayyad general and governor (died 686)
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