Famous Deaths on August 24, Who Died on August 24
Here is a list who died on August 24. Famous deaths for the 24th of August. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on August 24. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1042 | Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015) |
| 1103 | Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073) |
| 1217 | Eustace the Monk, French pirate (b. 1170) |
| 1313 | Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1275) |
| 1372 | Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348) |
| 1497 | Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania (b. 1435) |
| 1507 | Cecily of York, English princess (b. 1469) |
| 1540 | Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503) |
| 1542 | Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal (b. 1483) |
| 1572 | Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519) |
| 1595 | Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546) |
| 1617 | Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586) |
| 1647 | Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586) |
| 1679 | Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (b. 1614) |
| 1680 | Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618) |
| 1683 | John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616) |
| 1759 | Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715) |
| 1770 | Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752) |
| 1779 | Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714) |
| 1798 | Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709) |
| 1804 | Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760) |
| 1818 | James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) |
| 1821 | John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795) |
| 1832 | Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796) |
| 1838 | Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790) |
| 1841 | Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788) |
| 1888 | Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822) |
| 1895 | Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855) |
| 1923 | Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856) |
| 1930 | Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860) |
| 1932 | Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861) |
| 1939 | Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874) |
| 1940 | Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860) |
| 1943 | Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886) |
| 1946 | James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862) |
| 1954 | Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882) |
| 1956 | Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898) |
| 1958 | Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876) |
| 1967 | Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882) |
| 1974 | Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894) |
| 1978 | Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910) |
| 1979 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912) |
| 1980 | Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927) |
| 1982 | Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896) |
| 1983 | Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913) |
| 1985 | Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906) |
| 1987 | Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936) |
| 1990 | Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941) |
| 1991 | Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904) |
| 1992 | André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918) |
| 1997 | Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (b. 1907) |
| 1998 | E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910) |
| 1999 | Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916) |
| 2000 | Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964) |
| 2001 | Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924) |
| 2002 | Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909) |
| 2003 | Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910) |
| 2004 | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926) |
| 2006 | Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926) |
| 2007 | Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937) |
| 2010 | Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963) |
| 2011 | Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962) |
| 2012 | Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965) |
| 2013 | Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938) |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934) |
| 2016 | Walter Scheel, German politician, 4th President of Germany (b. 1919) |
| 2017 | Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948) |
| 2020 | Gail Sheehy, American author, journalist, and lecturer (b. 1936) |
| 2021 | Charlie Watts, English musician (b. 1941) |
| 691 | Fu Youyi, official of the Tang Dynasty |
| 842 | Saga, Japanese emperor (b. 786) |
| 895 | Guthred, king of Northumbria |
| 927 | Doulu Ge, chancellor of Later Tang |
| 942 | Liu, empress dowager of Later Jin |
| 948 | Zhang Ye, Chinese general and chancellor |
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