Famous Deaths on August 9, Who Died on August 9
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1048 | Pope Damasus II |
| 1107 | Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) |
| 1173 | Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician |
| 1211 | William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, exiled Anglo-Norman baron (b. 1144/53) |
| 1260 | Walter of Kirkham, Bishop of Durham |
| 1296 | Hugh, Count of Brienne, French crusader |
| 1341 | Eleanor of Anjou, queen consort of Sicily (b. 1289) |
| 1354 | Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, Hungarian prince (b. 1332) |
| 1516 | Hieronymus Bosch, Early Netherlandish painter (b. circa 1450) |
| 1534 | Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470) |
| 1580 | Metrophanes III of Constantinople (b. 1520) |
| 1601 | Michael the Brave, Romanian prince (b. 1558) |
| 1634 | William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577) |
| 1720 | Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678) |
| 1744 | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673) |
| 1816 | Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771) |
| 1861 | Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781) |
| 1886 | Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810) |
| 1910 | Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868) |
| 1919 | Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857) |
| 1920 | Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845) |
| 1932 | John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863) |
| 1941 | Richard Goss, Executed Irish Republican (b. 1915) |
| 1942 | Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891) |
| 1943 | Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893) |
| 1945 | Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917) |
| 1946 | Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876) |
| 1948 | Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885) |
| 1949 | Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874) |
| 1957 | Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898) |
| 1962 | Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) |
| 1963 | Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963) |
| 1967 | Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933) |
| 1969 | Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936) |
| 1972 | Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer and academic (b. 1897) |
| 1974 | Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934) |
| 1975 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906) |
| 1978 | James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903) |
| 1979 | Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953) |
| 1980 | Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906) |
| 1981 | Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904) |
| 1985 | Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927) |
| 1988 | M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919) |
| 1990 | Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914) |
| 1992 | Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938) |
| 1995 | Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942) |
| 1996 | Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907) |
| 1999 | Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (b. 1956) |
| 2000 | John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) |
| 2002 | Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953) |
| 2003 | Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2004 | Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908) |
| 2005 | Judith Rossner, American author (b. 1935) |
| 2006 | Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914) |
| 2008 | Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957) |
| 2010 | Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (b. 1926) |
| 2012 | Carl Davis, American record producer (b. 1934) |
| 2013 | Harry Elliott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1930) |
| 2016 | Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen (b. 1951) |
| 2021 | Pat Hitchcock, English actress and producer (b. 1928) |
| 378 | Traianus, Roman general |
| 803 | Irene of Athens, Byzantine ruler (b. 752) |
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