Famous Deaths on August 16, Who Died on August 16
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 0079 | Empress Ma, Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40) |
| 1027 | George I of Georgia (b. 998) |
| 1153 | Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
| 1225 | Hōjō Masako, Japanese regent and onna-bugeisha (b. 1156) |
| 1258 | Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222) |
| 1285 | Philip I, Count of Savoy (b. 1207) |
| 1297 | John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) |
| 1327 | Roch, French saint (b. 1295) |
| 1339 | Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302) |
| 1358 | Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298) |
| 1419 | Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (b. 1361) |
| 1443 | Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1434) |
| 1492 | Beatrice of Silva, Dominican nun |
| 1518 | Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445) |
| 1532 | John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) |
| 1661 | Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608) |
| 1678 | Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621) |
| 1705 | Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654) |
| 1733 | Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657) |
| 1791 | Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) |
| 1836 | Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755) |
| 1855 | Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785) |
| 1861 | Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778) |
| 1878 | Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802) |
| 1886 | Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836) |
| 1887 | Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837) |
| 1888 | John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831) |
| 1893 | Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825) |
| 1899 | Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811) |
| 1900 | José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845) |
| 1904 | Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843) |
| 1911 | Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830) |
| 1914 | Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835) |
| 1916 | George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885) |
| 1920 | Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866) |
| 1921 | Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844) |
| 1938 | Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864) |
| 1945 | Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891) |
| 1948 | Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895) |
| 1949 | Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900) |
| 1952 | Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866) |
| 1956 | Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882) |
| 1957 | Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
| 1958 | Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet Consul General in New York City, journalist and economist (b. 1904) |
| 1959 | William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882) |
| 1961 | Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870) |
| 1971 | Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893) |
| 1972 | Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 1973 | Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1977 | Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935) |
| 1978 | Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888) |
| 1979 | John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) |
| 1983 | Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902) |
| 1986 | Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902) |
| 1989 | Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929) |
| 1991 | Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 1992 | Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951) |
| 1993 | Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1997 | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (b. 1948) |
| 1998 | Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916) |
| 2002 | Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937) |
| 2003 | Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928) |
| 2004 | Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950) |
| 2005 | Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928) |
| 2006 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912) |
| 2007 | Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945) |
| 2008 | Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914) |
| 2010 | Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923) |
| 2011 | Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916) |
| 2012 | Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954) |
| 2013 | David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918) |
| 2014 | Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947) |
| 2015 | Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 2016 | João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916) |
| 2018 | Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) |
| 2019 | Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940) |
| 856 | Theutbald I, bishop of Langres |
| 963 | Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (b. 944) |
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