History Deaths on August 09

William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)

#William_Noy

Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)

#Johann_August_Apel

Eleanor of Anjou, queen consort of Sicily (b. 1289)

#Eleanor_of_Anjou

Hugh, Count of Brienne, French crusader

#Hugh,_Count_of_Brienne

Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958)

#Andriy_Bal

Gregory Hines, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)

#Gregory_Hines

James Van Allen, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)

#James_Van_Allen

David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (b. 1964)

#David_Rakoff

Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)

#Frank_Whittle

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, exiled Anglo-Norman baron (b. 1144/53)

#William_de_Braose,_4th_Lord_of_Bramber

Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)

#Carl_Clauberg

Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)

#Max_Hoffman

Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)

#Edward_Thorndike

Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)

#Vincent_Novello

Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)

#Raymond_Washington

Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)

#Ted_Stevens

Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

#Hermann_Hesse

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)

#Ruggero_Leoncavallo

Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet (b. 1905)

#Giacinto_Scelsi

Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957)

#Bernie_Mac

Michael the Brave, Romanian prince (b. 1558)

#Michael_the_Brave

Ed Nelson, American actor (b. 1928)

#Ed_Nelson

Hieronymus Bosch, Early Netherlandish painter (b. circa 1450)

#Hieronymus_Bosch

Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)

#Jacqueline_Cochran

Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1930)

#Frank_Gifford

Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian journalist and politician (b. 1910)

#Fouad_Serageddin

Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)

#Huo_Yuanjia

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen. (b. 1951)

#Gerald_Grosvenor,_6th_Duke_of_Westminster

Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470)

#Thomas_Cajetan

Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908)

#Robert_Lecourt

Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906)

#Dmitri_Shostakovich

Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)

#Fereydoun_Farrokhzad

Pierre d'Ailly, French theologian and cardinal (b. 1351)

#Pierre_d'Ailly

Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)

#Harry_Hillman

Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (b. 786)

#Al-Ma'mun

Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)

#Samuel_Ferguson

James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903)

#James_Gould_Cozzens

Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)

#Clive_Churchill

Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

#Jerry_Garcia

Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)

#Samuel_Griffith

Sharon Tate, American model and actress (b. 1943)

#Sharon_Tate

Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)

#Edith_Stein

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)

#James_Brydges,_1st_Duke_of_Chandos

John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)

#John_Charles_Fields

Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

#Robert_Hampton_Gray

Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian author and poet (b. 1941)

#Mahmoud_Darwish

Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (b. 1923)

#Eduardo_Falú

Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)

#Bert_Vogler

Valens, Roman emperor (b. 328)

#Valens

Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician

#Najm_ad-Din_Ayyub

C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

#C._F._Powell

Gene F. Franklin, American engineer, theorist, and academic (b. 1927)

#Gene_F._Franklin

Irene of Athens (b. 752)

#Irene_of_Athens

Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (b. 1926)

Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1915)

David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (b. 1935)

Walter Nahún López, Honduran footballer (b. 1977)

John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1929)

Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (b. 1930)

J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929)

William Lynch, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)

Harry Elliott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)

Mel Stuart, American director and producer (b. 1928)

Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1930)

Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (b. 1934)

Carl Davis, American record producer (b. 1934)

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (b. 1926)

Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (b. 1922)

Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914)

Judith Rossner, American author (b. 1935)

David Raksin, American composer and educator (b. 1912)

Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (b. 1918)

R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist, and academic (b. 1931)

Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)

Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953)

Nicholas Markowitz, American murder victim (b. 1984)

John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)

Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)

Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)

Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)

S?dd?k Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer and academic (b. 1897)

Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)

Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933)

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)

Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)

Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)

Metrophanes III of Constantinople (b. 1520)

Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, Hungarian prince (b. 1332)

Walter of Kirkham, Bishop of Durham

Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)

Pope Damasus II

Traianus, Roman general