History Deaths on August 16

Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)

#Andrej_Hlinka

John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)

#John_Diefenbaker

Mile Mrkši?, Serb general (b. 1947)

#Mile_Mrkši?

Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)

#Idi_Amin

Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)

#Ranavalona_I

Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)

#Richard_Upjohn

Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)

#Carl_Theodor_Schulz

Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)

#Jean-Martin_Charcot

John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)

#John_Roseboro

José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)

#José_Maria_de_Eça_de_Queirós

Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)

#Stewart_Granger

Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)

#Thomas_Fuller

Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)

#Dorival_Caymmi

Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)

#Abdul_Haq_(Urdu_scholar)

Anna Kashfi, British actress (b. 1934)

#Anna_Kashfi

Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)

#Vassar_Clements

Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)

#Abune_Paulos

Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)

#Spyros_Skouras

Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)

#Lydia_Field_Emmet

Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)

#Alidius_Tjarda_van_Starkenborgh_Stachouwer

Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

#Selman_Waksman

Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)

#Henry_Daglish

Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)

#Jacob_Bekenstein

Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)

#Albert_II,_Duke_of_Austria

Peter Fonda , American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b.1940)

#Peter_Fonda

Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)

#Elvis_Presley

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1434)

#Ashikaga_Yoshikatsu

Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)

#Masanobu_Fukuoka

Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)

#Pat_O'Connor_(wrestler)

Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)

#Bahaedin_Adab

Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)

#Andrew_Marvell

George I of Georgia (b. 998)

#George_I_of_Georgia

John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)

#John,_Elector_of_Saxony

Philip I, Count of Savoy (b. 1207)

#Philip_I,_Count_of_Savoy

Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)

#Peter_Scholl-Latour

Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)

#Earl_Averill

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)

#Charles-François_de_Broglie,_marquis_de_Ruffec

Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)

#Wanda_Landowska

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)

#Ramakrishna

Beatrice of Silva, Dominican nun

#Beatrice_of_Silva

Takijir? ?nishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)

#Takijir?_?nishi

Duško Radovi?, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)

#Duško_Radovi?

Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)

#Mark_Heard

John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)

#John_II_of_Trebizond

Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)

#Luigi_Zampa

Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)

#Bela_Lugosi

Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

#Irving_Langmuir

João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916)

#João_Havelange

Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)

#Webster_Paulson

Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)

#Pierre_Brasseur

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (b. 1361)

#Wenceslaus_IV_of_Bohemia

Roch, French saint (b. 1295)

#Saint_Roch

Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)

#Margaret_Mitchell

Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445)

#Loyset_Compère

William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)

#William_Windom_(actor)

H?j? Masako, Japanese regent and onna-bugeisha (b. 1156)

#H?j?_Masako

Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)

#Carl_Mydans

Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302)

#Azzone_Visconti

Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)

#Jacob_Bernoulli

Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar

#Bernard_de_Tremelay

Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

#Prentiss_Ingraham

Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

#Peter_I_of_Serbia

Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)

#Robert_Bunsen

John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927)

#John_McLaughlin_(host)

Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)

#Babe_Ruth

Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)

#Amanda_Blake

Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)

#Alfredo_Stroessner

Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222)

#Theodore_II_Laskaris

Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (b. 1924)

Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943)

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)

Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930)

Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)

David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918)

Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938)

Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)

Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916)

Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)

Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)

Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)

William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)

Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)

Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)

Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)

Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)

Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)

Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)

Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)

Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (b. 1948)

Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)

Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)

William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)

Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)

George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)

Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)

John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)

Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)

Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)

Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)

Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (b. 944)

Theutbald I, bishop of Langres

Empress Ma, Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40)