History Deaths on August 19

Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)

#Donna_Hightower

Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)

#Hugo_Gernsback

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)

#Jean_Baptiste_Joseph_Delambre

Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)

#Donald_Woods

Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher (b. 944)

#Fujiwara_no_Sukemasa

Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)

#Samih_al-Qasim

Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)

#Tevfik_Fikret

George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)

#George_Gamow

Louis of Toulouse, French bishop and saint (b. 1274)

#Louis_of_Toulouse

King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b. 1461)

#Alexander_Jagiellon

Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)

#Giovanni_Giorgi

Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)

#Federico_García_Lorca

Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)

#Alexander_Henderson_(theologian)

Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, Arab religious and political leader (b. 859)

#Al-Hadi_ila'l-Haqq_Yahya

Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)

#Tomás_Burgos

Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

#Louis_Anquetin

Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b. 1421)

#Andrea_del_Castagno

Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

#Linus_Pauling

Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)

#Otto_Frank

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)

#Andrea_Palladio

Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)

#Franz_Xavier_Wernz

Alphonso, Earl of Chester (b. 1273)

#Alphonso,_Earl_of_Chester

Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (b. 1942)

#Candida_Lycett_Green

Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)

#Harald_Kaarmann

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)

#Geoffrey_II,_Duke_of_Brittany

Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)

#Alastair_Sim

Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)

#Jean-Baptiste_Accolay

August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)

#August_Neo

Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)

#Sergei_Diaghilev

Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)

#Mark_Donohue

Augustus, Roman emperor (b. 63 BC)

#Augustus

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)

#Blaise_Pascal

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)

#Fredrik_Henrik_af_Chapman

Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)

#Jeremiah_S._Black

Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948)

#Levy_Mwanawasa

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)

#Auguste_Villiers_de_l'Isle-Adam

Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)

#Groucho_Marx

Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)

#Hermione_Baddeley

Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)

#Sérgio_Vieira_de_Mello

Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)

#Vilfredo_Pareto

David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)

#David_Bomberg

Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)

#Ramon_Berenguer_IV,_Count_of_Provence

Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)

#Aleksander_Kreek

Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)

#Simin_Behbahani

Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)

#Jessie_Matthews

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)

#Frederick_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929)

#Utpal_Dutt

Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)

#Alcide_De_Gasperi

Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)

#Carlos_Roberto_Reina

Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (b. 1932)

#Edmund_Skellings

Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (b. 1948)

Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935)

Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (b. 1935)

George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916)

James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)

Abdul Rahim Hatif, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (b. 1926)

Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (b. 1927)

Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1923)

Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (b. 1944)

Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)

Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921)

Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (b. 1941)

Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (b. 1922)

Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1949)

Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)

Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948)

Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (b. 1910)

Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)

Pawe? Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)

Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)

Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)

Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)

Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)

Köprülü Faz?l Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)

Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)

Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)

Richard Olivier de Longueil, French cardinal (b. 1406)

Al-Juwayni, Muslim scholar and imam (b. 1028)

Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1037)

Abu Yazid, Kharijite rebel leader (b. 873)

Credan, English abbot and saint