History Deaths on August 21

Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (b. 1916)

#Wang_Dongxing

Kaka Kalelkar , Indian hindi Writer(B.1885)

#Kaka_Kalelkar

Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957)

#Martin_Dillon_(musician)

John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)

#John_MacCulloch

Alexander of Hales, English theologian

#Alexander_of_Hales

Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

#Ettore_Bugatti

Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918)

#Elizabeth_P._Hoisington

Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)

#Buford_Pusser

C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)

#C._Gordon_Fullerton

Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (b. 1560)

#Elizabeth_Báthory

Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)

#Palmiro_Togliatti

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)

#Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu

Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (b. 1220)

#Alphonse,_Count_of_Poitiers

Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)

#Juan_Álvarez

Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)

#Claude-Louis_Navier

Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)

#Dahlia_Ravikovitch

William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (b. 1946)

#William_Thurston

Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)

#Benjamin_Thompson

Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)

#Mait_Metsanurk

Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 44th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1464)

#Philippe_Villiers_de_L'Isle-Adam

King Baldwin II of Jerusalem

#Baldwin_II_of_Jerusalem

Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)

#Giuseppe_Meazza

David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)

#David_B._Steinman

Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

#Constant_Lambert

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)

#Henry_Grey,_1st_Earl_of_Stamford

Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (b. 1953)

#Celso_Piña

Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

#Laurence_Doherty

Alfonso VII of León and Castile (b. 1105)

#Alfonso_VII_of_León_and_Castile

Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928)

#Andrzej_Zawada

Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)

#Alexander_von_Oettingen

Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1932)

#Albert_Reynolds

Emperor K?bun of Japan (b. 648)

#Emperor_K?bun

Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

#Henrik_Pontoppidan

John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)

#John_Hartley_(tennis)

Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (b. 1954)

#Bajram_Rexhepi

Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat ratna awardi (b. 1916)

#Bismillah_Khan

Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)

#Adelbert_von_Chamisso

John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)

#John_McKinly

James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)

#James_Farnell

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

#Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar

Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)

#Robert_Moog

Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (b. 1920)

#Georg_Leber

Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)

#Kirpal_Singh

Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)

#Paul_Fentener_van_Vlissingen

Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)

#Charles_Tristan,_marquis_de_Montholon

Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)

#Harald_Sverdrup_(oceanographer)

Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)

#Hermann_Obrecht

Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946)

#Steven_R._Nagel

Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

#Thomas_Clayton

Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

#Nels_Stewart

Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (b. 1919)

#Chuck_Stevenson

Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

#Leon_Trotsky

Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1495)

#Jean_Parisot_de_Valette

Jacques Mauduit, French composer and academic (b. 1557)

#Jacques_Mauduit

Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)

#Ernest_Thayer

Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)

#Charles_Wyndham,_2nd_Earl_of_Egremont

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941)

#Rodolfo_Enrique_Fogwill

Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)

#Don_Raleigh

Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)

#Zahir_al-Umar

Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)

#Bertalan_Székely

William II, Count of Nevers (b. c. 1089)

#William_II,_Count_of_Nevers

Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975)

Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (b. 1924)

Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (b. 1938)

Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925)

Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (b. 1944)

Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1932)

Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)

Sid Bernstein, American record producer (b. 1918)

Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)

Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (b. 1931)

J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (b. 1926)

Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930)

Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (b. 1969)

Siobhan Dowd, British author (b. 1960)

Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)

Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916)

Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)

John Coplans, British artist (b. 1920)

Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)

Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)

Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948)

Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (b. 1938)

Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)

Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)

Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)

Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)

Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)

George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)

Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)

William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)

Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1582)

Tang Daoxi, Chinese general

Alberic, archbishop of Utrecht