History Deaths on August 24

Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

#Kate_Douglas_Wiggin

Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)

#Nílton_de_Sordi

Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)

#Aaron_Russo

Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)

#Alexandre_Lagoya

Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)

#Cosmas_of_Aetolia

Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)

#Alexander_P._de_Seversky

Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)

#Steve_Franken

Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928)

#Antônio_Ermírio_de_Moraes

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)

#Paul_Gottlieb_Nipkow

Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)

#Rudolf_Clausius

Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)

#Andrée_Boucher

Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015)

#Michael_V_Kalaphates

Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)

#Wilfred_Thesiger

Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

#Kenji_Mizoguchi

Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948)

#Jay_Thomas

Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)

#Ewald_Christian_von_Kleist

Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)

#Antonio_Alice

Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)

#Peggy_Shippen

Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)

#Frederick_Carl_Frieseke

Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)

#Richard_Attenborough

Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (b. 1614)

#Jean_François_Paul_de_Gondi

Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)

#Kalevi_Kotkas

Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)

#Kate_M._Gordon

Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)

#Andy_Hug

Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503)

#Parmigianino

Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)

#Simone_Weil

Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618)

#Thomas_Blood

Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)

#Buddy_O'Connor

Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)

#Jane_Greer

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)

#Nicolas_Léonard_Sadi_Carnot

Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)

#Albert_F._Mummery

John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)

#John_William_Polidori

Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)

#Ferenc_Kölcsey

Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616)

#Ferdinand_Bol

Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)

#Theodore_Hook

Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)

#Rose_of_Lima

Cecily of York, English princess (b. 1469)

#Cecily_of_York

Walter Scheel, German politician, 4th President of Germany (b. 1919)

#Walter_Scheel

Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)

#Scott_Nearing

Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963)

#Satoshi_Kon

E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)

#E._G._Marshall

Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073)

#Magnus_Barefoot

John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616)

#John_Owen_(theologian)

Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519)

#Gaspard_II_de_Coligny

Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania (b. 1435)

#Sophie_of_Pomerania,_Duchess_of_Pomerania

Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)

#Henry_J._Kaiser

André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)

#André_Donner

Justin Wilson, English race car driver (b. 1978)

#Justin_Wilson_(racing_driver)

Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)

#Mike_Flanagan_(baseball)

Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)

#Hanna_Reitsch

Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)

#Nicholas_Stone

Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1275)

#Henry_VII,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)

#Félix-Antoine_Savard

Robin Leach, English entertainment reporter and writer (b. 1941)

#Robin_Leach

Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)

#Thomas_Chatterton

Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926)

#Rocco_Petrone

Saga, Japanese emperor (b. 786)

#Emperor_Saga

Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)

#Félix_Miélli_Venerando

Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)

#Getúlio_Vargas

Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (b. 1907)

#Luigi_Villoresi

Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal (b. 1483)

#Gasparo_Contarini

James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)

#James_Clark_McReynolds

Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)

#Louis_Prima

Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932)

Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934)

Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928)

Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)

Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938)

Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)

Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965)

Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962)

Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916)

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)

Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)

Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)

Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)

Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904)

Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)

Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)

Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)

Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)

Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)

Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)

John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)

James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)

Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546)

Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535)

Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348)

Eustace the Monk, French pirate (b. 1170)

Zhang Ye, Chinese general and chancellor

Liu, empress dowager of Later Jin

Wei Shuo, chancellor of Later Tang

Doulu Ge, chancellor of Later Tang

Guthred, king of Northumbria

Fu Youyi, official of the Tang Dynasty