History Deaths on September 08

Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)

#Thomas_Szasz

Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

#Hermann_Staudinger

Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)

#Charles_III_of_Navarre

Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (b. 1933)

#Jerry_Pournelle

R?za Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)

#R?za_Nur

Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)

#Aage_Bohr

Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)

#Donald_Horne

Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)

#Dorothy_Dandridge

Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (b. 1924)

#Mike_Bongiorno

Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (b. 1963)

#Joost_Zwagerman

Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)

#Leni_Riefenstahl

Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)

#Vere_St._Leger_Goold

Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)

#Bernard_Forest_de_Bélidor

Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)

#Friedrich_Baumfelder

Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)

#Ann_Lee

Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)

#Hermann_von_Helmholtz

Don Williams, American musician (b. 1939)

#Don_Williams

Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)

#Nisargadatta_Maharaj

Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)

#Roy_Wilkins

Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (b. 1971)

#Sean_O'Haire

Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)

#Francisco_de_Quevedo

George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)

#George_Zuverink

Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955)

#Jean_Véronis

Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)

#Bud_Collyer

Julius Fu?ík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)

#Julius_Fu?ík_(journalist)

Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)

#Peter_Simon_Pallas

Antipope Clement III (b. 1029)

#Antipope_Clement_III

Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952)

#Joaquín_Andújar

Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1566)

#Carlo_Gesualdo

Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)

#Hemmo_Kallio

Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945)

#Peter_Brock

Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)

#Jan_van_Gilse

Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942)

#Andrew_Kohut

Pierre Bergé, French businessman (b. 1930)

#Pierre_Bergé

Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)

#Frédéric_Ozanam

Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918)

#Gerald_Wilson

Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967)

#Hannes_Arch

Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)

#Alexandra_David-Néel

Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)

#Frank_Thomas_(animator)

Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988)

#Tyler_Sash

Francis Quarles, English poet and author (b. 1592)

#Francis_Quarles

Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)

#Hideki_Yukawa

John Coke, English civil servant and politician (b. 1563)

#John_Coke

Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)

#Enoch_Poor

Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)

#Gennadi_Gagulia

Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)

#Joseph_Liouville

Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)

#Zero_Mostel

Ljubiša Samardži?, Serbian actor and director (b. 1936)

#Ljubiša_Samardži?

Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574)

#Joseph_Hall_(bishop)

Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)

#Richard_Strauss

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)

#Juan_Caramuel_y_Lobkowitz

S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b. 1921)

#S._Truett_Cathy

Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (b. 1574)

#Robert_Fludd

Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (b. 1943)

#Bill_Moggridge

André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)

#André_Derain

Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)

#Faisal_I_of_Iraq

Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750)

#Leo_IV_the_Khazar

Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)

#Antonin_Magne

Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1904)

#Maurice_Wilks

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1355)

#Thomas_of_Woodstock,_1st_Duke_of_Gloucester

Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)

#Prince_Buster

Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)

Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982)

Dragiša Peši?, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954)

Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910)

Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1952)

Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (b. 1932)

Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (b. 1938)

Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1937)

Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)

Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)

Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)

Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)

Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)

Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)

Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (b. 1928)

Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)

Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)

Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)

John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)

Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)

Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)

John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)

Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)

Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)

Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1536)

Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and saint(b. 1488)

John Stokesley, English bishop (b. 1475)

Sir Simon Fraser, Scottish knight, hung drawn and quartered by the English

Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, Muslim vizier

Pope Sergius I (b. 650)

Arbogast, Frankish general