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Deaths on August 21

1131 : Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
1190 : Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1245 : Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
1516 : John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
1627 : Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
1629 : Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
1673 : Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51
1673 : John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54
1723 : Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49
1772 : Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
1772 : Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48
1785 : Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies
1798 : Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
1812 : Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
1824 : John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70
1824 : Santiago Ferrer, composer, dies at 62
1838 : A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
1856 : Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
1864 : John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
1888 : Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70
1898 : Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40
1905 : Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80
1911 : W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies
1932 : Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
1935 : Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
1940 : Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62
1940 : Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
1942 : Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies
1943 : Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86
1947 : Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies
1949 : Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75
1951 : (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45
1952 : Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
1958 : Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73
1958 : Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
1963 : John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies
1964 : Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies
1968 : Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
1970 : Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
1971 : George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29
1974 : Mascha Kal‚ko, writer, dies at 48
1976 : Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies
1977 : Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87
1978 : Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
1978 : Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies
1980 : Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies
1981 : Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85
1982 : Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies
1983 : Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
1987 : Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies
1988 : Hans Gnther Adler, German writer, dies at 78
1990 : George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya
1991 : Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101
1991 : Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75
1991 : Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies
1992 : Lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), dies after illness at 74
1992 : Theo van Tijn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65
1994 : Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35
1994 : Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73
1995 : Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88
1995 : Hilda Beatritz Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara, dies at 39
1995 : James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72
1995 : Ken Rickards, cricketer (104 runs at 34 66 for WI 1948-52), dies
1995 : Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76
1995 : Manfred Donike, chemist Drug Test pioneer, dies at 61
1995 : Nanni Loy, film Director, dies at 69
1995 : Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, physicist (Nobel-1983), dies at 84
1996 : Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69
1996 : Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82
1997 : Misael Pastrana Borrero, Pres of Colombia (1970-74), dies

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