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List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 1st

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2021

2020

  • Wilmoth Brimley was an American actor known for his roles in films such as 'The Natural' and 'Cocoon'.

  • Legendary baseball player who achieved great success during his career.

  • Sahmir Youssef was a renowned Egyptian poet whose work explored themes of love, loss, and the human condition.

  • American actor known for his roles in 'Dirty Harry' and 'Seinfeld'.

  • Wilford Brimley

    Wilford brimley was an american actor known for his roles in popular tv shows and movies such as cocoon, the thing, and the natural.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • Popular American singer known for hits like 'It Must Be Him'.

2018

2017

  • Halayna Yevtushenko was a renowned Soviet-era Russian poet whose work was celebrated for its lyrical beauty and its exploration of social and political themes.

2016

2015

  • Charday Jackson was an acclaimed American author known for her novels exploring themes of social justice.

  • Caterin Gaskin was a British novelist known for her historical and romantic novels.

  • Cilla Black

    British tv host and singer. black made her public debut at liverpool's cavern club 25 january 1963. she signed a recording deal in july. from 1964 to 1971, she had 11 top ten hits. she also recorded many warwick songs. she continued her success until the early 1970s, when she retired to care for her family.

  • French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)

  • Renowned British singer known for hits like 'Anyone Who Had a Heart'.

2014

2013

  • English critic and journalist (d. 2013).

  • American baseball player (b. 1920)

  • American football player in national football league. the chicago bears drafted him in the third round, 1951 nfl draft. he was a college football player at arizona state university, and was the first college football all-american. he was inducted into the arizona state university sports hall of fame. he was 84 years old when he died in phoenix, arizona, on …

  • American actress and producer (d. 2013)

  • American cellist and educator (b. 1942)

2012

  • Japanese photographer known for his controversial series capturing voyeuristic scenes in parks.

  • English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)

  • Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)

  • American composer, musicologist, and academic (d. 2012)

2011

  • British novelist known for his works like 'A Kind of Loving'.

2010

  • Uziah Buxton was a Jamaican reggae musician known for his work with the band The Gladiators.

  • Richetta Nakamura was a renowned Japanese poet known for her delicate and introspective verse.

  • Leavy Gaines was an American scientist who made significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics.

  • New zealand cricket and rugby international referee/umpire (born in 1910).

  • Puerto rican-american activist (b. 1919)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Aristocratic filipino family. after her education in convent schools, she was married to an ambitious journalist and politician. she was a homemaker who enjoyed making pasta, playing with her children, and tending her garden. she is modest, conservative, shy, and devout. she has also remarked that her most happy times were three years in exile in newton massachusetts, where she …

  • Filipino politician, 11th president of the philippines (d. 2009)

2008

2007

  • Irish-american singer-songwriter (the clancy brothers), (d. 2007).

2006

2005

2004

2003

  • French actress and daughter of jean-louis trintingnant, actor and actress/director, and nadine marquand trintingant, actress/director

  • Known for her intricate and colorful quilt designs.

  • Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)

2002

  • American actress known for her work in silent films.

2001

  • Pioneering astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of galaxies.

  • American football player (d. 2001).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

1998

  • Eva Bartok

    Hungarian-english actress (d. 1998)

  • Hungarian actress, who appeared in 38 films and was on-screen since 1952. after three years of studying with the pak subuh sect, she gave up her career and began teaching it at a school she established in honolulu. she was once married to curt jergens.

1997

1996

1995

  • Dutch artist and co-founder of the design collective The Fool.

  • After her long career, she was a dutch actress and became the "grand old lady" of the theater. she was one of few dutch artists to refuse to work with the germans in ww ii. if she did, it would have been a risk for her job or freedom.

  • Pianist dies at 75

1994

1993

1992

  • Professional golfer who won the PGA Championship in 1954.

  • Actor, buffy the vampire slayer, dies at 39 from aids

  • Trumpeter (stan kenton orch), passes away from cancer at 72

  • Us platform diver (watershows).

1991

  • Yussef Idris was an acclaimed Egyptian writer and playwright who is considered one of the most influential figures in modern Arabic literature.

  • Actor (lethal weapon 3), dead at 87

1990

  • Norbert Elias was a prominent sociologist known for his theories on the civilizing process.

  • British serial killer (born 1947).

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1988

1987

  • Renowned Scottish poet known for his works in the 20th century.

  • Benson Fong was a Chinese-American actor known for his roles in classic films like 'Flower Drum Song'.

  • Actress (charlie chan purple heart), is killed at 70

  • Pola Negri

    Polish-american actress. one of the most beloved stars of silent film for her passionate, smoldering and exaggerated theatrics.

1986

1985

1983

  • German politician and feminist known for her work in the women's movement.

  • Actor, 62, is put to death in london, england.

1982

1981

1980

  • Axten Blackwood was a pioneering chemist who made significant advancements in the field of organic synthesis.

  • French race car driver, who was a participant in 95 world championship formula one grands prix. he made his debut on july 2, 1972. he also took part in several races not affiliated with the championship formula one.

  • Tibor Hajas was a Hungarian performance artist who explored themes of the body, violence, and social issues.

  • Strother Martin

    American actor, who plays western characters with grizzled accents. he starred in "the sons of katie elder," 1966 "true grit," 1969" "pocket money," 1972, and "cool hand luke," where he was paired with paul newman.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1978

  • Paizleigh Hawkins was a renowned philanthropist who dedicated her life to supporting various charitable causes.

1977

1976

  • American biographer, author and professor of creative writing at university of alabama. he taught there from 1916 to 1963.

1975

1974

1973

1972

  • Ethelbert White was a British painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

1971

  • American author known for her novels and short stories.

1970

  • German physician and physiologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1883)

  • Frances Farmer

    American actress and "miss sex appeal of 1937" leading lady. in 1935, she made her film debut with "too many parents". she also performed on stage, radio, and movies. she was a maniac for self-destruction and began drinking, having affairs, parties, arrests, and engaging in rowdy behavior. farmer got married to leif erickson on 02/08/1936, but the couple split when …

  • German biologist, medical doctor and physiologist. in 1923, he discovered the root cause for cancer. he was the director of the kaiser wilhelm institute (now max planck institute), which studied cell physiology. he was a researcher on the metabolism of cancerous tumors and cell respiration, especially in cancer cells. he received the nobel prize in physiology (1931).

  • American journalist (d. 1970).

  • German doctor and physiologist, nobel prize winner (born 1883).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1967

  • Renowned Japanese poet known for his lyrical and emotional works.

  • Austrian-german biochemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1900)

  • Austrian chemist, nobel prize laureate. (born 1900).

1966

  • 15 people are killed in a shooting incident at the university of texas at austin.

  • American jazz pianist and virtuoso in the bebop era. powell was a close friend of thelonious monk and recorded the first recorded recording of monk's "round midnight" with the cootie williams orchestra, august 22, 1944.

1965

  • Clemie Owens was a pioneering educator who dedicated her life to improving educational opportunities for underserved communities.

  • Composer dies at 77

1964

1963

1962

  • Blease Sinclair was a renowned Canadian poet known for her lyrical and introspective works.

  • Roiza Weinreich was a Polish-American educator who founded a school for Jewish children in New York City.

  • Polish author (niemcy) dies at 62

1960

  • Waldron Milner was a professional baseball player who played in the Major League Baseball as an outfielder.

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

1957

1955

  • Alvey Emerson was a celebrated American playwright known for his thought-provoking and socially conscious dramas.

1954

1950

  • Burkley Sinclair was a renowned British poet who was known for her lyrical and introspective works.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1946

  • Russian general (red army, wehrmacht) executed at 45

1944

  • Calel Perechodnik was a Polish Jewish businessman and entrepreneur who was active during the Holocaust.

  • Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd president of the philippines (b. 1878)

  • First president of the philippine commonwealth (born in 1878).

1943

  • Soviet pilot, one among only two female flying aces (d. 1943).

  • German / us learned/ rabbi (jewish lexicon), dies at 68

1941

  • Alter Kacyzne was a renowned Jewish photographer known for his portraits of Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

  • Miklós Bánki was a Hungarian engineer who co-invented the Bánki-Csonka carburetor, a key component in the development of the internal combustion engine.

1938

1936

  • Aviation pioneer who was the first to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft.

1934

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

1926

  • Iliya Zangwill was a British novelist, playwright, and essayist who was a prominent figure in the Zionist movement and known for his works exploring Jewish identity and culture.

  • British author known for his novel 'Children of the Ghetto'.

1925

1922

1921

  • Australian politician, 19th premier of queensland (b. 1876)

1920

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

1917

1916

1911

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1903

1902

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