Deaths Month: August 2016
Roger Y. Tsien
American biochemist · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24 · Other · Tsien
David Lavery
American academic and television historian · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30
Zoe Tynan
English footballer (Manchester City · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30 · Zoë
Norman Kileen
American drummer (Threat Signal) · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25
Antonino Fernández Rodríguez
Spanish businessman · 31 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 31 · Rodriguez · Other
Kashmiri Lal Zakir
Indian poet and novelist · 31 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 31 · Zakir
Phyllis Harmon
American cycling advocate · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26 · Other
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnast · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30 · Other · Vera
Joy Browne
American talk show host · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Other
Hoot Hester
American fiddle player · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30
Joe DeMaestri
American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Joe Sutter
American aeronautical engineer · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30 · Other
Mito Croes
Aruban politician · 07 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 7
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
Syrian Islamic leader (ISIL) · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · al-Adnani · August 30 · Other
Liz Smith
English actress (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30
Paul Landreaux
American college basketball coach (El Camino College · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
George Kaczender
Hungarian-born Canadian film director (In Praise of Older Women) · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24
Dinanath Pathy
Indian painter and art historian · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29
Alan Cuthbert
British pharmacologist · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Other
Christer Ericsson
Swedish businessman · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Other
Dave Durie
English footballer (Blackpool · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30
Charlie Sands
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Reg Matthewson
English footballer (Sheffield United · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30
Nabile Farès
Algerian-born French novelist · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30 · Fares
Monty Lee Wilkes
American sound engineer (Prince · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26 · Wilkes · Other
Joe R. Hicks
American social activist · 28 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 28 · Hicks · Other
Hotaru Akane
Japanese pornographic actress · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15
Islam Karimov
Uzbek politician · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29
Anne O’Brien
Irish footballer (Reims · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29 · O'Brien
Hubbard Alexander
American football coach (Dallas Cowboys) · 28 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 28
Cookie
Australian-hatched American cockatoo · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Other
William H. Lacy
American businessman · 28 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 28 · Other · Lacy
Gene Wilder
American stage and screen comic actor (Young Frankenstein · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29
Nico Buis
Dutch military officer · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23 · Other
André Dehertoghe
Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968 · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25
Darrell Ward
American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers) · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29 · Other
Steve Korcheck
American baseball player (Washington Senators) and college president (State College of Florida · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Harry Jepson
English rugby league administrator · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29 · Other
Berit Mørdre
Norwegian cross-country skier (1968 and 1972 Olympics) · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23
Stepan Borozenets
Russian military officer · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26 · Other
Ab Tamboer
Dutch musician (Earth and Fire) · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Jim Seavor
American journalist (Providence Journal) · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Ab Tambour
Dutch musician (Earth and Fire) · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Tony Pasquesi
American football player (Chicago Cardinals) · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23
Gerald J. Oppenheimer
American librarian and academic · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · Oppenheimer · August 23
Chow Lien-hwa
Chinese Baptist minister and theologian · 06 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 6
Mr. Fuji
American professional wrestler and manager · 28 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 28 · M.R.
Nate Hirsch
American sports broadcaster · 28 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 28
John Ellenby
British computer scientist · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Bill Lenkaitis
American football player (New England Patriots) · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27
G. Spencer-Brown
English polymath · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Other
Michael Schumacher
German Formula 1 driver · 28 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 28
Alcindo
Brazilian footballer (Grêmio) · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27
Jānis Reinis
Latvian actor (Another Mother) · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Tamim Chowdhury
Bangladeshi-Canadian emir of the Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Other
Neil Berry
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24
Hatuey de Camps
Dominican politician · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Camps
Bob Kindred
American jazz saxophonist · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15 · Other
Ton Pronk
Dutch footballer (Ajax and national team) · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Jane Thompson
American designer and architect · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Other
E. Parry Thomas
American banker and businessman · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26 · Thomas · Other
Erika Wallner
Argenitne actress · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Don McIver
New Zealand military officer · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Other
Harald Grønningen
Norwegian cross country skier · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
V. S. Mani
Indian legal scholar · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Lawyers · Mani