Deaths Month: August 2016
Dollie Grissam
oldest person to have ever lived with Down Syndrome. · 10 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 10 · Other
Monique Koeyers-Felida
Curaçaoan politician · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15
Tom Searle
British metalcore guitarist (Architects) · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Joyce Carol Thomas
African-American poet · 13 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 13 · Thomas
Fabio Garriba
Italian actor (Slap the Monster on Page One) · 09 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 9 · Fábio
Harry Gilmer
American football player (Washington Redskins · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Matt Roberts
American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down) · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Mohammad Ali Samatar
Somali politician · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Samatar
Louis Stewart
Irish jazz guitarist · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Muhammad Ali Samatar
Somali politician · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Samatar
Judes Bicaba
Burkinabe Roman Catholic prelate · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Other
Brian Rix
British actor and activist · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Cynthia Szigeti
American actress (Seinfeld · 10 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 10
Lilia Cuntapay
Filipino actress (Shake · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Steve Arlin
American baseball player (San Diego Padres · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Paul Byttebier
Belgian physician and civil servant · 05 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 5
Horacio Salgán
Argentine tango musician · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19
Jay S. Fishman
American business executive · 18 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 18 · Fishman · Other
Subrata Banerjee
Indian cricket umpire · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Other
Shelby Westbrook
Tuskegee Airman · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Other
Dick Assman
Canadian gas station manager · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15 · Other
Maxon Mbendera
Malawian judge and chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission · 18 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 18
Nina Ponomaryova
Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Other
Scott Williams
American writer and wrestling historian · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Bob Skelton
New Zealand-Australian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19
Saul Halpert
American political journalist · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16
D.C. Dillinger
American professional wrestler · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14
Preston Hubbard
American bass player (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Athletes
John William Vessey Jr.
American military officer · 18 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 18 · Vessey · Other
Lovell Coleman
American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) · 10 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 10
Machali
Indian tigress · 18 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 18 · Other
Jan van Cauwelaert
Belgian-born Congolese Roman Catholic prelate · 18 August 2016 · August 2016 · Cauwelaert · August 18 · Other
Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley
British judge and law lord · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14 · Chieveley
Fred Opert
American grand prix racing team owner · 09 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 9 · Other
Víctor Mora
Spanish comic book writer · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Victor
David Hallett
New Zealand wildlife photographer · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Naim Shawamreh
Palestinian militant · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16 · Other
Kendall Betts
American horn player (Philadelphia Orchestra · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16
Matt Null
American news producer (On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15 · Other
Bill XXXV
American Angora goat mascot (United States Naval Academy) · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16 · Other
Eric Justen
American television sound mixer · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Other · Éric
Baby Dalupan
Filipino basketball coach (Crispa · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Leon Donohue
American football player (San Francisco 49ers · 11 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 11 · León
Nachum Heiman
82 · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Other
Susan Baer
American transportation executive · 09 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 9 · Other
Ieuan Roberts
Welsh political activist · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15 · Other
Sohail Qaiser
Pakistani squash player · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14
Arthur Hiller
Canadian-born American film and television director · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Denis Čabrić
Bosnian bassist (Regina) · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
James Woolley
American keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley
Kenyan farmer and landowner · 17 August 2016 · Cholmondeley · August 2016 · August 17 · Other
John Timoney
American police officer · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Other
Jorge García Isaza
Colombian Roman Catholic prelate · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16 · Isaza · Other
Gita Hall
82 · 13 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 13 · Other
Richard Seminack
American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16 · Other
Sören Mannheimer
82. Swedish lawyer and politician · 15 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 15 · Soren
Joel Cornette
American basketball player (Butler Bulldogs) · 16 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 16
Bill Garrett
American magazine editor (National Geographic) · 13 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 13
Mike Brumley
American baseball player (Washington Senators) · 08 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 8
Siegbert Horn
German slalom canoeist · 09 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 9