Who Died in August 2016?
Who died in August 2016? Over 500 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Mool Singh Peelaghata
Indian politician
Died on Wednesday August 17th 2016
John Hostetter
American actor (Murphy Brown
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Wynona Mulcaster
Canadian painter and teacher
Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Holger Ursin
Norwegian physician
Died on Saturday August 13th 2016
Jón Egill Kristjánsson
Icelandic meteorologist
Died on Sunday August 14th 2016
Håkon M.E. Sundaune
Norwegian writer and librarian
Died on Friday August 19th 2016
Helen Brinchmann
Norwegian actress
Died on Wednesday August 10th 2016
Per Müller
Norwegian opera singer
Died on Tuesday August 9th 2016
Joseph Chilton Pearce
American author
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Bonnie Bryan
American activist
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Hamdi Al Banbi
Egyptian businessman and politician
Died on Thursday August 11th 2016
John Fischer
Belgian-born American pianist and composer
Died on Wednesday August 17th 2016
Craven C. Rogers Jr.
American air force lieutenant general
Died on Thursday August 4th 2016
Brian Robinson
New Zealand inorganic chemist
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Brian Wildsmith
English painter and children's book illustrator
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Edward Latter
New Zealand military officer
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Dennis Hackett
British journalist and editor (Queen
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Tommaso Labranca
Italian writer
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Barry Hollowell
Canadian Anglican prelate
Died on Wednesday August 17th 2016
James Doyle
American politician
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
Irving Sablosky
American diplomat
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2016
Temple Painter
American harpsichordist and organist
Died on Saturday August 6th 2016
Yunus Jaffery
Indian Persian scholar
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Paul Friedrich
American anthropologist and linguist
Died on Thursday August 11th 2016
B. Daniel Riley
American politician
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Zenzo Matsuyama
Japanese screenwriter and director
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
Abraham Peck
Polish-born American businessman and Holocaust survivor
Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Colleen O’Connor
American journalist (The Denver Post)
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Peter H. Seeburg
German biochemist
Died on Monday August 22nd 2016
Winfried Menrad
German politician
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Doris McLemore
American teacher
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Nathan Lyons
American photographer
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Reinhard Selten
German economist
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Moshe Wertheim
Israeli businessman
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Norman Killeen
American drummer (Threat Signal)
Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Graham Cairns-Smith
74-75
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Josip Bukal
Bosnian footballer
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Vedat Türkali
Turkish author
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Samo Hubad
Slovenian conductor
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Roger Y. Tsien
American biochemist
Died on Wednesday August 24th 2016
Cesare Gelli
Italian actor
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
David Lavery
American academic and television historian
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Norman Kileen
American drummer (Threat Signal)
Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Antonino Fernández Rodríguez
Spanish businessman
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Kashmiri Lal Zakir
Indian poet and novelist
Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Donald Lee
South African cricketer.
Died on Wednesday August 10th 2016
Phyllis Harmon
American cycling advocate
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Marc Riboud
French photographer
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnast
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Joy Browne
American talk show host
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
Hoot Hester
American fiddle player
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Joe DeMaestri
American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Frederick King
Canadian politician
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Joe Sutter
American aeronautical engineer
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Mito Croes
Aruban politician
Died on Sunday August 7th 2016
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
Syrian Islamic leader (ISIL)
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
George Anthan
American journalist
Died on Wednesday August 17th 2016
Paul Landreaux
American college basketball coach (El Camino College
Died on Monday August 22nd 2016
George Kaczender
Hungarian-born Canadian film director (In Praise of Older Women)
Died on Wednesday August 24th 2016
Dinanath Pathy
Indian painter and art historian
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Alan Cuthbert
British pharmacologist
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
Dan Dryden
American politician
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Christer Ericsson
Swedish businessman
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
Dave Durie
English footballer (Blackpool
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Charlie Sands
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates
Died on Monday August 22nd 2016
Reg Matthewson
English footballer (Sheffield United
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Charles Z. Smith
American judge
Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Nabile Farès
Algerian-born French novelist
Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Monty Lee Wilkes
American sound engineer (Prince
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Joe R. Hicks
American social activist
Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Bronisław Baczko
Polish philosopher
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Hotaru Akane
Japanese pornographic actress
Died on Monday August 15th 2016
Islam Karimov
Uzbek politician
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Anne O’Brien
Irish footballer (Reims
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Hubbard Alexander
American football coach (Dallas Cowboys)
Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Cookie
Australian-hatched American cockatoo
Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
William H. Lacy
American businessman
Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Gene Wilder
American stage and screen comic actor (Young Frankenstein
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Lennart Häggroth
Swedish ice hockey player
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
André Dehertoghe
Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968
Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Darrell Ward
American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers)
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Horst Meyer
Swiss physicist
Died on Sunday August 14th 2016
Ken Purchase
British politician
Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Edgar Schoen
American physician
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Steve Korcheck
American baseball player (Washington Senators) and college president (State College of Florida
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Harry Jepson
English rugby league administrator
Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Berit Mørdre
Norwegian cross-country skier (1968 and 1972 Olympics)
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Stepan Borozenets
Russian military officer
Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Indian politician
Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Ab Tamboer
Dutch musician (Earth and Fire)
Died on Friday August 26th 2016