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 politicianDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
John Hostetter
American actor (Murphy BrownDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Wynona Mulcaster
Canadian painter and teacherDied on Thursday August 25th 2016
Holger Ursin
Norwegian physicianDied on Saturday August 13th 2016
Jón Egill Kristjánsson
Icelandic meteorologistDied on Sunday August 14th 2016
Håkon M.E. Sundaune
Norwegian writer and librarianDied on Friday August 19th 2016
Helen Brinchmann
Norwegian actressDied on Wednesday August 10th 2016
Per Müller
Norwegian opera singerDied on Tuesday August 9th 2016
Joseph Chilton Pearce
American authorDied on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Bonnie Bryan
American activistDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Hamdi Al Banbi
Egyptian businessman and politicianDied on Thursday August 11th 2016
John Fischer
Belgian-born American pianist and composerDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
Craven C. Rogers Jr.
American air force lieutenant generalDied on Thursday August 4th 2016
Brian Robinson
New Zealand inorganic chemistDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Brian Wildsmith
English painter and children's book illustratorDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Edward Latter
New Zealand military officerDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Dennis Hackett
British journalist and editor (QueenDied on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Tommaso Labranca
Italian writerDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Barry Hollowell
Canadian Anglican prelateDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
James Doyle
American politicianDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
Irving Sablosky
American diplomatDied on Wednesday August 3rd 2016
Temple Painter
American harpsichordist and organistDied on Saturday August 6th 2016
Yunus Jaffery
Indian Persian scholarDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Paul Friedrich
American anthropologist and linguistDied on Thursday August 11th 2016
B. Daniel Riley
American politicianDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Zenzo Matsuyama
Japanese screenwriter and directorDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
Abraham Peck
Polish-born American businessman and Holocaust survivorDied on Thursday August 25th 2016
Colleen O’Connor
American journalist (The Denver Post)Died on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Peter H. Seeburg
German biochemistDied on Monday August 22nd 2016
Winfried Menrad
German politicianDied on Friday August 26th 2016
Doris McLemore
American teacherDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Nathan Lyons
American photographerDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Reinhard Selten
German economistDied on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Moshe Wertheim
Israeli businessmanDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Norman Killeen
American drummer (Threat Signal)Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Graham Cairns-Smith
74-75Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Josip Bukal
Bosnian footballerDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Vedat Türkali
Turkish authorDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Samo Hubad
Slovenian conductorDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Roger Y. Tsien
American biochemistDied on Wednesday August 24th 2016
Cesare Gelli
Italian actorDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
David Lavery
American academic and television historianDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Zoe Tynan
English footballer (Manchester CityDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Norman Kileen
American drummer (Threat Signal)Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Antonino Fernández Rodríguez
Spanish businessmanDied on Wednesday August 31st 2016
Donald Lee
South African cricketer. Died on Wednesday August 10th 2016
Phyllis Harmon
American cycling advocateDied on Friday August 26th 2016
Marc Riboud
French photographerDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnastDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Joy Browne
American talk show hostDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
Hoot Hester
American fiddle playerDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Joe DeMaestri
American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City AthleticsDied on Friday August 26th 2016
Frederick King
Canadian politicianDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Joe Sutter
American aeronautical engineerDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Mito Croes
Aruban politicianDied on Sunday August 7th 2016
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
Syrian Islamic leader (ISIL)Died on Tuesday August 30th 2016
George Anthan
American journalistDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
Paul Landreaux
American college basketball coach (El Camino CollegeDied on Monday August 22nd 2016
George Kaczender
Hungarian-born Canadian film director (In Praise of Older Women)Died on Wednesday August 24th 2016
Alan Cuthbert
British pharmacologistDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
Dinanath Pathy
Indian painter and art historianDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Dan Dryden
American politicianDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Christer Ericsson
Swedish businessmanDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
Dave Durie
English footballer (BlackpoolDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Charlie Sands
American baseball player (Pittsburgh PiratesDied on Monday August 22nd 2016
Reg Matthewson
English footballer (Sheffield UnitedDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Nabile Farès
Algerian-born French novelistDied on Tuesday August 30th 2016
Charles Z. Smith
American judgeDied on Sunday August 28th 2016
Monty Lee Wilkes
American sound engineer (PrinceDied on Friday August 26th 2016
Joe R. Hicks
American social activistDied on Sunday August 28th 2016
Bronisław Baczko
Polish philosopherDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Hotaru Akane
Japanese pornographic actressDied on Monday August 15th 2016
Islam Karimov
Uzbek politicianDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Anne O’Brien
Irish footballer (ReimsDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Hubbard Alexander
American football coach (Dallas Cowboys)Died on Sunday August 28th 2016
Cookie
Australian-hatched American cockatooDied on Saturday August 27th 2016
William H. Lacy
American businessmanDied on Sunday August 28th 2016
Gene Wilder
American stage and screen comic actor (Young FrankensteinDied on Monday August 29th 2016
Lennart Häggroth
Swedish ice hockey playerDied on Monday August 29th 2016
André Dehertoghe
Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Darrell Ward
American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers)Died on Monday August 29th 2016
Ken Purchase
British politicianDied on Sunday August 28th 2016
Horst Meyer
Swiss physicistDied on Sunday August 14th 2016
Edgar Schoen
American physicianDied on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Steve Korcheck
American baseball player (Washington Senators) and college president (State College of FloridaDied on Friday August 26th 2016
Harry Jepson
English rugby league administratorDied 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 officerDied on Friday August 26th 2016
Ab Tamboer
Dutch musician (Earth and Fire)Died on Friday August 26th 2016
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Indian politicianDied on Sunday August 28th 2016