Ken Meyer
American football coach (San Francisco 49ers) · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14
Deaths Died in August 2016
John Hostetter
American actor (Murphy Brown · 31 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 31
Wynona Mulcaster
Canadian painter and teacher · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25
Jón Egill Kristjánsson
Icelandic meteorologist · 14 August 2016 · Kristjánsson · August 2016 · August 14 · Other · Jon
Håkon M.E. Sundaune
Norwegian writer and librarian · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Sundaune
Bonnie Bryan
American activist · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30 · Other
Hamdi Al Banbi
Egyptian businessman and politician · 11 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 11 · Banbi
John Fischer
Belgian-born American pianist and composer · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17
Craven C. Rogers Jr.
American air force lieutenant general · 04 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 4 · Rogers · Other
Roly Bain
English priest-clown · 11 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 11 · Other
Brian Robinson
New Zealand inorganic chemist · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30
Brian Wildsmith
English painter and children's book illustrator · 31 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 31
Edward Latter
New Zealand military officer · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29 · Other
Dennis Hackett
British journalist and editor (Queen · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23
Barry Hollowell
Canadian Anglican prelate · 17 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 17 · Other
Temple Painter
American harpsichordist and organist · 06 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 6
Yunus Jaffery
Indian Persian scholar · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29
Bill Etra
American inventor (Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer) · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Other
Zenzo Matsuyama
Japanese screenwriter and director · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27
Abraham Peck
Polish-born American businessman and Holocaust survivor · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Other
Colleen O’Connor
American journalist (The Denver Post) · 31 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 31 · O'Connor
Peter H. Seeburg
German biochemist · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Seeburg · Other
Doris McLemore
American teacher · 30 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 30 · Other
Moshe Wertheim
Israeli businessman · 31 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 31 · Other
Norman Killeen
American drummer (Threat Signal) · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25
Graham Cairns-Smith
74-75 · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26 · Other
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
Alan Cuthbert
British pharmacologist · 27 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 27 · Other
Dinanath Pathy
Indian painter and art historian · 29 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 29
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