Notable Deaths on August 1

Q: Who died on August 1?

Notable people who died on August 1 include: Mark Antony, Eusebius of Vercelli, Justin I, Thachulf, Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah.

Q: What is Walter Ulbricht known for?

Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (born 1893)

114 people 30 BC – 2024

August 1 has seen 114 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 30 BC – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1973 — Walter Ulbricht

German soldier and politician (born 1893)

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As the First Secretary of the Communist Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he was the chief decision-maker in East Germany

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From President Wilhelm Pieck's death in 1960, he was also the East German head of state until his own death in 1973

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For example, he demanded the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 when the Kremlin was reluctant.

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Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht was a German communist politician

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Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic

Mark Antony

Roman general and politician (born 83 BC)

Marcus Antonius, commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic…

-30

Eusebius of Vercelli

Italian bishop and saint (born 283)

Eusebius of Vercelli was a bishop from Sardinia and is counted a saint. Along with Athanasius, he affirmed the divinity of Jesus against Arianism.

371

Justin I

Byzantine emperor (born 450)

Justin I, also called Justin the Thracian, was Eastern Roman emperor from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imperial guard and when Emperor Anastasius…

527

Thachulf

duke of Thuringia

Thacholf, Thachulf, Thaculf, or Thakulf was the Duke of Thuringia from 849 until his death. He held the titles of comes (count) and dux (duke) and he ruled over a marca (march). He may have been the son of Hadulf, son…

873

Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah

Abbasid vizier (born 859)

ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dā'ūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ, was an official of the court of the Abbasid Caliphate.

946

Lady Xu Xinyue

Chinese queen (born 902)

Xu Xinyue, formally the Lady Renhui of Wuyue (吳越國仁惠夫人), was a concubine, possibly later a wife, of Qian Yuanguan, the second king of the Chinese state Wuyue of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the mother…

946

Yingtian

Chinese Khitan empress (born 879)

Shulü Ping, nickname Yueliduo (月里朵), formally Empress Yingtian also known as Empress Di (地皇后) during the reign of her husband Emperor Taizu of Liao, posthumous name initially Empress Zhenlie then Empress Chunqin was an…

953

Æthelwold

bishop of Winchester

Æthelwold of Winchester was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England.

984

Adhemar of Le Puy

French papal legate

Adhemar de Monteil was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for the expedition to the Holy Land. Remembered…

1098

Louis VI

king of France (born 1081)

Louis VI, called the Fat or the Fighter, reigned as King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Like his father Philip I, Louis made a lasting contribution to centralizing the institutions of royal power. He spent much of his…

1137

Vsevolod II of Kiev

Russian prince

Vsevolod II Olgovich was Prince of Chernigov (1127–1139) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1139–1146). He was a son of Oleg Svyatoslavich, Prince of Chernigov.

1146

Shimazu Tadahisa

Japanese warlord (born 1179)

Shimazu Tadahisa was the founder of the Shimazu samurai clan.

1227

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Italian archbishop and explorer (born 1180)

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He was the author of the earliest…

1252

Conrad de Lichtenberg

Bishop of Strasbourg (born 1240)

Conrad of Lichtenberg was a bishop of Strasbourg in the 13th century.

1299

Edmund of Langley

1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1341)

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York was the fifth son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Like many medieval English princes, Edmund gained his nickname from his birthplace: Kings Langley Palace in…

1402

Lorenzo Valla

Italian author and educator (born 1406)

Lorenzo Valla was an Italian Renaissance humanist scholar, rhetorician, educator, and Catholic priest. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a…

1457

Cosimo de' Medici

Italian ruler (born 1386)

Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici was an Italian banker and politician who became the de facto first ruler of Florence during the Italian Renaissance, establishing the Medici family as its effective leaders for generations.…

1464

Giovanni Santi

artist and father of Raphael (born c. 1435)

Giovanni Santi was an Italian painter and poet, father of Raphael Sanzio. He was born in 1435 at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino. He studied under Piero della Francesca and was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. He…

1494

Simon Grynaeus

German theologian and scholar (born 1493)

Simon Grynaeus was a German scholar and theologian of the Protestant Reformation.

1541

Magnus I

Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1488)

Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from the House of Ascania.

1543

Peter Faber

French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)

Peter Faber, SJ was a Savoyard Catholic priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier. Pope Francis announced his canonization in 2013.

1546

Olaus Magnus

Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (born 1490)

Olaus Magnus was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman.

1557

Albrecht Giese

Polish-German politician and diplomat (born 1524)

Albrecht Giese was a councilman and diplomat of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk). He was a member of the Hanseatic League, and part of an important merchant family who had offices in London and Danzig.

1580

Jacques Clément

French assassin of Henry III of France (born 1567)

Jacques Clément was a French conspirator and the perpetrator of the regicide of King Henry III.

1589

Matthew Browne

English politician (born 1563)

Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, MP, was the only son of Sir Thomas Browne and Mabel Fitzwilliam. He was involved in legal and financial transactions concerning the Globe Theatre in 1601. He was killed…

1603

Anne

Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)

Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of England and Scotland, until her…

1714

Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori

Italian bishop and saint (born 1696)

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop and saint, as well as a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He founded the Congregation of the…

1787

Clas Bjerkander

Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (born 1735)

Clas Bjerkander was a Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist.

1795

Sir Robert Pigot

2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (born 1720)

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet was a British Army officer who served in the American War of Independence.

1796

Emanuel Granberg

Finnish church painter (born 1754)

Emanuel Granberg (1754–1797) was a Finnish painter.

1797

François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers

French admiral (born 1753)

Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Comte de Brueys was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars. He commanded the French fleet in the Mediterranean…

1798

John Boorman

English cricketer (born c. 1754)

John Boorman was an English cricketer whose known career spanned 26 seasons from 1768 to 1793. In Scores & Biographies, Arthur Haygarth recorded that he found a reference to Boorman in an account of a single wicket…

1807

John Walker

English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (born 1732)

John Walker was an English stage actor, philologist and lexicographer.

1807

Lady Diana Beauclerk

English painter and illustrator (born 1734)

Lady Diana Beauclerk was an English noblewoman and celebrated artist.

1808

Yakov Kulnev

Russian general (born 1763)

Yakov Petrovich Kulnev was, along with Pyotr Bagration and Aleksey Yermolov, one of the most popular Russian military leaders at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Count Alexander Suvorov's admirer and participant of 55…

1812

William Joseph Behr

German publicist and academic (born 1775)

William Joseph Behr, German publicist and writer.

1851

Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (born 1817)

Maharani Jind Kaur, also known as Rani Jindan Kaur, was regent and, shortly the regnant of the Sikh Empire from 1843 until 29 March 1847. After the Sikh Empire was dissolved on 29 March 1847, the Sikhs claimed her as…

1863

John Ross

American tribal chief (born 1790)

John Ross was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866; he served longer in that position than any other person. Ross led the nation through such tumultuous events as forced removal to Indian…

1866

Richard Dry

Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815)

Sir Richard Dry, KCMG was an Australian politician, the son of United Irish convict, who was Premier of Tasmania from 24 November 1866 until 1 August 1869 when he died in office. Dry was the first Tasmanian-born…

1869

Peter Julian Eymard

French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (born 1811)

Peter Julian Eymard was a French Catholic priest, saint and founder of two religious institutes: the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament for men and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament for women.

1869

Calamity Jane

American frontierswoman and scout (born 1853)

Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter and storyteller. In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late in her…

1903

Henrik Sjöberg

Swedish gymnast and medical student (born 1875)

Kristian Henrik Rudolf Sjöberg was a Swedish gymnast, athlete, and medical student. He competed as the only Swedish participant at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

1905

Edwin Austin Abbey

American painter and illustrator (born 1852)

Edwin Austin Abbey was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of…

1911

Samuel Arza Davenport

American lawyer and politician (born 1843)

Samuel Arza Davenport was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

1911

John Riley Banister

American cowboy and police officer (born 1854)

John Riley Banister was an American law officer, cowboy and Texas Ranger.

1918

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (born 1856)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist and self-rule activist in the Indian independence movement. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. The honorific "Lokmanya" was applied to him by his supporters.

1920

T. J. Ryan

Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (born 1876)

Thomas Joseph Ryan was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party. He resigned to enter federal politics, sitting in the House of Representatives…

1921

Donát Bánki

Hungarian engineer (born 1856)

Donát Bánki was a Hungarian mechanical engineer and inventor of Jewish heritage. In 1893 he invented the carburetor for the stationary engine, together with János Csonka. The invention is often, incorrectly credited to…

1922

Syd Gregory

Australian cricketer (born 1870)

Sydney Edward Gregory, sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career…

1929

Edmund C. Tarbell

American painter and academic (born 1862)

Edmund Charles Tarbell was an American Impressionist painter. A member of the Ten American Painters, his work hangs in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian…

1938

Lydia Litvyak

Soviet lieutenant and pilot (born 1921)

Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from thirteen to fourteen solo victories and four to…

1943

Manuel L. Quezon

Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (born 1878)

Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the…

1944

Rose Fyleman

English writer and poet (born 1877)

Rose Amy Fyleman was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on fairies for children. Her 1917 poem "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden" was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann.

1957

Jean Behra

French race car driver (born 1921)

Jean Marie Behra was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1959.

1959

Theodore Roethke

American poet (born 1908)

Theodore Huebner Roethke was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the…

1963

Charles Whitman

American mass murderer (born 1941)

Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "Texas Tower Sniper". On August 1, 1966, Whitman used knives to kill his mother and his wife in their respective homes,…

1966

Richard Kuhn

Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1900)

Richard Johann Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".

1967

Frances Farmer

American actress (born 1913)

Frances Elena Farmer was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films and three significant Broadway plays over the course of her career. Farmer gained greater notoriety posthumously for having had a…

1970

Doris Fleeson

American journalist (born 1901)

Doris Fleeson was an American journalist and columnist and was the first woman in the United States to have a nationally syndicated political column.

1970

Otto Heinrich Warburg

German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)

Otto Heinrich Warburg was a German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate. He served as an officer in the elite Uhlan during the First World War, and was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. He was the sole…

1970

Gian Francesco Malipiero

Italian composer and educator (born 1882)

Gian Francesco Malipiero was an Italian composer, musicologist, music teacher and editor.

1973

Ildebrando Antoniutti

Italian cardinal (born 1898)

Ildebrando Antoniutti was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for Religious from 1963 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John XXIII in 1962.

1974

Francis Gary Powers

American captain and pilot (born 1929)

Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a…

1977

Patrick Depailler

French race car driver (born 1944)

Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980. Depailler won two Formula One Grands Prix across eight seasons.

1980

Strother Martin

American actor (born 1919)

Strother Douglas Martin Jr. was an American actor, who appeared in over 170 film and television productions between 1950 and 1980, mainly in character roles. He often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman,…

1980

Paddy Chayefsky

American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1923)

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both Adapted and Original screenplays.

1981

Kevin Lynch

Irish Republican, hunger striker

Kevin Lynch was an Irish republican and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) from Park, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Dungiven hurling team was renamed Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club in his honour…

1981

T. Thirunavukarasu

Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1933)

Thamodarampillai Thirunavukarasu was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

1982

John Ogdon

English pianist and composer (born 1937)

John Andrew Howard Ogdon was an English pianist and composer.

1989

Norbert Elias

German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)

Norbert Elias was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.

1990

Tadeusz Reichstein

Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)

Tadeusz Reichstein, also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.

1996

Lucille Teasdale-Corti

Canadian physician and surgeon (born 1929)

Lucille Teasdale-Corti was a Canadian physician and pediatric surgeon, who worked in Uganda from 1961 until her death in 1996. With her husband she co-founded a university hospital in the north of Uganda.

1996

Eva Bartok

Hungarian-British actress (born 1927)

Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics, known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began acting in films in 1950, and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She acted in more than 40 American,…

1998

Korey Stringer

American football player (born 1974)

Korey Damont Stringer was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was recognized as…

2001

Guy Thys

Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)

Guy Jean-Leonard Thys was a Belgian football manager, mostly known for being the most successful manager in the history of the Belgium national football team as he managed to lead the national side to their only UEFA…

2003

Marie Trintignant

French actress and screenwriter (born 1962)

Marie Trintignant was a French film and stage actress. She appeared in over 30 movies during her 36-year career. Her family was deeply involved in France's film industry, as her father was an actor and her mother was a…

2003

Philip Abelson

American physicist and author (born 1913)

Philip Hauge Abelson was an American physicist, scientific editor and science writer. Trained as a nuclear physicist, he co-discovered the element neptunium, worked on isotope separation in the Manhattan Project, and…

2004

Al Aronowitz

American journalist (born 1928)

Alfred Gilbert Aronowitz was an American rock journalist best known for introducing Bob Dylan to the Beatles in 1964.

2005

Wim Boost

Dutch cartoonist and educator (born 1918)

Willem Louis Joseph Boost, was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo.

2005

Constant Nieuwenhuys

Dutch painter and sculptor (born 1920)

Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys, better known as Constant, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author and musician.

2005

Fahd of Saudi Arabia (born 1923)

Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982. He was the eighth son of…

2005

Bob Thaves

American illustrator (born 1924)

Robert Thaves was the creator of the comic strip Frank and Ernest, which began in 1972.

2006

Iris Marion Young

American political scientist and activist (born 1949)

Iris Marion Young was an American political theorist and socialist feminist who focused on the nature of justice and social difference. She served as Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and was…

2006

Tommy Makem

Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1932)

Thomas Makem was an Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar,…

2007

Gertan Klauber

Czech-English actor (born 1932)

George Gertan Klauber was a Czech-born British actor, known for playing various character parts in films and television programmes, particularly the Carry On comedies.

2008

Harkishan Singh Surjeet

Indian lawyer and politician (born 1916)

Harkishan Singh Surjeet was an Indian Communist politician from Punjab, who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005 and was a member of the party's Polit Bureau from…

2008

Corazon Aquino

Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)

María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th president of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992. The first female president in Philippine history, Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986…

2009

Lolita Lebrón

Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)

Lolita Lebrón was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes after carrying out an armed attack on the United States Capitol in 1954, which resulted in the wounding of five…

2010

Eric Tindill

New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (born 1910)

Eric William Thomas Tindill was a New Zealand sportsman. Tindill held a number of unique records: he was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the time of his death, the only person to play Tests for New Zealand in both…

2010

Aldo Maldera

Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)

Aldo Maldera was an Italian footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the left flank. A left-footed player, Maldera was a modern full-back who possessed an accurate and powerful shot, which earned…

2012

Douglas Townsend

American composer and musicologist (born 1921)

Douglas Townsend was an American composer and musicologist. Born in Manhattan, Townsend became interested in composition while a student at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, in…

2012

Barry Trapnell

English cricketer and academic (born 1924)

Barry Maurice Waller Trapnell, was an English academic, school headmaster and a gifted amateur sportsman. As a cricket batsman, he was right-handed, and as a bowler, he was right-arm medium pace.

2012

John Amis

English journalist and critic (born 1922)

John Preston Amis was a British broadcaster, classical music critic, music administrator, and writer. He was a frequent contributor for The Guardian and to BBC radio and television music programming.

2013

Gail Kobe

American actress and producer (born 1932)

Gail Kobe was an American actress and television producer.

2013

Babe Martin

American baseball player (born 1920)

Boris Michael Martin was an American Major League Baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Browns and a catcher for the Boston Red Sox (1948–49). He was nicknamed 'Babe'.

2013

Toby Saks

American cellist and educator (born 1942)

Toby Saks was an American cellist, the founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society and a member of the New York Philharmonic.

2013

Wilford White

American football player (born 1928)

Wilford Parley "Whizzer" White was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He also was a member of the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian…

2013

Valyantsin Byalkevich

Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)

Valyantsin Byalkevich, also referred to as Valiantsin Bialkevich, was a Belarusian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for the Belarus national team. He spent the majority of his career with Ukrainian…

2014

Jan Roar Leikvoll

Norwegian author (born 1974)

Jan Roar Leikvoll was a Norwegian novelist.

2014

Charles T. Payne

American soldier (born 1925)

Charles Thomas Payne was an American librarian and soldier. A member of the Obama family, he was the brother of Madelyn Payne Dunham and granduncle of former U.S. president Barack Obama.

2014

Mike Smith

English radio and television host (born 1955)

Michael George Smith, also known by the on-air nickname of Smitty, was an English television and radio presenter, racing driver and businessman. During the 1980s, he was known for his appearances on BBC1 as a co-host of…

2014

Stephan Beckenbauer

German footballer and manager (born 1968)

Stephan Beckenbauer was a German footballer who played as a centre-back.

2015

Cilla Black

English singer and actress (born 1943)

Priscilla Maria Veronica Willis, known professionally as Cilla Black, was an English singer, actress and television presenter.

2015

Bernard d'Espagnat

French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)

Bernard d'Espagnat was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. The Wigner–d'Espagnat inequality is partially named after him.

2015

Bob Frankford

English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)

Robert Timothy Stansfield "Bob" Frankford was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the Toronto riding of Scarborough…

2015

Hong Yuanshuo

Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)

Hong Yuanshuo was a Chinese football manager and a former player. Throughout his playing career he spent all of it with Beijing where he won the 1973 league title with them. Since retiring he would move into scouting…

2015

Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923)

Anne was the wife of King Michael I of Romania. She married Michael in 1948, the year after he had abdicated the throne. Nonetheless, she was known after the marriage as Queen Anne.

2016

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (born 1934)

Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an…

2020

Rickey Dixon

American professional football player (born 1966)

Rickey Dixon was an American professional football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he won the Jim Thorpe Award in 1987. Dixon was…

2020

Rodney H. Pardey

American poker player (born 1945)

Rodney Herm "Rod" Pardey was an American poker player. Pardey was the father of singer/songwriter and former tour manager of The Killers, Ryan Pardey, as well as professional poker player and singer/songwriter Rodney E.…

2020

Abdalqadir as-Sufi

Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (born 1930)

Abdalqadir as-Sufi was a Scottish Muslim leader and author. He was Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement and author of numerous books on Islam,…

2021

Jerry Ziesmer

American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (born 1939)

Jerry Ziesmer was an American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor. He is best known for his role as Jerry in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in which he delivers the infamous line "terminate with…

2021

Joyce Brabner

American writer and artist (born 1952)

Joyce Brabner was an American writer of political comics and wife of Harvey Pekar; with whom she co-wrote the nonfiction graphic novel Our Cancer Year.

2024

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Walter Ulbricht — Leader of East Germany from 1950 to 1971

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Known forUlbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic

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