Died On August 21st
Discover the most famous people who died on August 21. The list includes people like Leon Trotsky, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Bismillah Khan, James Wilson, George Jackson. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, physicists, composers and poets and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, India, Italy & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: August 7, 1560
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nyírbátor, Hungary
Died: 1614
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Leon Trotsky(Russian Marxist Revolutionary Who Developed a Variant of Marxism Which Has Become Known as 'Trotskyism')
Birthdate: November 7, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bereslavka, Ukraine
Died: 1940
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Stefán Karl Stefánsson(Icelandic Actor and Singer Best Known for His Role as ‘Robbie Rotten’ in TV Series ‘LazyTown’)
Birthdate: July 10, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Died: 2018
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Benigno Aquino, Jr.
(Filipino Senator Who Was the Husband of President Corazon Aquino)
Birthdate: November 27, 1932
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Concepcion, Philippines
Died: 1983
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Ettore Bugatti(Automobile Designer, Founder and Proprietor of the Automobile Manufacturing Company ‘Automobiles E. Bugatti’)
Birthdate: September 15, 1881
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: 1947
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Bismillah Khan(Indian Musician Who Popularized the Musical Instrument 'Shehnai')
Birthdate: March 21, 1913
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dumraon, Bihar
Died: 2006
Birthdate: July 25, 1935
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States
Died: 2018
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar(Astrophysicist Known for his 'Theoritical Studies of the Physical processes of importance to the Structure and Evolution of the Stars')
Birthdate: October 19, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
Died: 1995
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Robert Moog
(Founder of Moog Music and the Inventor of the First Commercial Synthesizer)
Birthdate: May 23, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2005
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Danitra Vance
(American comedian)
Birthdate: July 13, 1954
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1994
Birthdate: May 31, 1963
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2003
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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James Wilson(One of the Founding Fathers of the United States & a Signatory of the Declaration of Independence)
Birthdate: September 14, 1742
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fife, Scotland
Died: 1798
Birthdate: July 22, 1899
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zombodze, Swaziland
Died: 1982
Birthdate: May 15, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1992
Birthdate: December 12, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Adamsville, Tennessee
Died: 1974
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Alfonso VII of Leon and Castile
(King)
Birthdate: March 1, 1105
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caldas de Reis, Spain
Died: 1157
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Ken Robinson
(Author and Speaker Best Known for Preaching Creativity in Teaching)
Birthdate: March 4, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: 2020
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William Thurston
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: October 30, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: 2012
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Yuri Nikulin
(Soviet and Russian Clown and Actor)
Birthdate: December 18, 1921
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Demidov, Russia
Died: 1997
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Ottilie Assing
(German-American Abolitionist, Freethinker, and Feminist)
Birthdate: February 11, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: 1884
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Dai Vernon
(Canadian Magician Best Known For His Sleight of Hand Technique)
Birthdate: June 11, 1894
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ottawa
Died: 1992
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Wolfgang Vogel
(German Lawyer)
Birthdate: October 30, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bolesławów, Poland
Died: 2008
Birthdate: January 23, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Naktala, South Kolkata India
Died: 2017
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Wanda Toscanini Horowitz
(Arturo Toscanini's daughter)
Birthdate: December 7, 1907
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: 1998
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Henrik Pontoppidan
(Johann Adolph Hasse)
Birthdate: July 24, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fredericia, Denmark
Died: 1943
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Juan Álvarez
(24th President of Mexico (October 1855 – December 1855))
Birthdate: January 27, 1790
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Atoyac de Álvarez, Mexico
Died: 1867
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
(Writer)
Birthdate: May 15, 1689
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1762
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Tatiana Troyanos
(American Mezzo-Soprano)
Birthdate: September 12, 1938
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1993
Birthdate: 1570 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 1612
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Markos Botsaris
(Military General)
Birthdate: 1790 AD
Birthplace: Souli, Greece
Died: 1823
Birthdate: January 31, 1911
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1981
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Constant Lambert
(Composer)
Birthdate: August 23, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fulham, London, England
Died: 1951
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Michael Devine
(Political activist)
Birthdate: May 26, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Derry, Northern Ireland
Died: 1981
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Jacob Epstein
(American-British Sculptor Known for Pioneering Modern Sculpture)
Birthdate: November 10, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1959
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John E. Carter
(American singer)
Birthdate: June 2, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Died: 2009
Birthdate: September 23, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1971
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Benjamin Thompson
(Physicist and Inventor)
Birthdate: March 26, 1753
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1814
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Jacob Pontusson, count de la Gardie
(Swedish Statesman and one of the Five Regents Who Jointly Ruled Sweden During the Minority of Queen Christina)
Birthdate: June 20, 1583
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tallinn, Estonia
Died: 1652
Birthdate: June 17, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Died: 1978
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María Teresa Sánchez
(Rubén Darío Prize-Winning Nicaraguan Poet and Short-story Writer)
Birthdate: October 15, 1918
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: 1994
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Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
(Queen consort of Sweden)
Birthdate: July 3, 1746
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1813
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Empress Xiaojingcheng
(Empress)
Birthdate: June 19, 1812
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tongliao, China
Died: 1855
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Claude-Louis Navier
(physicist, economist, mathematician, engineer of roads and bridges)
Birthdate: February 10, 1785
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Burlada
Died: 1836
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Alexander of Hales
(Theologian)
Birthdate: 1185 AD
Birthplace: Halesowen, England
Died: 1245
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Germaine Guèvremont
(Writer)
Birthdate: April 16, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint-Jerome, Canada
Died: 1968
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Harald Sverdrup
(Oceanographer)
Birthdate: November 15, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sogndal Municipality, Norway
Died: 1957
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Ken Coleman
(Sportscaster)
Birthdate: April 22, 1925
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: 2003
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Misael Pastrana Borrero
(Politician)
Birthdate: November 14, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Neiva, Colombia
Died: 1997
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Qurratulain Hyder
(Indian Urdu Novelist and Short Story Writer Best Known for Her Magnum Opus, 'Aag Ka Darya')
Birthdate: January 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aligarh, India
Died: 2007
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Toby Sheldon
(Reality Star Who Appeared on the Botched and My Strange Addiction)
Birthdate: October 3, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nuremberg, Germany
Died: 2015