Died On August 22nd
Discover the most famous people who died on August 22. The list includes people like Richard III of England, Michael Collins, Huey P. Newton, Kate Chopin, Diana Vreeland. 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 Kingdom, United States, Canada & Germany and many more countries.
Vote for Your Favourite Died On August 22nd
Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.
Birthdate: October 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Died: 1922
Revolutionary leader Michael Collins was a significant figure in the Irish struggle for independence. He was the director of intelligence of the Irish army and was responsible for attacks such as the "Bloody Sunday" killings of British agents. He negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty but was assassinated by anti-Treaty rebels.
Birthdate: 1295 AD
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1358
Isabella of France, also known as the She-Wolf of France, was the Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II. She was known for her diplomatic skills, intelligence, and beauty. Her marriage was a troubled one and she probably had an affair with Roger Mortimer. It is believed that Isabella then arranged the murder of Edward II.
Birthdate: October 2, 1452
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
Died: 1485
Richard III was King of England from 1483 to 1485. His defeat and subsequent death marked the demise of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of William Shakespeare's famous play Richard III. He has also been an inspiration for several other works of literature and films.
4
Huey P. Newton(Political Activist, Revolutionary Leader and Co-Founder of the ‘Black Panther Party’)
Birthdate: February 17, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1989
Huey P. Newton was an African-American civil and political rights activist. He is credited with co-founding The Black Panther Party (BPP), which went on to become one of black movement's most influential organizations of the late-1960s. The party, under Newton's leadership, founded more than 60 community support programs, including Free Breakfast for Children, which provided food to thousands of children.
5
Colleen Dewhurst(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Josie Hogan’ in the Film ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’)
Birthdate: June 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: 1991
Canadian-American actor Colleen Dewhurst is best remembered for her Tony-winning performance in the Broadway play A Moon for the Misbegotten. She was known for her frequent appearances in Eugene O'Neill’s plays. Fans also loved her in TV projects such as Murphy Brown and Anne of Green Gables.
6
Jomo Kenyatta(1st President of Kenya (1964–1978) and the 1st Prime Minister of Kenya (1963–1964))
Birthdate: October 20, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gatundu, Kenya
Died: 1978
After being held as a prisoner by the British for 9 years, anti-colonial activist Jomo Kenyatta was released shortly before Kenya achieved its independence, and became the country’s first prime minister and then its first president. The Father of the Nation, Kenyatta was also named Mzee, meaning “grand old man.”
7
Nickolas Ashford
(Songwriter)
Birthdate: May 4, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: February 8, 1850
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: 1904
Birthdate: 1484 AD
Birthplace: Guildford, England, United kingdom
Died: 1545
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk was the brother-in-law of King Henry VIII of England, through his third wife, Mary Tudor. He was sent by Henry to fix Mary’s marriage to King Francis I of France, but married her himself instead. He received viscountcy for the 1513 campaign against France.
10
Diana Vreeland(Magazine editor, fashion journalist and special consultant)
Birthdate: July 29, 1906
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1989
Diana Vreeland was a French-American editor and columnist who worked for popular fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. From 1963 to 1971, she served as the editor-in-chief of Vogue. In 1964, she was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Diana Vreeland’s life and career inspired the 2011 documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.
11
Toots Thielemans
(Belgian Jazz Musician)
Birthdate: April 29, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: 2016
Toots Thielemans was a Belgian jazz musician best remembered for his chromatic harmonica playing. A multi-talented personality, Thielemans was also renowned for his whistling skills, composing, and guitaring. Toots Thielemans is credited with popularizing harmonica in the jazz scene which made him the preeminent jazz harmonica player.
Birthdate: April 25, 1933
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 2011
Birthdate: September 14, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glendale, California, U.S.
Died: 2018
14
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
(Foreign Secretary)
Birthdate: February 3, 1830
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Died: 1903
15
Jean-Honore Fragonard
(Painter)
Birthdate: April 5, 1732
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Grasse, France
Died: 1806
16
Anders Zorn(One of the Best Portrait Painters in Europe at the End of the 19th Century)
Birthdate: February 18, 1860
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mora, Sweden
Died: 1920
Anders Zorn was a Swedish artist who achieved international success as an etcher, sculptor, and painter. One of Sweden's most important artists, Zorn's paintings currently adorn the National Museum of Fine Arts which is located in Stockholm. Apart from creating brilliant works of art, Zorn is also credited with establishing the Bellman Prize, which is a literature prize awarded yearly.
17
Jack Layton
(Canadian Politician and Former Leader of the New Democratic Party)
Birthdate: July 18, 1950
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2011
Canadian politician John Layton was Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto—Danforth from 2004 till his death in 2011. He served as Leader of the New Democratic Party from January 2003 till his death and led the party to garner increased support in each election, in particular during the 2011 election following which Layton became Leader of the Opposition.
18
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
(American Biologist and Researcher)
Birthdate: April 9, 1903
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Woodbine, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1967
Gregory Goodwin Pincus revolutionized medical science by co-inventing the first oral contraceptive or birth control pill. The Cornell and Harvard alumnus was born to Russian Jewish immigrants and had an IQ of 210. Though he initially studied agriculture, he later focused on the study of hormones, steroids, and fertility.
19
Michel Fokine
(Russian Choreographer and Dancer)
Birthdate: April 23, 1880
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1942
Michel Fokine was a Russian dancer and choreographer whose pieces are performed internationally to this day. Fokine is credited with choreographing the works of popular dancers like Anna Pavlova. Renowned for his groundbreaking works, such as Le Pavillon d'Armide, Michel Fokine has been portrayed in a couple of films, namely Nijinsky and A Woman for All Time.
20
Jan Kochanowski
(Polish Renaissance Poet)
Birthdate: 1530 AD
Birthplace: Sycyna Północna, Poland
Died: 1584
Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet whose poetic patterns became a key component of the Polish literary language. Kochanowski is considered the greatest Polish poet before the arrival of Adam Bernard Mickiewicz. Jan Kochanowski is best remembered for his magnum opus Treny, a series of 19 elegies on the demise of his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Urszula.
21
Oliver Lodge
(British Physicist, Inventor and Prinicpal Patent Holder and Developer of 'Radio')
Birthdate: June 12, 1851
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Penkhull, England
Died: 1940
Best known for developing the radio-wave detector named coherer, Oliver Lodge had also served as the first principal of Birmingham University. He was made a Knights Bachelor and had also been a Royal Institution lecturer. His inventions revolutionized early wireless telegraph technology, though they were replaced by modern instruments later.
22
Arthur Morris
(One of Australia’s Greatest Left-Handed Batsmen)
Birthdate: January 19, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bondi, Australia
Died: 2015
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
23
Abulfaz Elchibey
(2nd President of Azerbaijan (1992 - 1993))
Birthdate: June 24, 1938
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Died: 2000
Abulfaz Elchibey was an Azerbaijani political figure who served as the President of Azerbaijan from 17 June 1992 to 24 June 1993. He was stripped of his presidency in a coup d'état in 1993. After the end of his presidency, Abulfaz Elchibey served as the leader of the opposition.
24
Rudolph Schindler
(One of the Seminal Master Architects Who Defined Modern Architecture in Southern California)
Birthdate: September 10, 1887
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1953
Born to a craftsman in Austria, Rudolph Schindler grew up to a master architect. He also introduced his signature form of modern architecture, known as space architecture, and his own adaptation of the wood frame, the Schindler Frame. He built most of his masterpieces in Southern California, primarily in Los Angeles.
Birthdate: July 21, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bacău, Principality of Moldavia
Died: 1890
26
Rashīd Riḍā
(Sunni Islamic Scholar, Theologian, Reformer, and Revivalist)
Birthdate: September 23, 1865
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lebanon
Died: 1935
Birthdate: December 11, 1922
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City. United States
Died: 2007
28
Franz Joseph Gall
(Physician, Neuroscientist)
Birthdate: March 9, 1758
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tiefenbronn
Died: 1828
German neuroanatomist and physiologist Franz Joseph Gall was the founding father of cranioscopy, or the determination of intelligence and personality traits from the shape of a person’s skull, now known as phrenology. He was also the first to separate the gray matter of the brain from the white matter.
29
Abul-Fazl ibn Mubarak
(Grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar)
Birthdate: January 14, 1551
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 1602
Birthdate: February 16, 1903
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England
Died: 1980
31
Charles William Eliot
(Educator)
Birthdate: March 20, 1834
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1926
Birthdate: 1293 AD
Birthplace: France
Died: 1350
Philip VI of France was the first king of France from the House of Valois. He reigned from 1328 until his death in 1350. He was the nephew of King Philip IV of France and occupied the throne after his death, being his nearest male relative. His reign witnessed the beginning of the Hundred Years' War in 1337.
33
Aleksandr Demyanenko
(Soviet and Russian Actor Who Immortalized the Character 'Shurik')
Birthdate: May 30, 1937
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yekaterinburg, Russia
Died: 1999
Though born to an actor, Aleksandr Demyanenko initially studied music and also failed in his entrance exams to the Moscow Art Theatre. He later dropped out of law school to eventually focus on acting. He went on to immortalize the character Shurik, which he played in multiple movies, such as Kidnapping, Caucasian Style.
34
Loriot
(German Comedian, Cartoonist, Humorist, Film Director, Writer, and Actor)
Birthdate: November 12, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brandenburg, Germany
Died: 2011
35
James Smith McDonnell
(Aviator)
Birthdate: April 9, 1899
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States
Died: 1980
36
Vladimir Propp
(Folklorist)
Birthdate: April 29, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1970
37
Daniel Petrie
(Film director, Film producer)
Birthdate: November 26, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Died: 2004
38
Ellen Church
(The First Female Flight Attendant)
Birthdate: September 22, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cresco, Iowa, United States
Died: 1965
Ellen Church was an American nurse and flight attendant. She wanted to establish herself as a commercial pilot. Since airlines were not hiring women pilots at that time, Church convinced Boeing Air Transport that having nurses as flight-stewardesses would help bring in more passengers. Subsequently, in 1930, Ellen Church became the first female flight attendant.
39
Stilicho
(Military commander)
Birthdate: 0359 AD
Birthplace: Germany
Died: 0408
40
Juscelino Kubitschek
(President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961)
Birthdate: September 12, 1902
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Diamantina, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died: 1976
Former president of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, popularly known as JK, is remembered as the primary force behind the construction of Brazil’s new capital, Brasilia. A physician, he worked in military hospitals, before he stepped into politics with the Social Democratic Party. He died in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro.
41
Alice Duer Miller
(Poet, Author, Screenwriter, Writer)
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1942
42
Emperor Konoe
(76th Emperor of Japan)
Birthdate: June 16, 1139
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Japan
Died: 1155
43
Richard Oastler
(British Industrial Reformer)
Birthdate: December 20, 1789
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: 1861
Nicknamed the Factory King, Richard Oastler was a prominent English social reformer who is known for his relentless campaign for shortening work hours, eventually leading to the 1847 Ten Hours Act. While in prison for opposing the Poor Law Amendment Act, he penned Fleet Papers, a collection of his social theories.
44
Jacob Bronowski
(Mathematician, Poet, Non-fiction writer)
Birthdate: January 18, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Łódź
Died: 1974
Birthdate: January 19, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: England
Died: 2012
Birthdate: July 31, 1962
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: La Marsa, Tunisia
Died: 2011
47
Ignazio Silone
(Political leader)
Birthdate: May 1, 1900
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pescina, Italy
Died: 1978
48
Ștefan Procopiu
(Romanian Physicist Who Discovered a Circular Effect of Magnetic Discontinuity)
Birthdate: January 19, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bârlad
Died: 1972
Ștefan Procopiu was a Romanian physicist best remembered for discovering a circular effect of magnetic discontinuity, which was later named Procopiu Effect. Procopiu Effect had prominent applications in the evolution of the memory of computers. Ștefan Procopiu also served as a professor at several institutions throughout his life.
49
Calvin Ellis Stowe
(Biblical scholar)
Birthdate: April 6, 1802
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1886
Birthdate: June 21, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Germany
Died: 1893
Ernest II, the eldest son of Duke Ernest I, had been the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was quite close to his brother, Prince Albert, consort to England’s Queen Victoria. Best known for his support of the German unification, he was also a skilled composer of operas and an avid sports lover.