Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Aug-21

Died on This Day (Aug-21)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Bill Pascrell Bill Pascrell William James Pascrell Jr. /?pæs'kr?l/ is an American politician who is the U. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 87 1
Anthony Scotto Anthony Scotto Anthony M. Scotto was an American New York mobster and labor union racketeer in the Gambino crime family who ruled the Brooklyn waterfront. American mobster 87 4
Chris Kooy Chris Kooy Christopher John Kooy was a Canadian soccer player who played for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League. Canadian soccer player 38 5
  Ifeanyi Chiejine Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine was a Nigerian football striker. Nigerian footballer 36 6
Stefán Karl Stefánsson Stefán Karl Stefánsson Stefán Karl Stefánsson was an Icelandic actor and singer. Icelandic actor 43 7
Younes Abouyaaqoub Younes Abouyaaqoub On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, one of whom died 10 days later on 27 August. Islamic terrorist 22 8
  Antony Jay Sir Antony Rupert Jay, CVO, CBE was an English writer, broadcaster, producer and director. English writer, broadcaster, and director 86 9
Chloé Graftiaux Chloé Graftiaux Chloé Graftiaux was a Belgian sport climber and alpinist who fell to her death on the 3,773-metre Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23. Belgian sport climber 23 15
Dean Turner Dean Turner Dean Turner was an Australian rock musician and record producer. Australian musician 37 16
Sean Rigg Sean Rigg Sean Rigg was a 40-year-old black British musician and music producer who had paranoid schizophrenia. Died in police custody in Brixton, England 40 17
Caroline Aigle Caroline Aigle Commandant Caroline Aigle was a French aviator who achieved a historical first when, at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Pilot 32 18
Bismillah Khan Bismillah Khan Bismillah Khan , often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. Indian musician 93 19
Robert Moog Robert Moog Robert Arthur Moog was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. Electronic music pioneer 71 20
Andrzej Zawada Andrzej Zawada Andrzej Zawada was a Polish mountaineer, pioneer of winter Himalayism. Mountain climber 72 25
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who spent his professional life in the United States. Astrophysicist 84 30
Gilbert Warrenton Gilbert Warrenton Gilbert Warrenton was a prominent American silent and sound film cinematographer. American cinematographer 86 45
Eduard Shpolsky Eduard Shpolsky Eduard Vladimirovich Shpolsky, also Shpolsk'ii, Shpolskii was a Russian and Soviet physicist and educator, co-founder and lifelong editor of Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk journal . Soviet physicist 82 50
Friedrich-Wilhelm Karl Friedrich-Wilhelm Karl The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. SS officer 58 55
Charles H. Berry Charles H. Berry Charles Henry Berry was the first Minnesota Attorney General after statehood, from 1858 to 1860. American politician 76 125
George Coles George Coles George Coles was a Canadian politician, being the first premier of Prince Edward Island, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. Canadian politician 64 150