People who died on August 29 91
Basil I
d. 886 (b. 811)
Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811)
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Wang Jipeng
d. 939
Wang Jipeng, emperor of Min
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Empress Li Chunyan
d. 939
Li Chunyan, empress of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
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Empress Fu the Elder
d. 956
Empress Fu the Elder, Chinese empress consort
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Abu Taghlib
d. 979
Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid ruler
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
d. 1093 (b. 1057)
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
Eystein I of Norway
d. 1123 (b. 1088)
Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088)
Al-Mustarshid
d. 1135
Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
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Bertha of Sulzbach
d. 1159
Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar
d. 1298 (b. 1269)
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (b. 1269)
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Peter Tempesta
d. 1315 (b. 1261)
Peter Tempesta (b. 1261)
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Charles of Taranto
d. 1315 (b. 1296)
Charles of Taranto (b. 1296)
Albert III, Duke of Austria
d. 1395 (b. 1349)
Albert III, Duke of Austria (d. 1395)
John VI, Duke of Brittany
d. 1442 (b. 1389)
John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
Alesso Baldovinetti
d. 1499 (b. 1427)
Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427)
Ulrich von Hutten
d. 1523 (b. 1488)
Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)
Louis II of Hungary
d. 1526 (b. 1506)
Louis II of Hungary (b. 1506)
Pál Tomori
d. 1526 (b. 1475)
Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
Cristóvão da Gama
d. 1542 (b. 1516)
Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
Hamida Banu Begum
d. 1604 (b. 1527)
Hamida Banu Begum, wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun (b. 1527)
John Lilburne
d. 1657 (b. 1614)
John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
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Gregory King
d. 1712 (b. 1648)
Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
Matthias Bel
d. 1749 (b. 1684)
Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
Edmond Hoyle
d. 1769 (b. 1672)
Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
d. 1780 (b. 1713)
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
Pope Pius VI
d. 1799 (b. 1717)
Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)
Edmund Ignatius Rice
d. 1844 (b. 1762)
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck
d. 1856 (b. 1778)
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
Tokugawa Iemochi
d. 1866 (b. 1846)
Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846)
Brigham Young
d. 1877 (b. 1801)
Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
Stefan Dunjov
d. 1889 (b. 1815)
Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
Pierre Lallement
d. 1891 (b. 1843)
Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
William Forbes Skene
d. 1892 (b. 1809)
William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
Murad V
d. 1904 (b. 1840)
Murad V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)
George Huntington Hartford
d. 1917 (b. 1833)
George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (d. 1917)
William Archibald Spooner
d. 1930 (b. 1844)
William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
David T. Abercrombie
d. 1931 (b. 1867)
David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
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Attik
d. 1944 (b. 1885)
Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
Adolphus Busch III
d. 1946 (b. 1891)
Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
John Steuart Curry
d. 1946 (b. 1897)
John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
Sydney Chapman (economist)
d. 1951 (b. 1871)
Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
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Anton Piëch
d. 1952 (b. 1894)
Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952)
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Marjorie Flack
d. 1958 (b. 1897)
Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
Sayyid Qutb
d. 1966 (b. 1906)
Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
Ulysses S. Grant III
d. 1968 (b. 1881)
Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
Leopold and Loeb
d. 1971 (b. 1904)
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
Lale Andersen
d. 1972 (b. 1905)
Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
Éamon de Valera
d. 1975 (b. 1882)
Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
Jean Hagen
d. 1977 (b. 1923)
Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
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Brian McGuire
d. 1977 (b. 1975)
Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
d. 1979 (b. 1890)
Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)
Lowell Thomas
d. 1981 (b. 1892)
Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
Ingrid Bergman
d. 1982 (b. 1915)
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
Lehman Engel
d. 1982 (b. 1910)
Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (d. 1982)
Evelyn Ankers
d. 1985 (b. 1918)
Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (b. 1918)
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Archie Campbell
d. 1987 (b. 1914)
Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
Lee Marvin
d. 1987 (b. 1924)
Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
Peter Scott
d. 1989 (b. 1909)
Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (d. 1989)
Manly Palmer Hall
d. 1990 (b. 1901)
Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
Libero Grassi
d. 1991 (b. 1924)
Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)
Félix Guattari
d. 1992 (b. 1930)
Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
Frank Perry
d. 1995 (b. 1930)
Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
Shelagh Fraser
d. 2000 (b. 1922)
Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)
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Willie Maddren
d. 2000 (b. 1951)
Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
Conrad Marca-Relli
d. 2000 (b. 1913)
Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
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Graeme Strachan
d. 2001 (b. 1952)
Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
Francisco Rabal
d. 2001 (b. 1926)
Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
Lance Macklin
d. 2002 (b. 1919)
Lance Macklin, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2002)
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
d. 2003 (b. 1939)
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
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Patrick Procktor
d. 2003 (b. 1936)
Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
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Hans Vonk (conductor)
d. 2004 (b. 1942)
Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
James Muir Cameron Fletcher
d. 2007 (b. 1914)
James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)
Richard Jewell
d. 2007 (b. 1962)
Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962)
Pierre Messmer
d. 2007 (b. 1916)
Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)
Alfred Peet
d. 2007 (b. 1920)
Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
Geoffrey Perkins
d. 2008 (b. 1953)
Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
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Michael Schoenberg
d. 2008 (b. 1939)
Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
d. 2011 (b. 1915)
Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
Junpei Takiguchi
d. 2011 (b. 1931)
Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
Ruth Goldbloom
d. 2012 (b. 1923)
Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
d. 2012 (b. 1953)
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)
Shoshichi Kobayashi
d. 2012 (b. 1932)
Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
Anne McKnight
d. 2012 (b. 1924)
Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)
Les Moss
d. 2012 (b. 1925)
Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
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Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)
d. 2012 (b. 1969)
Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
Joan L. Krajewski
d. 2013 (b. 1934)
Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
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Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
d. 2013 (b. 1931)
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
Bruce C. Murray
d. 2013 (b. 1931)
Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)
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Octavio Brunetti
d. 2014 (b. 1975)
Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
Björn Waldegård
d. 2014 (b. 1943)
Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
Gene Wilder
d. 2016 (b. 1933)
Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)