History Deaths on August 07

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)

#Pierre_Samuel_du_Pont_de_Nemours

Anna Piaggi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1931)

#Anna_Piaggi

Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)

#Li_Xiucheng

Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1544)

#Thomas_Fleming_(judge)

Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)

#Luis_Ángel_Firpo

Angus Tait, New Zealand businessman, founded Tait Communications (b. 1919)

#Angus_Tait

Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)

#Margaret_Pellegrini

Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (b. 1548)

#Vincenzo_Scamozzi

Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)

#Mickey_McDermott

Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)

#Jacob_Maris

Alfonso V, king of León (b. 994)

#Alfonso_V_of_León

Perry Moss, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

#Perry_Moss

Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (b. 1923)

#Louise_Suggs

Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

#Edwin_Harris_Dunning

Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)

#Robert_de_Vere,_19th_Earl_of_Oxford

Majorian, Roman emperor (b. 420)

#Majorian

David Maslanka, American composer (b. 1943)

#David_Maslanka

Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (b. 1480)

#Saint_Cajetan

Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

#Abner_Powell

M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (b. 1924)

#M._Karunanidhi

Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain and spy (b. 1912)

#Nancy_Wake

Joan of Kent, mother of Richard II (b. 1328)

#Joan_of_Kent

Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)

#Peter_Jennings

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

#Rabindranath_Tagore

Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1895)

#Jack_Gregory_(cricketer)

Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)

#Friedrich_Spee

Dušan Zbavitel, Czech indologist and author (b. 1925)

#Dušan_Zbavitel

Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)

#Konstantin_Stanislavski

Mark Hatfield, American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (b. 1922)

#Mark_Hatfield

Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)

#Wilhelm_Liebknecht

Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)

#Giovanni_Bracco

Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (b. 1914)

#Frances_Oldham_Kelsey

Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (b. 1929)

#Manuel_Contreras

Don Baylor, American baseball player (b. 1949)

#Don_Baylor

Stan Mikita, Slovakian hockey player (b. 1940)

#Stan_Mikita

Mickey Leland, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)

#Mickey_Leland

Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)

#Red_Adair

Mike Seeger, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)

#Mike_Seeger

Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)

#Francis_Blackburne_(priest)

Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (b. 1989)

#Bryan_Clauson

Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)

#Martin_van_den_Hove

Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)

#Alfredo_Catalani

François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)

#François-Alphonse_Forel

Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)

#Jöns_Jacob_Berzelius

Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)

#Joseph_Marie_Jacquard

Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (b. 1900)

#Camille_Chamoun

Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)

#Mariano_Arista

Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani academic and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (b. 1928)

#Murtuz_Alasgarov

Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer (b. 1964)

#Almir_Kayumov

Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)

#Charles_Bryant_(actor)

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)

#Henry_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Henry Stone, American record producer (b. 1921)

Víctor Fayad, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1955)

Alexander Yagubkin, Russian boxer (b. 1961)

Meeli Truu, Estonian architect (d. 1946)

Anthony Pawson, English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (b. 1952)

Samuel G. Armistead, American linguist, historian, and academic (b. 1927)

Mayer Zald, American sociologist and academic (b. 1931)

Vladimir Kobzev, Russian footballer and coach (b. 1959)

Judith Crist, American critic and academic (b. 1922)

John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)

Louis E. Saavedra, American educator and politician, 48th Mayor of Albuquerque (b. 1933)

Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1957)

Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (b. 1931)

Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)

Mary Anderson Bain, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)

Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948)

K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (b. 1931)

Algirdas Laurit?nas, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932)

Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (b. 1929)

Larry Martyn, English actor (b. 1934)

Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1922)

Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)

Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter (b. 1922)

Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)

Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (b. 1925)

Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)

Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard (b. 1953)

Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)

Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)

Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)

Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War(b.1908)

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)

Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)

Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany (b. 1454)

Heinrich II von Rotteneck, prince-bishop of Regensburg

Richard Middleton, English Lord Chancellor

Hugh Foliot, bishop of Hereford (b. c. 1155)

Li Chongjun, Chinese prince