Death month august celebrities
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George Laidlaw (February 28, 1828 – August 6, 1889) was a businessman who promoted the development of narrow gauge railways and was invaluable in the chartering of the Toronto & Nipissing (with which his own Victoria Railway would soon compete) and
William E. Smith (1865 – August 9, 1886) was a Major League Baseball player, who appeared in one game for the 1884 Cleveland Blues of the National League as their left fielder. Smith died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 21 in a diving acc
Ivo Hélcio Jardim de Campos Pitanguy (born 1926 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais) is a plastic surgeon based in Rio de Janeiro.
Robert “Bobby” Johnstone (7 September 1929 – 22 August 2001) was a Scottish association football player, mainly remembered as one of the Famous Five forward line of Hibernian.
Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer. He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant-garde for his unorthodox directing methods, Léonc
Joyce Ebert (June 26, 1933 — August 28, 1997) was an American actress. She was particularly known for her work as a dramatic actress at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut where she portrayed both leading and supporting roles in more t
Thomas Francis Michael “Tommy” McCarthy (July 24, 1863 – August 5, 1922) was a Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
David Pinski (April 5, 1872 – August 11, 1959) was a Yiddish language writer, probably best known as a playwright. At a time when Eastern Europe was only beginning to experience the industrial revolution, Pinski was the first to introduce to its st
Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra ((July 18, 1926 – August 8, 1999 Mexico City) was a Mexican writer principally known for the creation of the comic book carácter of Memín Pinguín and various telenovelas for Mexican television. She began her wr
Soraya Manutchehri was a 35-year-old woman who was stoned to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh, Iran on 15 August 1986 after being allegedly convicted of adultery. Unnamed witnesses have claimed that her husband, Ghorban-Ali, a prison guard with