Deaths in History on August 8

George Canning

1827 George Canning, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1827) and Foreign Secretary, dies in office at 57

1828 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)

1863 Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)
1879 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher, dies at 83
1887 Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier, dies at 79
1897 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1898 Eugène Boudin, French painter (beach scenes), dies at 74
1902 James Tissot, French painter and illustrator, dies at 65
1908 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
1909 William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 89
1911 William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)
1921 Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59
1928 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot), hanged at 62
1944 Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace, dies at 30
1947 Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
1950 Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, dies at 70
1950 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and aviation pioneer (Qantas), dies at 71
1960 Danton Walker, American columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
1961 Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83

Shirley Jackson

1965 Shirley Jackson, American author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45

1965 Olga Fastrová, Czech writer and editor (National Policy), dies at 89
1968 Orovida Camille Pissarro, British painter and etcher, dies at 74
1969 Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German human biologist and Nazi physician, dies at 73
1973 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author (The Emigrants) and historian, dies at 74
1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67
1976 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered

1979 Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
1980 Jacqueline Cochran, US pilot and 1st woman to break sound barrier, dies at 74
1980 Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer, dies at 70
1982 Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
1982 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer (De Weerlozen), dies at 63
1984 Ellen Raskin, American author (b.1928)
1987 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, dies at 83
1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
1991 John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies
1991 Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies
1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah, leader of Sjiieten, dies at 92
1992 Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist, Esquire women of year, dies of aids at 26
1992 Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker and advisor, dies at 58
1992 Thomas J. McIntyre, American senator and writer (Fear Brokers), dies at 77
1993 Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77
1994 Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62
1994 Leonid Leonov, Russian writer and playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
1994 Robin Cavendish, English campaigner for the disabled, dies at 64
1996 George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
1996 Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80
1996 Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer known for his radical leftist leanings, dies at 91
1996 Nevill Francis Mott, British physicist (1977 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on amorphous semiconductors), dies at 90
1998 Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
2005 Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
2005 John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)
2005 Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938)
2007 Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)
2007 Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
2014 Charles Keating, English actor, dies from lung cancer at 72
2016 Edward Daly, Irish Bishop "Bloody Sunday" priest, dies at 82
2016 Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, dies at 93