10 August Deaths

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Deaths

258 – Lawrence of Rome, Spanish-Italian deacon and saint (b. 225)
794 – Fastrada, Frankish noblewoman (b. 765)
796 – Eanbald, archbishop of York
847 – Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (b. 816)
1241 – Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (b. 1184)
1250 – Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)
1284 – Tekuder, Khan of the Mongol Ilkhanate
1316 – Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht
1322 – John of La Verna, Italian ascetic (b. 1259)
1410 – Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1337)
1535 – Ippolito de' Medici, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
1536 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Dauphin of France, Brother of Henry II (b. 1518)
1653 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
1655 – Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
1660 – Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (b. 1649)
1723 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1656)
1759 – Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
1784 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
1796 – Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
1802 – Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
1806 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
1839 – Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
1862 – Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
1875 – Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
1889 – Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
1890 – John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
1896 – Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
1904 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
1915 – Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
1918 – Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
1920 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
1929 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
1929 – Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (b. 1854)
1932 – Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (b. 1918)
1933 – Alf Morgans, Welsh-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1850)
1945 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
1948 – Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
1948 – Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
1948 – Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
1949 – Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
1954 – Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)
1958 – Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
1960 – Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
1961 – Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
1963 – Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
1963 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
1969 – János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)
1976 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
1979 – Dick Foran, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
1979 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (b. 1889)
1980 – Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
1982 – Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (b. 1962)
1985 – Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (b. 1906)
1987 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
1991 – Lưu Trọng Lư Vietnamese poet and playwright (b. 1912)
1993 – Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (b. 1968)
1997 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
1997 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1912)
1999 – Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television presenter (b. 1928)
1999 – Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (b. 1899)
2000 – Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1925)
2001 – Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
2002 – Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
2007 – Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1925)
2007 – James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1920)
2007 – Jean Rédélé, French race car driver and pilot, founded Alpine (b. 1922)
2007 – Tony Wilson, English journalist, producer, and manager, co-founded Factory Records (b. 1950)
2008 – Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)
2010 – Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)
2010 – Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
2010 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (b. 1928)
2011 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
2012 – Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (b. 1963)
2012 – Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Irving Fein, American producer and manager (b. 1911)
2012 – William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (b. 1925)
2013 – William P. Clark Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1931)
2013 – Jonathan Dawson, Australian historian and academic (b. 1941)
2013 – Eydie Gormé, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
2013 – David C. Jones, American general (b. 1921)
2013 – Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (b. 1936)
2013 – Amy Wallace, American author (b. 1955)
2014 – Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)
2014 – Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (b. 1945)
2014 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912)
2014 – Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (b. 1930)
2015 – Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
2015 – Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1935)
2015 – Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1922)
2015 – Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (b. 1952)

Source: wikipedia