10 August Deaths

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

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)
955 – Bulcsú, Hungarian tribal chieftain (horka)
955 – Conrad ('the Red'), duke of Lorraine
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)
1916 – John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
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)
2017 – Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (b. 1929)

Source: wikipedia