August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 30 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)
- 371 – St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop
- 527 – Justin I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 450)
- 1137 – King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
- 1227 – Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
- 1252 – Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian Franciscan monk and explorer (b. 1185)
- 1402 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)
- 1457 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
- 1464 – Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)
- 1541 – Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)
- 1546 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
- 1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
- 1580 – Albrecht Giese IV, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
- 1589 – Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
- 1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Belgian cartographer (b. 1527)
- 1714 – Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1665)
- 1787 – Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (b. 1696)
- 1795 – Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist and entomologist (b. 1735)
- 1798 – François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1853)
- 1812 - Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
- 1851 – William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)
- 1865 - Byron Diman, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1795)
- 1866 – John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790)
- 1869 – Alexandrine Tinné, Dutch adventurer, explorer and photographer (b. 1835)
1901 – 1950
- 1903 – Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (b. 1852)
- 1907 - Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro, three-time Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1849)
- 1911 – Konrad Duden, German teacher and philologist (b. 1829)
- 1911 - Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter (b. 1852)
- 1913 – Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet (b. 1871)
- 1917 – Frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)
- 1917 – Enric Prat de la Riba, Catalan politician (b. 1870)
- 1918 – John Riley Banister, American cowboy and Texas Ranger (b. 1854)
- 1920 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist leader (b. 1856)
- 1929 - Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
- 1943 – Lydia Litvyak, Soviet flying ace (b. 1921)
- 1944 – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
- 1945 – Gyula Csortos, Hungarian movie actor (b. 1883)
1951 – 2000
- 1959 - Jean Behra, French racing driver (b. 1921)
- 1964 – Johnny Burnette, American singer (b. 1934)
- 1966 – Charles Whitman, American gunman (b. 1941)
- 1967 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- 1970 – Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
- 1970 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German chemist, won the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (b. 1883)
- 1973 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (b. 1882)
- 1973 – Walter Ulbricht, leader of East Germany (b. 1893)
- 1977 – Gary Powers, American spy plane pilot (b. 1929)
- 1981 – Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b. 1923)
- 1986 - Carlo Confalonieri, Italian cardinal (b. 1893)
- 1987 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (b. 1897)
- 1989 – John Ogdon, English pianist (b. 1937)
- 1990 – Graham Young, British serial killer (b. 1947)
- 1990 – Norbert Elias, German sociologist (b. 1897)
- 1996 – Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)
- 1996 – Tadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1996 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician, surgeon and aid worker (b. 1929)
- 1996 - Mohamed Farrah Aidid, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
- 1998 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born actress (b. 1927)
- 1999 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Anglo-Indian writer (b. 1897)
From 2001
- 2001 – Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
- 2001 - Mario Perazzolo, Italian footballer (b. 1911)
- 2003 – Guy Thys, Belgian football coach (b. 1922)
- 2003 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)
- 2004 – Philip Hauge Abelson American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (b. 1928)
- 2005 – King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1918)
- 2006 - Ferenc Szusza, Hungarian footballer (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
- 2013 - John Amis, British broadcaster and writer (b. 1922)
- 2013 - Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1931)
- 2014 - Mike Smith, English radio and television presenter (b. 1955)
- 2014 - Rod de'Ath, Welsh drummer (b. 1950)
- 2014 - Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarussian footballer (b. 1973)
- 2014 - Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian writer (b. 1974)
- 2014 - Saeed Saleh, Egyptian actor (b. 1938)
- 2014 - Michael Johns, Australian singer (b. 1978)
- 2015 - Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer (b. 1968)
- 2015 - Chiara Pierobon, Italian cyclist (b. 1993)
- 2015 - Bob Frankford, Canadian politician (b. 1939)
- 2015 - Cilla Black, English singer, actress and television presenter (b. 1943)
- 2016 - Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
- 2016 - Frank Blas, Guamian politician (b. 1941)
- 2016 - Dai Dower, Welsh boxer (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Ana-Maria Avram, Romanian composer (b. 1961)
- 2017 - Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, Indian writer and administrator (b. 1928)
- 2017 - Jeffrey Brotman, American businessman (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Mariann Mayberry, American actress (b. 1965)
- 2018 - Mary Carlisle, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2018 - Rick Genest, Canadian fashion model and actor (b. 1985)
- 2018 - Fakir Musafar, American performance artist (b. 1930)
- 2018 - Celeste Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer (b. 1923)
- 2018 - Umbayee, Indian ghazal singer (b. 1950)
- 2018 - Hannie van Leeuwen, Dutch politician (b. 1926)
- 2018 - Jakob Schönenberger, Swiss businessman and politician (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Nancy Tuckerman, American secretary (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Gordon Brand Jnr, Scottish golfer (b. 1958)
- 2019 - Ian Gibbons, English keyboardist (b. 1952)
- 2019 - Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime minister of Cameroon (b. 1942)
- 2019 - Annemarie Huber-Hotz, Swiss politician, Chancellor of Switzerland (b. 1948)
- 2019 - D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Harley Race, American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
- 2019 - Anders P. Ravn, Danish computer scientist (b. 1947)
Births
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
- 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
- 1953 – Robert Cray, American blues singer
- 1955 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer
- 1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio personality
- 1957 - Yoshio Kato, Japanese footballer
- 1957 - Taylor Negron, American actor, comedian, painter and playwright (d. 2015)
- 1958 - Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player
- 1959 - Satoshi Yamaguchi, Japanese footballer
- 1959 – Joe Elliott, musician (Def Leppard)
- 1960 – Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy)
- 1960 – Richard Roeper, American newspaper columnist and movie critic
- 1963 – Coolio, American rapper
- 1963 - Amber Rudd, English politician, former UK Home Secretary
- 1963 - Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
- 1963 - Mark Wright, English footballer
- 1964 - Fiona Hyslop, Scottish politician
- 1964 - Kaspar Capparoni, Italian actor
- 1965 – Sam Mendes, English stage and movie director
- 1967 - Clare Adamson, Scottish politician
- 1967 - José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
- 1968 - Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
- 1969 - Graham Thorpe, English cricketer
- 1970 – David James, English footballer
- 1970 - Sibel Can, Turkish singer
- 1970 - Elon Lindenstrauss, Israeli mathematician
- 1971 - Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor
- 1973 - Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
- 1973 - Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
- 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
From 1976
- 1976 – Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
- 1976 - Ivan Duque, Colombian politician, President of Colombia
- 1976 – Hasan Sas, Turkish footballer
- 1978 - Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer
- 1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
- 1979 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (d. 2019)
- 1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks, British actress
- 1979 - Jason Momoa, American actor
- 1980 – Mancini, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 - Hans Lindberg, Danish handball player
- 1981 - Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
- 1981 – Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
- 1981 – Taylor Fry, actress
- 1982 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
- 1982 - Montserrat Lombard, English actress
- 1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
- 1985 – Stuart Holden, Scottish-American footballer
- 1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
- 1986 - Mike Wallace, American football player
- 1987 - Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer
- 1987 - Karen Carney, English footballer
- 1988 - Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
- 1988 - Max Carver, American actor
- 1988 - Nemanja Matic, Serbian footballer
- 1989 – Tiffany, South Korean singer
- 1990 - Jack O'Connell, English actor
- 1992 - Austin Rivers, American basketball player
- 1993 - Alejandro Abrines Redondo, Spanish basketball player
- 1993 - Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
- 1994 - Domenico Berardi, Italian footballer
- 1994 - Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
- 1995 - Jason Cummings, Scottish footballer
- 1996 - Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
- 1998 - Khamani Griffin, American actor