Famous people died in 16 August
August 7 (5)
August 28 (10)
August 26 (9)
August 12 (19)
August 25 (14)
August 22 (9)
August 29 (7)
August 11 (8)
August 19 (10)
August 16 (21)
August 13 (9)
August 17 (9)
August 8 (14)
August 21 (9)
August 27 (14)
August 5 (17)
August 9 (17)
August 2 (15)
August 31 (12)
August 3 (10)
August 23 (9)
August 18 (15)
August 30 (10)
August 15 (8)
August 6 (10)
August 24 (6)
August 1 (11)
August 20 (8)
August 14 (10)
August 10 (3)
August 4 (6)
Aretha Franklin
Popularly known as ‘The Queen of Soul’, Aretha Franklin was an American singer and musician
Selman Waksman
Selman Waksman was a noted Russian-born American scientist who discovered the antibiotic streptomycin
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen was a German chemist who developed the Bunsen burner with Peter Desaga
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir was an American chemist who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in surface chemistry
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani musician and singer, counted amongst the greatest voices ever recorded
Abune Paulos
His Holiness Abune Paulos was the Fifth Patriarch of the ‘Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church’
Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell was an English poet famous for his poem, ‘To His Coy Mistress’
Jean-Martin Charcot
A French neurologist and professor, Jean-Martin was instrumental in developing modern science in the field of neurology and had 15 eponyms to his praise