Famous people died in August - page 33

Frederick II or Frederick the Great was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786

Florence Nightingale is popularly known as the ‘Lady with the lamp’ and ‘Angel of Crimea’

Elvis Aaron Presley was a noted American singer and actor, known as ‘The king of Rock and Roll’

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician and physicist who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities

Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer

Friedrich Nietzsche was a famous 19th century German philosopher and philologist

Eamon de Valera was an Irish politician and patriot, one of the leaders of Ireland's struggle for independence from the United Kingdom

Diana Vreeland was an iconic fashion expert who is also known as the ‘Empress of Fashion’

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, essayist and historian, known for his radical philosophical scepticism and empiricism

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist