Famous people died in August - page 9

Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was a ‘Special Operations Executive’ agent of the British at the time of the ‘Second World War’

FrenchAugust 30, 1912397 views

James Armistead Lafayette

James Armistead Lafayette was an African-American slave who worked for the ‘American Continental Army’ during the Revolutionary War of America as a spy

AmericanDecember 10, 1760113 views

Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino was the 11th President of Philippines

FilipinosJanuary 25, 1933132 views

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the ‘Father of the Nation’ of Bangladesh

BangladeshiMarch 17, 1920219 views

Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker in the first half of the 20th century

FrenchFebruary 4, 1881111 views

Junípero Serra

Junípero Serra was a Franciscan priest, who was canonized in 2015

SpanishNovember 24, 1713114 views

Laurent Fignon

Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer

FrenchAugust 12, 1960231 views

Paul Signac

Paul Signac was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who played a major role in the development of the Pointillist style

FrenchNovember 11, 1863150 views

Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess was the Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler and the third most important politician in Nazi Germany after Hitler and Hermann Göring

GermanApril 26, 1894220 views

Eugène Delacroix

Eugene Delacroix was an eminent French Romantic artist of his time and considered to be the forerunner of the French Romantic school

FrenchApril 26, 1798112 views