Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954) 2011 – Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989) 2012 – Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917) 2012 – Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) 2012 – Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984) 2012 – Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916) 2012 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919) 2012 – Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960) 2013 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926) 2013 – Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966) 2013 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) 2013 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) 2013 – May Song Vang, American activist (b. 1951) 2013 – Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (b. 1959) 2014 – Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962) 2014 – Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936) 2014 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914) 2014 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927) 2015 – Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (b. 1912) 2015 – Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (b. 1943) 2018 – Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (b. 1953) 2019 – Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (b. 1931). 2020 – Hawa Abdi, Somali human rights activist and physician (b. 1947) 2022 – Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1943) 2022 – Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (b. 1963) 2022 – Ali Haydar, Syrian army officer (b. 1932) 2022 – Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1938) 2022 – Dillon Quirke, Irish hurler (b. 1998) Holidays and observances Christian feast day: Abel of Reims Addai Afra Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Episcopal Church (USA)) Cassian of Autun Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church) Emygdius Memnius Oswald of Northumbria August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day (Burkina Faso) Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia) References External links Days of the year August