Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915) 2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912) 2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945) 2008 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914) 2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934) 2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913) 2010 – Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923) 2011 – Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916) 2012 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954) 2012 – Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938) 2012 – Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935) 2012 – William Windom, American actor (b. 1923) 2013 – David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918) 2014 – Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947) 2014 – Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930) 2014 – Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960) 2014 – Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924) 2015 – Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947) 2015 – Anna Kashfi, British actress (b. 1934) 2015 – Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943) 2015 – Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (b. 1947) 2016 – João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916) 2016 – John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927) 2018 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) 2018 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian prime minister (b. 1924) 2018 – Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (b. 1924) 2019 – Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940) 2019 – Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (b. 1933) 2021 – Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (b. 1963) Holidays and observances Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States) Children's Day (Paraguay) Christian feast day: Ana Petra Pérez Florido Armel (Armagillus) Diomedes of Tarsus Roch Stephen I of Hungary Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church) August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan) National Airborne Day (United States) Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960. Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France) References External links Days of the year August