On This Day — August 21

John G. Trump

1907 – 1985

Sergey Brin

b. 1973

William Pepper

1843 – 1898

Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo

1964 – 2018

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

1789 – 1857

Bernhard Studer

1794 – 1887

Brij Lal

1952 – 2021

C. Douglas Dillon

1909 – 2003

Carl Gegenbaur

1826 – 1903

Chedly Ayari

1933 – 2021

Chen Lifu

1900 – 2001

Chesa Boudin

b. 1980

Ed Seidel

b. 1957

François Bujon de l'Estang

b. 1940

Fred Iklé

1924 – 2011

Frédéric Mitterrand

1947 – 2024

Geovanny Vicente-Romero

b. 1986

Goshi Hosono

b. 1971

Gustavo Noboa

1937 – 2021

Henri Patin

1793 – 1876

Joe Gebbia

b. 1981

John Harris

b. 1945

John Ioannidis

b. 1965

John L. Hall

b. 1934

Jules Michelet

1798 – 1874

Katsutada Sezawa

1895 – 1944

Leo Rafael Reif

b. 1950

Ludwik Rydygier

1850 – 1920

Maria Kaczyńska

1942 – 2010

Marian Jaworski

1926 – 2020

Mary Simon

b. 1947

Mauno Jokipii

1924 – 2007

Paetongtarn Shinawatra

b. 1986

Paul-André Meyer

1934 – 2003

Roger Béteille

1921 – 2019

Sarah Sewall

b. 1961

Stephen Hillenburg

1961 – 2018

William Healey Dall

1845 – 1927

Yorozu Oda

1868 – 1945

Adam Próchnik

1892 – 1942

Ahmed Kathrada

1929 – 2017

Alan Geder

b. 1958

Alexander Chee

b. 1967

Alexander Rudensky

b. 1956

Annette Becker

b. 1953

Anton Shipulin

b. 1987

Aubert Frère

1881 – 1944

Banastre Tarleton

1754 – 1833

Beata Stoczyńska

b. 1961

Benjamin Freakley

b. 1953

Bertrand Pujo

1878 – 1964

Caroline Gennez

b. 1975

Charb

1967 – 2015

Chester Emmons

1900 – 1985

Chris Brasher

1928 – 2003

Cor Herkströter

1937 – 2026

Cornel Feruță

b. 1975

Cristovão Tezza

b. 1952

Crystal Mackall

b. 1960

David Davidson

1854 – 1942

Denis Pétau

1583 – 1652

Diana Andringa

b. 1947

Don Chipp

1925 – 2006

Don Edward Fehrenbacher

1920 – 1997

Endre Szemerédi

b. 1940

Eric Goles Perez

b. 1951

Eunice S. Reddick

b. 1951

Fathallah Sijilmassi

b. 1966

Festus Mogae

1939 – 2026

Frances Kirwan

b. 1959

Franciszek Barda

1880 – 1964

Franz von Paula Schrank

1747 – 1835

Friz Freleng

1905 – 1995

Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju

b. 1952

George Bishop

1785 – 1861

Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington

1885 – 1972

Giorgi Kvinitadze

1874 – 1970

Golbery do Couto e Silva

1911 – 1987

Greg Kasavin

b. 1977

Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer

1801 – 1876

Géza Szőcs

1953 – 2020

Harry Smith

b. 1951

Henry Solomon Wellcome

1853 – 1936

Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek

1874 – 1942

Hugo Hamilton

1849 – 1928

Ihor Kononenko

b. 1965

Isabelle Ferreras

b. 1975

Ivan Alekseyevich Kablukov

1857 – 1942

Jack Buck

1924 – 2002

Jacques Stern

b. 1949

James A. Gray Jr.

1889 – 1952

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick

1670 – 1734

Jean Servais Stas

1813 – 1891

Jean de Neuflize

1850 – 1928

Jiří Paroubek

b. 1952

Joan Voss

b. 1940

John Burgon

1813 – 1888

John Inglis

1810 – 1891

Jon Tester

b. 1956

Jonathan Schell

1943 – 2014

Joseph Henry Allen

1820 – 1898

Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan

1802 – 1873

Joseph McElroy

b. 1930

Joshua Hassan

1915 – 1997

José Cerviño Cerviño

1920 – 2012

Jules Destrée

1863 – 1936

Karekin II

b. 1951

Karen Scrivener

b. 1958

Katrin Karisma

b. 1947

Kazimierz Romaniuk

1927 – 2025

Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott

1897 – 1966

Ken Carpenter

1900 – 1984

Kim Cattrall

b. 1956

Kristian Kristiansen

b. 1948

Laura Trevelyan

b. 1968

Leonid Hurwicz

1917 – 2008

Leonid Pastur

b. 1937

Lia Tadesse

b. 1976

Lino Capolicchio

1943 – 2022

Louis de Branges de Bourcia

b. 1932

Louis-Philippe Brodeur

1862 – 1924

Mara Dierssen Sotos

b. 1961

Margit Frenk

1925 – 2025

Marion McCarrell Scott

1843 – 1922

Markus Kissler-Patig

b. 1970

Maurice Lippens

1875 – 1956

Max Rood

1927 – 2001

Miguel Vale de Almeida

b. 1960

Mohammed VI of Morocco

b. 1963

Nanaia Mahuta

b. 1970

Nikolai Valuev

b. 1973

Ondřej Kovařík

b. 1980

Otto Bache

1839 – 1927

Pascale Senellart

b. 1972

Peter Weir

b. 1944

Philippe Bélaval

b. 1955

Piero Martinetti

1872 – 1943

Piotr Myśliwiec

b. 1952

Pyotr Pletnyov

1792 – 1866

Ralph E. Haines, Jr.

1913 – 2011

Reuben Jeffery III

b. 1953

Reuven Feuerstein

1921 – 2014

Roark Bradford

1896 – 1948

Robert F. Kennon

1902 – 1988

Scott Bessent

b. 1962

Sergey Biryuzov

1904 – 1964

Shawn N. Bratton

b. 1968

Stan Heptinstall

b. 1946

Stefan Attefall

b. 1960

Susumu Nakanishi

b. 1929

Victor Batyrev

b. 1961

Vincent Scully

1920 – 2017

Vyacheslav Ivanov

1929 – 2017

Wilhelm Killmayer

1927 – 2017

Wilhelm Ostwald

1853 – 1932

William Field, 1st Baron Field

1813 – 1907

William Gidley Emmett

1887 – 1985

William Zisman

1905 – 1986

X. J. Kennedy

1929 – 2026

Xu Shunshou

1917 – 1968

Yerzhan Kazykhanov

b. 1964

Yuri Entin

b. 1935

Yuriy Ilyin

b. 1962

Ze'ev Herring

1910 – 1988

Émile Mireaux

1885 – 1969

Abel Maldonado

b. 1967

Adolf Bniński

1884 – 1942

Aelay Narendra

1946 – 2014

Affendi Buang

b. 1962

Ahmed Patel

1949 – 2020

Ala Nemerenco

b. 1959

Alassane Bala Sakandé

b. 1969

Albert Hudson

1875 – 1947

Albert Peter

1853 – 1937

Albert Rees

1921 – 1992

Alberto Barachini

b. 1972

Alberto Rodríguez Saá

b. 1949

Alexander Morgan

1860 – 1946

Amnon Yekutieli

b. 1959

Andreas Franz Frühwirth

1845 – 1933

Andrej Ćilerdžić

b. 1961

Andrew Goudie

b. 1945

Angelina Maccarone

b. 1965

Anna Ilczuk

b. 1981

Anna Nechaevskaya

b. 1991

Annette Peulvast-Bergeal

b. 1946

Anthony Boucher

1911 – 1968

Anthony Morse

1911 – 1984

Anthony Stacchi

b. 1961

Antonie Viljoen

1858 – 1918

Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria

1866 – 1939

Archibald Read Richardson

1881 – 1954

Archie Griffin

b. 1954

Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman

1913 – 1995

Art Farmer

1928 – 1999

Arthur A. Leeper

1855 – 1931

Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans

1765 – 1815

August Bournonville

1805 – 1879

Avner Ben-Amos

b. 1951

Axel Fredrik Enström

1875 – 1948

Adolf Fick

1829 – 1901

Harald Sverdrup

1888 – 1957

William Burnside

1852 – 1927

Adelbert von Chamisso

1781 – 1838

Claude-Louis Navier

1785 – 1836

Edward Capps

1866 – 1950

Francis Evans

1897 – 1983

Guido Rossi

1931 – 2017

Hans von Herwarth

1904 – 1999

Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst

1916 – 2004

James Duderstadt

1942 – 2024

Nancy Kassebaum

1932 – 2026

Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs

1903 – 1978

Per Lønning

1928 – 2016

Perch Zeytuntsyan

1938 – 2017

Princess Dina bint Abdul-Hamid Hashem

1929 – 2019

Ramnarayan V. Pathak

1887 – 1955

Raoul Dautry

1880 – 1951

Ronald Lindsay

1877 – 1945

S. Yizhar

1916 – 2006

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

1910 – 1995

William Benham

1860 – 1950

William Norris

1911 – 2006

William Thurston

1946 – 2012

Yevhen Proniuk

1936 – 2023

Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin

1849 – 1942

Arne Haukvik

1926 – 2002

Artur Artuzov

1891 – 1937

Atanazy Raczyński

1788 – 1874

Benjamin Thompson

1753 – 1814

Bill Pascrell

1937 – 2024

Bror Rexed

1914 – 2002

C. Gordon Fullerton

1936 – 2013

Caroline Aigle

1974 – 2007

Charles Eames

1907 – 1978

Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney

1841 – 1905

Charles Webster

1886 – 1961

Christen Christensen

1806 – 1845

César Thomson

1857 – 1931

David B. Steinman

1886 – 1960

David Gompert

1945 – 2024

Edward Parry

1893 – 1972

Ernst Kuhn

1846 – 1920

Euan MacDonald

1974 – 2024

Eugen Gomringer

1925 – 2025

Giuseppe Medici

1907 – 2000

Gladys Dick

1881 – 1963

Gustave Moynier

1826 – 1910

Hannah Jane Patterson

1879 – 1937

Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland

1803 – 1891

Heikki H. Herlin

1901 – 1989

Helmut Piirimäe

1930 – 2017

Howard Vaughan

1879 – 1955

Irena Kosmowska

1879 – 1945

James Wilson

1742 – 1798

Johann Samuel König

1712 – 1757

John MacCulloch

1773 – 1835

Józef Różański

1907 – 1981

Jørgen Løvland

1848 – 1922

Kaka Kalelkar

1885 – 1981

Ken Robinson

1950 – 2020

Kenzō Matsumura

1883 – 1971

Kintarô Okamura

1867 – 1935

L. M. Milne-Thomson

1891 – 1974

Lev Naumov

1925 – 2005

Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott

1839 – 1911

Louise Rummel

1937 – 2025

Manfred Donike

1933 – 1995

Marian Lalewicz

1876 – 1944

Marie-Aglaë, Princess of Lichtenstein

1940 – 2021

Michael Kubovy

1940 – 2025

Misael Pastrana Borrero

1923 – 1997

Ninoy Aquino

1932 – 1983

Okuda Yoshito

1860 – 1917

Olaf Helset

1892 – 1960

Otavio Frias Filho

1957 – 2018

Paul Juon

1872 – 1940

Ray Eames

1912 – 1988

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill

1941 – 2010

Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven

1835 – 1906

Samuel Stanhope Smith

1751 – 1819

Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet

1766 – 1836

Steven R. Nagel

1946 – 2014

Swraj Paul, Baron Paul

1931 – 2025

Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford

1864 – 1915

Vicente Verdú

1942 – 2018

Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc

1756 – 1845

William Lyon Phelps

1865 – 1943

William Ralph Meredith

1840 – 1923

Xavier de La Chevalerie

1920 – 2004

Adolphus Peter Nelson

1872 – 1927

Agostinho José da Mota

1824 – 1878

Albert Achard

1894 – 1972

Albert Reynolds

1932 – 2014

Alberto Ablondi

1924 – 2010

Alexander Prozorovsky

1733 – 1809

Alexander of Hales

1175 – 1245

Alfonso VII of Castile

1105 – 1157

Alfred Gleißberg

1864 – 1963

Alice Copping

1906 – 1982

André Grisoni

1886 – 1975

Antonio Carnicero

1748 – 1814

Archie Epps

1937 – 2003

Aryeh Altman

1902 – 1982

Aston Webb

1849 – 1930

Babulal Gaur

1930 – 2019

Bajram Rexhepi

1954 – 2017

Barbara Harris

1935 – 2018

Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt

1794 – 1874

Bob Elliott

1934 – 2020

Bohumila Grögerová

1921 – 2014

Bolesław Barbacki

1891 – 1941

Carl Johan Adlercreutz

1757 – 1815

Chaim Lebanon

1899 – 1986

Charles D. W. Canham

1901 – 1963

Charles L. Downey

1915 – 1990

Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon

1783 – 1853

Christiane Bonnelle

1930 – 2016

Christine Cole Catley

1922 – 2011

Christoph Schlingensief

1960 – 2010

Constant Lambert

1905 – 1951

Corneille-François de Nélis

1736 – 1798

Dahlia Ravikovitch

1936 – 2005

Dallas Lynn Peck

1929 – 2005

Daniel Charles

1935 – 2008

Daniel Elliott Huger

1779 – 1854

Daniel W. Hamilton

1861 – 1936

Danitra Vance

1954 – 1994

Dimitrie Cantemir

1674 – 1723

Edgar Thomas Conley

1874 – 1956

Edith Tiempo

1919 – 2011

Edmund von Krieghammer

1832 – 1906

Eduard Shpolsky

1892 – 1975

Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn

1814 – 1879

Edwin J. Larson

1885 – 1949

Elizabeth P. Hoisington

1918 – 2007

Emory S. Bogardus

1882 – 1973

Enrique Mac Iver

1844 – 1922

Ernst Gennat

1880 – 1939

Ettore Bugatti

1881 – 1947

Eugen Jebeleanu

1911 – 1991

Eugene H. Lehman

1878 – 1972

Eugène Dabit

1898 – 1936

Eugène Silvain

1851 – 1930

Ezekiel Cheever

1614 – 1708

Francis Howard Bickerton

1889 – 1954

Francis Jeune

1806 – 1868

Frank Butterworth

1870 – 1950

Frank Harlan Freedman

1924 – 2003

Frank Patrick O'Connor

1885 – 1939

Frederic Henry Hedge

1805 – 1890

Frederick Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza

1768 – 1855

Frederick Corder

1852 – 1932

Georg Friedrich Benecke

1762 – 1844

Georg Leber

1920 – 2012

George Coles

1810 – 1875

George Franklin Grant

1847 – 1910

George Thomas Washington

1908 – 1971

Gerald Robert O'Sullivan

1888 – 1915

Gheorghe Apostol

1913 – 2010

Giacomo Ferrari

1887 – 1974

Greg Evers

1955 – 2017

Gustav Simon

1824 – 1876

Gustav Struve

1805 – 1870

Guy Spitaels

1931 – 2012

Hana Ponická

1922 – 2007

Hans van Abeelen

1936 – 1998

Hardy Falconer Parsons

1897 – 1917

Harold Knutson

1880 – 1953

Heinrich Freyer

1802 – 1866

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

1599 – 1673

Henry Wenceslaus, Duke of Oels-Bernstadt

1592 – 1639

Hirohide Fushimi

1912 – 1943

Hosea Washington Parker

1833 – 1922

Ichirō Fujiyama

1911 – 1993

Ildefons Cerdà

1815 – 1876

Irene Vorrink

1918 – 1996

James Dobson

1936 – 2025

James Edmund Boyd

1845 – 1935

Jean-Pierre Nuel

1847 – 1920

Jesse Martin Combs

1889 – 1953

Jim Cahill

1903 – 1978

Johann Reinhard Blum

1802 – 1883

John Amos

1939 – 2024

John Anderson

1792 – 1853

John III of Egmont

1438 – 1516

John Taylor of Caroline

1753 – 1824

Jose Altavas

1877 – 1952

Juan Antonio Argerich Elizalde

1862 – 1924

Juan José de Amézaga

1881 – 1956

Kalyan Singh

1932 – 2021

Karolina Kaczorowska

1930 – 2021

Klaas de Vries

1917 – 1999

Larry Wos

1930 – 2020

Laurence Doherty

1875 – 1919

Laval Nugent von Westmeath

1777 – 1862

Lawrence Stephen McMahon

1835 – 1893

Leon Lichtenstein

1878 – 1933

Leon Trotsky

1879 – 1940

M. Sarbini

1914 – 1977