August 9th Deaths |
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| August 9th, 2007 (August 09 2007) | Death | Joe O Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (born in 1922) | |
| August 9th, 2006 (August 09 2006) | Death | James van Allen, American physicist (born in 1914) | James Allen Quotes |
| August 9th, 2006 (August 09 2006) | Death | Philip E. High, science fiction author (born in 1914) | |
| August 9th, 2005 (August 09 2005) | Death | Matthew McGrory, American actor (born in 1973) | |
| August 9th, 2005 (August 09 2005) | Death | Judith Rossner, American novelist (born in 1935) | |
| August 9th, 2004 (August 09 2004) | Death | Robert Lecourt, French politician and president of the European Court of Justice (born in 1908) | |
| August 9th, 2004 (August 09 2004) | Death | Tony Mottola, American guitarist (born in 1918) | |
| August 9th, 2004 (August 09 2004) | Death | David Raksin, American film director (born in 1912) | |
| August 9th, 2003 (August 09 2003) | Death | Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (born in 1945) | |
| August 9th, 2003 (August 09 2003) | Death | Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (born in 1946) | |
| August 9th, 2003 (August 09 2003) | Death | Jacques Deray, French film director (born in 1929) | |
| August 9th, 2003 (August 09 2003) | Death | Chester Ludgin, American baritone (born in 1925) | |
| August 9th, 2002 (August 09 2002) | Death | Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (born in 1953) | |
| August 9th, 2002 (August 09 2002) | Death | Peter Neville, anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist | |
| August 9th, 2000 (August 09 2000) | Death | John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1920) | |
| August 9th, 2000 (August 09 2000) | Death | Nicholas Markowitz-kidnapped and murder by Jesse James Hollywood (born in 1984) | James Wood Quotes |
| August 9th, 1999 (August 09 1999) | Death | Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (born in 1910) | |
| August 9th, 1996 (August 09 1996) | Death | Sir Frank Whittle, invented the jet engine (born in 1907) | |
| August 9th, 1995 (August 09 1995) | Death | Jerry Garcia, American musician (Grateful Dead) (born in 1942) | Jerry Garcia Quotes |
| August 9th, 1990 (August 09 1990) | Death | Joe Mercer, English footballer (born in 1914) | |
| August 9th, 1988 (August 09 1988) | Death | Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (born in 1905) | |
| August 9th, 1985 (August 09 1985) | Death | Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (born in 1927) | |
| August 9th, 1979 (August 09 1979) | Death | Walter O Malley, baseball executive (born in 1903) | |
| August 9th, 1979 (August 09 1979) | Death | Raymond Washington, founder of Los Angeles, California gang, the Crips | |
| August 9th, 1975 (August 09 1975) | Death | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (born in 1906) | Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes |
| August 9th, 1974 (August 09 1974) | Death | Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (born in 1934) | |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Death | Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1903) | |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Death | Abigail Folger, American heiress (murdered) (born in 1943) | |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Death | Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (born in 1936) | |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Death | Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (murdered) (born in 1933) | |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Death | Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (born in 1943) | Sharon Tate Quotes |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Death | Steven Parent, American student (murdered) (born in 1951) | |
| August 9th, 1967 (August 09 1967) | Death | Joe Orton, English writer (born in 1933) | Joe Orton Quotes |
| August 9th, 1962 (August 09 1962) | Death | Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1877) | Hermann Hesse Quotes |
| August 9th, 1957 (August 09 1957) | Death | Carl Clauberg, Nazi doctor (born in 1898) | Carl Clauberg Quotes |
| August 9th, 1945 (August 09 1945) | Death | Harry Hillman, American athlete (born in 1881) | |
| August 9th, 1945 (August 09 1945) | Death | Robert Hampton Gray, last Canadian Victoria Cross recipient (born in 1917) | |
| August 9th, 1942 (August 09 1942) | Death | Edith Stein, (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (executed) (born in 1891) | Ben Stein Quotes |
| August 9th, 1919 (August 09 1919) | Death | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (born in 1857) | |
| August 9th, 1886 (August 09 1886) | Death | Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (born in 1810) | |
| August 9th, 1837 (August 09 1837) | Death | Xavier Sigalon, French painter (born in 1787) | |
| August 9th, 1816 (August 09 1816) | Death | Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (born in 1771) | |
| August 9th, 1744 (August 09 1744) | Death | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (born in 1673) | |
| August 9th, 1720 (August 09 1720) | Death | Simon Ockley, English orientalist (born in 1678) | |
| August 9th, 1634 (August 09 1634) | Death | William Noy, English jurist (born in 1577) | |
| August 9th, 1601 (August 09 1601) | Death | Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (born in 1558) | |
| August 9th, 1534 (August 09 1534) | Death | Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (born in 1470) | |
| August 9th, 1250 (August 09 1250) | Death | King Eric IV of Denmark (born in 1216) | |
| August 9th, 1173 (August 09 1173) | Death | Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin | |
| August 9th, 1107 (August 09 1107) | Death | Emperor Horikawa of Japan (born in 1079) | |
| August 9th, 0803 (August 09 0803) | Death | Byzantine Empress Irene (born in 752) | |
| August 9th, 0378 (August 09 0378) | Death | Valens, Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (born in 328) | |
| August 9th, 0117 (August 09 0117) | Death | Trajan, Roman Emperor (born in 53) | |
