Famous Deaths for 1st August 2026

1580 – Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat, dies at 55
1589 – Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
1812 – Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)
1884 – Heinrich Laube, writer, dies
1911 – Edward Austin Abbey, American painter (Quest of the Holy Grail mural at Boston Public Library), dies at 59
1963 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (Praise to the end!), dies at 55
1971 – John McDermott, American golfer (US Open, 1911-12), dies of heart failure at 79
1994 – Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90
1997 – Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of a heart attack at 82
2016 – Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1978-2005), dies at 87

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