The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August 2011
1 Concha Alós, 85, Spanish writer. Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist. Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes). Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth), first nun to seek political office in New Jersey. *Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist. Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer. Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure. Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers). Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators). Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier).
2 Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer. Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980). Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer. Igor Chepusov, 61, Soviet and American producer, script writer and director. Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player. Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006). Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok. Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia. Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion. Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce). *José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist. James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member. Markku Yli-Isotalo, 58, Finnish Olympic wrestler
3 Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation. Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer. Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications from lung cancer. Antonio Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011). Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist. Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress. Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed. Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets). Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke. José Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist. William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig). Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy, Stroker Ace). Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack. Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness.
4 David B. Barrett, 83, American professor. Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer. Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry. Mark Duggan, 29, British crime suspect, shot. Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer (Yokohama F. Marinos, national team), suspected heart attack. Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer. Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer. Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University).
5 Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer. Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke. Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer. Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic. Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader. Grahame Jarratt, 82, New Zealand rower. Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease. Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging. Elphas Mukonoweshuro, 58, Zimbabwean academic and politician. Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack. Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Young and the Restless), heart attack. Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide. Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea). Zyzz, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack.
6 Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer. Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host. Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach. Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack. Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter. John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987). Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos). John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat, Sabrina), Tony winner (1976).
7 Eric Anthony Abrahams, 71, Jamaican public servant. Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996). Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974). Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975–1988). Charles Coventry, 52, Zimbabwean cricket umpire. Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996). Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer. Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two). F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach. Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997). Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness. Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke. George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident. Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness. Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist. Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection. Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident. Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer.
8 Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition. Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer. Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors). Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia. Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease. Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer. Fred Ingaldson, 78, Canadian Olympic basketball player. Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems. Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991). Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack. Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist. Chandrashekhar Vijay, 77, Indian Jain Monk. Harry H. Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and New York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor. Guillermo Zarur, 79, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease.
9 Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities. Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985–1995). Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure. Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes. Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993). Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer. Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995–2001). Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977–1979), heart failure. Werner W. Wallroth, 81, German film director.
10 P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988–1990), Maharashtra (1993–2002) and Goa (1996–1998). Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer. Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher. Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness. Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer. Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet. Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure. Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer. Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress. Mark Sinyangwe, 31, Zambian footballer.
11 *Agustín Romualdo Álvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986–1995). V. R. Athavale, 92, Indian singer. Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker. Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers). George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot. Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot. Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete. Noach Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors. Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker. Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest. David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic. Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant), acute alcohol poisoning. Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999–2010). Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981–1983). Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist. Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates). Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews). Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
12 Patricia Acioli, 47, Brazilian judge and feminist, shot. Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998). Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves). Karl Kittsteiner, 91, German cyclist and National Champion (1946). Charles P. Murray Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure. Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter. *Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke. Pierpaolo Spangaro, 69, Italian Olympic swimmer.
13 Álvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision. Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer. Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter. Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision. Mishuk Munier, 52, Bangladeshi journalist, photography director, media specialist and cinematographer, traffic collision. Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema. Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer. Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress.
14 Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist. Jonathan Bacon, 30, American gangster, shot.