Famous people died on August 22

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Jack Layton 30

Canadian Politician

John Abercrombie 5

American Musician

Huey P. Newton 45

American Activist

Luc Ferrari 12

French Composer

Nina Bawden 23

British Writer

Robin Skelton 2

British Writer

Sellapan Ramanathan 10

Statesman

Toots Thielemans 7

Belgian Musician

Grace Paley 75

American Writer

Daniel Petrie 5

Canadian Director

Jacob Bronowski 99

British Scientist

Diana Vreeland 23

American Editor

Ignazio Silone 6

Italian Author

Jomo Kenyatta 10

Michael Collins 2

Irish Leader

Michael Collins (Irish leader) 4

Irish Revolutionary

Stanton Macdonald-Wright 1

American Artist

Phyllis Bottome 6

British Novelist

Alice Duer Miller 2

American Poet

Anders Zorn 2

Swedish Artist

Oliver Lodge 34

English Physicist

Kate Chopin 62

American Author

William Paton Mackay 8

Jan Neruda 7

Journalist

Charles William Eliot 7

American Educator

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 142

British Politician

Henry George Bohn 17

British Businessman

Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis 6

Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 5

Christopher Love 7

Welsh Educator

Richard III of England 4

British Royalty

See also: Famous people born on August 22