Notable deaths on August 19

Catalan supercentenarian (1907–2024)

Slovak musician and composer (1954–2023)

Polish supercentenarian (1906–2022)

Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)

Danish businessman (1948–2019)

British science-fiction writer (1925–2017)

American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017)

Indian politician and social activist

British author (1942–2014)

Palestinian Druze poet (1939–2014)

Persian poet (1927–2014)

Afghan politician

American singer-songwriter (1926–2013)

Saudi royal (1923–2013)

American journalist (1921–2012)

Norwegian canoeist

English filmmaker (1944–2012)

Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher (1941-2011)

American television news producer (1922–2009)

3rd president of Zambia (1948–2008)

British politician (1949–2005)

President of Honduras from 1994 to 1998

Brazilian UN diplomat and humanitarian aid officer (1948–2003)

South African journalist and activist