Notable deaths on August 7

Acting President of Myanmar (2018; 2021–2025)

American astronaut (1943–2024)

American director and producer (1935–2023)

American historian and author (1933–2022)

American actress (1950–2021)

American comedian and actor (1980–2021)

American musician and poet (1967–2019)

Indian writer and politician (1924–2018)

Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player (1940–2018)

American composer (1943–2017)

American baseball player and manager (1949–2017)

American racing driver (1989–2016)

Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist (1914–2015)

American professional golfer (1923–2015)

Chilean general (1929–2015)

American record company executive (1921–2014)

American football player, coach, and executive (1926–2014)

Argentine politician (1955–2014)

Soviet boxer (1961–2013)

Russian footballer and referee

American actress, vaudeville performer and dancer (1923–2013)

Estonian architect

American linguist (1927–2013)

British-Canadian scientist (1952–2013)