page_title: 1984
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1984 / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Muhammad Naguib in office,1953
context_page_description: 1984 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: August 2
  Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animated film director (b. 1896)
  Argentina Apollo, Argentine professional wrestler (b. 1938)
  August 4 – Mary Miles Minter, American actress (b. 1902)
  August 5 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
  August 8 – Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)
  August 11
  Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher (b. 1892)
  Percy Mayfield, American rhythm and blues singer (b. 1920)
  Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)
  August 12 – Christine Hargreaves, British actress (b. 1939)
  August 13
  Clyde Cook, Australian actor (b. 1891)
  Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player (b. 1929)
  Nina Petrovna Khrushchevna, wife of Nikita Khrushchev (b. 1900)
  August 14 – J. B. Priestley, British novelist and playwright (b. 1894)
  August 15 – Bobbi Campbell, American public nurse and AIDS activist (b. 1952)
  August 22 – Charley Foy, American actor (b. 1898)
  August 24 – Martín Almagro Basch, Spanish archaeologist, historian, and writer (b. 1911)
  August 25
  Truman Capote, American writer (b. 1924)
  Viktor Chukarin, Russian Olympic gymnast (b. 1921)
  Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1899)
  August 27 – Bernard Youens, British actor (b. 1914)
  August 28 – Mohammed Naguib, 30th Prime Minister of Egypt and 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)
  August 29 – Pierre Gemayel, Lebanese politician, founder of the Kataeb Party (b. 1905)
caption: Mohammed Naguib
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