Famous people died this month - page 11
The Most Famous people died this month | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Charles Bukowski | August 16, 1920 | German, American | Charles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet |
| Selena | April 16, 1971 | American | Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, famously known as the ‘Queen of Tejano music’, was a Mexican-American singer, composer, actress, spokesperson and fashion designer |
| Johnny Appleseed | September 26, 1774 | American | Johnny Appleseed was a legendary American nurseryman who is credited with the introduction of apple trees in large parts of the US |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | December 16, 1770 | German | Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the greatest composers the world has ever had |
| Sarojini Naidu | February 13, 1879 | Indian | Sarojini Naidu was an Indian freedom fighter and poet |
| Lev Yashin | October 22, 1929 | Russian | Lev Yashin was a footballer who played for Soviet Russia |
| Edmond Dédé | November 20, 1827 | American | Read on to know more about the childhood, life and timeline of this Violinist and composer who proved his mettle as a child prodigy. |
| Olga Hepnarová | June 30, 1951 | Czech | Olga Hepnarová was a Czech murderer executed for killing eight people with a truck in 1973 |
| Alexander Alekhine | October 31, 1892 | Portuguese, Russian | Alexander Alekhine was a celebrated chess player of Russia |
| Isaac Newton | January 4, 1643 | British | Isaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician, who discovered gravitation and Newtonian Mechanics |
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was an American women’s rights activist who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican theologian hailed as the father of the Thomistic school of theology
Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson was the first African-American to explore the North Pole
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Oersted was a famous physicist and chemist who pioneered the concept of electromagnetism
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottilieb Daimler was a famous German engineer who designed the high speed petrol engine
Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Behring was a famous German physiologist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering an antitoxin for diphtheria
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery was a British Army officer who served as an Allied commander in World War II