Famous people died this month - page 12
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 |
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and explorer who died on his attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury and a leader of the English Reformation
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was the Queen of England whose reign of 45 years is popularly referred to as the Elizabethan Era
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano was a prominent Black activist who worked hard to put an end to slave trade in Britain and its colonies
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine was the Duchess of Aquitaine who served as the Queen of France and Queen of England
Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion is best remembered till date for deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs and Rosette Stone
John Constable
John Constable was an English painter best known for his paintings of the English countryside
Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe was a Nobel Prize winning American physicist who determined how stars produce light
Charles Scott Sherrington
Charles Sherrington was a Nobel Prize winning English scientist who explained the function of neurons in the human body
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer was a renowned English inventor who discovered the Bessemer process of steel-making