Famous people died this month - page 3
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 |
Olga Hepnarová | June 30, 1951 | Czech | Olga Hepnarová was a Czech murderer executed for killing eight people with a truck in 1973 |
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. |
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 Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German film director who made a number of films in America and Europe
Polykarp Kusch
Polykarp Kusch was a German-American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955
Frits Zernike
Fritz Zernike, also known as Fredrik Zernike, was a Dutch mathematician and physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was a British science fiction writer, inventor and futurist who had also served in the Royal Air Force during the World War II
Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright was an American actress best known for her performance in ‘Mrs
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward was an American actress who started as a fashion model and then moved to Hollywood to act in films
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes was a popular American stage and screen actress
Paul Winfield
Paul Winfield was an American actor who was well known for the quality roles he portrayed in theatre, television and films
Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg was a Germany-born Canadian physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1971
Roy Harrod
Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod was an English economist who contributed greatly to the field of macroeconomics