Famous people died this week - page 14
The Most Famous people died this week | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Walter Kohn | March 9, 1923 | Austrian | Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist and physicist |
Ashoka | 304 BC | Indian | Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent |
Lao Tzu (Laozi) | 601 BC | Chinese | Lao Tzu was a legendary Chinese philosopher who wrote the important “Daodejing” |
Avicii | September 8, 1989 | Swedish | Tim Bergling, better known by his stage name Avicii, was a Swedish musician, DJ, remix artist, and record producer |
Vitruvius | 80 BC | Ancient Roman | Vitruvius was a Roman architect, author, and military engineer during the 1st century BC |
Chyna | December 27, 1970 | American | Chyna was a WWF professional wrestler who became known as ‘The First Lady of Sports Entertainment.’ |
Sargon of Akkad | 2340 BC | Iraqi | Sargon of Akkad, also called ‘Sargon the Great’, ‘Sarru-Kan’ and ‘Shar-Gani-Sharri’, was the founder and first king of the Akkadian Empire |
Iqbal Masih | 1983 | Pakistani | Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani boy who suffered as a child labourer and later became a symbol of child labour |
Bernadette Soubirous | January 7, 1844 | French | Saint Bernadette was a Christian Saint who had Marian apparitions of a small young lady who identified herself as the Immaculate Conception |
Pythagoras | 570 BC | Greek | Pythagoras of Samos was a Greek mathematician and philosopher |
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar, one of Ancient Rome's most famous individuals, was a statesman who changed the face of Rome
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was the most influential British economist of the 20th century
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Nobel Prize winning Mexican poet, essayist and a diplomat
Heraclitus
Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher known as the ‘Weeping Philosopher’ because of his general contempt for mankind
Aaron Hernandez
Aaron Hernandez was an American football tight end who played for the New England Patriots in the NFL
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo was one of Hollywood’s most enigmatic and sensuous actresses
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Colombian novelist counted among the greatest writers of the 20th century