Famous people died in 15 August

Sune Bergström

Sune Bergström

Sune Bergström was a Swedish biochemist who was one of the co-recipients of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

SwedishJanuary 16, 1916162 views
Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda was a Nobel Prize winning Italian novelist and short story writer

ItalianSeptember 27, 1871178 views
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the ‘Father of the Nation’ of Bangladesh

BangladeshiMarch 17, 1920219 views
Paul Signac

Paul Signac

Paul Signac was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who played a major role in the development of the Pointillist style

FrenchNovember 11, 1863148 views
Jacques Vergès

Jacques Vergès

Jacques Vergès was a lawyer known for defending clients such as the infamous Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie

FrenchMarch 5, 192588 views
Hugo Theorell

Hugo Theorell

Nobel Prize winner Hugo Theorell was a Swedish scientist

SwedishJuly 6, 1903120 views
Will Rogers

Will Rogers

Will Rogers was an American vaudeville performer and actor, famously known as ‘Oklahoma's Favorite Son’

Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his thought-provoking images that force the observers to think beyond their perceptions of reality

BelgianNovember 21, 1898272 views