Famous people died in 1984
Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Kapitsa was a leading Soviet physicist who was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
Alfred Kastler
Alfred Kastler was a French physicist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1966
Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor was an American film, stage and television actress who won the first ever Academy Award for Best Actress
Carl Ferdinand Cori
Carl Ferdinand Cori was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine
James Mason
James Mason was an English actor who was very successful in both British and American films
Martin Ryle
Sir Martin Ryle was a British astronomer who was one of the joint winners of Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974
Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw was an American author, novelist and playwright best remembered for his poignant and compelling style of writing
Janaki Ammal
Janaki Ammal was an Indian botanist best remembered for her work on sugarcane and eggplant
Adam Malik
Adam Malik was Indonesia’s third vice president and one of the pioneers of Indonesian journalism