Famous people died in 21 February

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist who won Nobel Prize in 1913

DutchSeptember 21, 1853178 views

Inge Lehmann

Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered the fact that the core of the Earth was solid

DanishMay 13, 1888215 views

Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B

AmericanJanuary 23, 1918128 views

Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn was an English ballerina counted amongst the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time

BritishMay 18, 1919565 views

Pope Benedict XIII

Pope Benedict XIII was the pope from 29 May 1724 to his death in 1730

Mary Edwards Walker

Mary Edwards Walker was an American feminist, an alleged spy, women’s right activist, an abolitionist and a prisoner of war

AmericanNovember 26, 1832172 views

Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull was an English agricultural pioneer who developed new farming techniques and invented mechanical agricultural tools

BritishMarch 30, 1674254 views

Augusto César Sandino

Augusto César Sandino was a revolutionary guerrilla leader from Nicaragua

NicaraguanMay 18, 1895154 views

Howard Florey

Howard Florey was an eminent Australian pathologist who is credited for making penicillin available to the world

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of a Jewish origin

DutchNovember 24, 1632138 views