Famous people died in 8 February

Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin

Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, aka Peter Kropotkin, was a Russian philosopher and activist

Robert Robinson

Sir Robert Robinson was a British scientist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-born British electrical engineer and physicist, best known for inventing holography

HungarianJune 5, 1900136 views

Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis was an American politician who served as the 31st Vice President of the United States

AmericanJanuary 25, 1860175 views

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots was Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567

Peter the Great

Peter the Great was the Tsar and first Emperor of Russia known for his extensive expansion and reforms

RussianJune 9, 1672108 views

Anton Haus

Anton Haus was an Austrian naval officer

AustrianJune 13, 1851135 views

Walther Bothe

Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist who won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics

GermanJanuary 8, 1891153 views

John von Neumann

John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath

HungarianDecember 28, 1903157 views

Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind was an American photographer, who was considered to be involved with abstract expressionist movement