Famous people died in April - page 19

Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew

Charles R

AmericanJune 3, 1904241 views

Edward Young

Edward Young was an English poet

BritishJuly 3, 1683153 views

Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

BritishSeptember 13, 1660129 views

Anna Katharine Green

Anna Katherine Green was an American poet and novelist, famously dubbed as the ‘Mother of the detective novel’

AmericanNovember 11, 1846130 views

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti was an Italian composer known for his operas

ItalianNovember 29, 1797103 views

Alben W. Barkley

Alben Barkley was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States, from 1949 to 1953

AmericanNovember 24, 1877167 views

Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann was a Swiss scientist who synthesised LSD

SwissJanuary 11, 1906151 views

Alan Sillitoe

Alan Sillitoe was an English writer who has penned numerous short stories, screenplays, and poems

BritishMarch 4, 192883 views

Ahmed Ben Bella

Ahmed Ben Bella was the first President of the Republic of Algeria

AlgerianDecember 25, 1916204 views

Joseph Louis Lagrange

Joseph Lagrange was an accomplished Italian enlightenment era mathematician and astronomer This biography profiles his childhood, career, life, research and timeline.

FrenchJanuary 25, 1736121 views