Famous people died in April - page 28

Bessie Coleman was an American civil aviator who became the first female African-American pilot with a flight license

One of the founding fathers of the USA, Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented personality

Terence McKenna was a famous psychonaut, ethnobotanist, writer and lecturer

Ludwig Wittgenstein is a renowned philosopher

Simone de Beauvoir was an eminent French writer, intellectual, activist, and philosopher

Rupert Brooke was an English poet who is widely known for his poem ‘The Soldier’, which was a part of five war sonnets

Matthew Arnold was an English poet and literary critic of great repute

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Ansel Adams was a renowned American photographer and environmentalist

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a famous French philosopher and a priest who was also known for his controversial writings