Famous people died in August - page 15

The famous Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen was best known for his fairy tales, ‘The Snow Queen and ‘The Little Mermaid’ etc

Aaliyah was an American singer best known for her album ‘Age Ain't Nothing but a Number’

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet was an Australian virologist and immunologist, known for his contributions in human biology

Sadi Carnot was a learned French scientist who founded modern thermodynamics

Kazi Nazrul Islam was a Bengali poet and musician and is the ‘National Poet of Bangladesh’

Michael Faraday was the most celebrated British scientist of the 19th century

Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American guitarist, musician, singer and songwriter and the founding member of the band ‘Double Trouble’

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright

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Robin Day was a noted British political commentator and broadcaster

Jacob Bernoulli was a renowned Swiss mathematician