Famous people died in August - page 4

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Popularly known as ‘The Queen of Soul’, Aretha Franklin was an American singer and musician

AmericanMarch 25, 1942175 views

Karl Ziegler

Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German Chemist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

GermanNovember 26, 1898112 views

John Kendrew

John Kendrew was an English biochemist and crystallographer who, along with Max Peutz, was one of the co-recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

BritishMarch 24, 1917128 views

Stanford Moore

Stanford Moore was an American biochemist who was jointly awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry’ in 1972

Sune Bergström

Sune Bergström was a Swedish biochemist who was one of the co-recipients of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

SwedishJanuary 16, 1916162 views

Baruj Benacerraf

Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist who was one of the co-recipients of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

VenezuelanOctober 29, 1920151 views

Godfrey Hounsfield

Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was an electrical engineer from England who developed the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography

BritishAugust 28, 191990 views

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin was American Film and Television star

AmericanFebruary 19, 1924127 views

Gopinath Bordoloi

Gopinath Bordoloi was an Indian independence activist and the first Chief Minister of the state of Assam, India

IndianJune 6, 1890140 views