Famous people died in August - page 6

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Frederic Joliot Curie was a French physicist and Nobel laureate who along with his wife discovered artificial radioisotope

FrenchMarch 19, 190089 views

Robert Bunsen

Robert Bunsen was a German chemist who developed the Bunsen burner with Peter Desaga

GermanMarch 30, 1811309 views

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda was a well-known American film and stage actor

AmericanMay 16, 1905154 views

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born American architect

GermanMarch 27, 188689 views

Paul Muni

Paul Muni was an American stage and film actor known for playing the lead in ‘Scarface.’ This biography of Paul Muni provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

AmericanSeptember 22, 1895573 views

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American graffiti artist who was one of the leading lights of the neo expressionist era in the 1980s

AmericanDecember 22, 1960466 views

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines was an American dancer and actor who appeared in movies like ‘The Cotton Club’ and ‘White Nights.’ This biography of Gregory Hines provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

AmericanFebruary 14, 1946251 views

Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland was an eminent German scientist who won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids

GermanJune 4, 1877135 views

Walter Gerlach

Walter Gerlach was a German physicist who is known for his discovery of spin quantization in a magnetic field

GermanAugust 1, 1889109 views