Famous people died in October - page 3

Bertram Brockhouse

Bertram Brockhouse

Bertram Brockhouse was a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian physicist who is remembered for his development of the neutron-scattering technique

CanadianJuly 15, 1918161 views
Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian film director, best known for the film 'La battaglia di Algeri'

ItalianNovember 19, 1919234 views
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician who won a share of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics

AmericanMarch 13, 1899107 views
Herbert A. Hauptman

Herbert A. Hauptman

Herbert Aaron Hauptman was an American mathematician who won the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Charles Glover Barkla

Charles Glover Barkla

Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917

BritishJune 7, 1877172 views
Charles J Pedersen

Charles J Pedersen

Charles J Pedersen was an American chemist who discovered the chemical compound, crown ethers

AmericanOctober 3, 1904116 views
Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels was a talented American actress who jumped to fame during the early 1900s

AmericanJune 26, 1890111 views
Walter Houser Brattain

Walter Houser Brattain

Walter Houser Brattain was an American physicist who jointly received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1956

AmericanFebruary 10, 1902103 views
Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr was one of the most famous English actresses of her time

BritishSeptember 30, 1921158 views
Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins was an American theatre, television and film actress who ranked among top screen divas of the 1930s

AmericanOctober 18, 1902131 views