12 notable people died on April 2, including Paul Heyse, Theodore W. Richards, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.
21st Century
2 deaths
Guttorm Hansen
editing staffpolitician
Norwegian politician (1920-2009)
Matoug Adam
civil servantpoet
Libyan politician
20th Century
6 deaths
Paul Heyse
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1910)
Theodore W. Richards
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1914)
Joseph Sinel
anthropologistarchaeologist
British naturalist and archaeologist
Petru Poni
chemist
Romanian chemist (1841-1925)
Pencho Georgiev
graphic artistillustrator
Bulgarian painter and illustrator (1900-1940)
Sarban
composersinger
Afghan singer
19th Century
1 death
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
inventorpainter
American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
18th Century
1 death
Francisco Javier Clavijero
historianphilosopher
Mesoamericanist, 1731-1787
17th Century
1 death
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
composermonarch
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)
16th Century
1 death
Claudio Tolomei
authorCatholic bishop
Italian philologist
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