36 notable people died on April 8, including Daniel Bovet, Pyotr Kapitsa, Peter Higgs.
21st Century
6 deaths
Peter Higgs
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2013)
Waldemar Esteves da Cunha
King Momoshowman
King Momo in Brazil
Rayson Huang
chemistjustice of the peace
Chinese chemist (1920–2015)
Josef Svoboda
actorarchitect
Czech architect, designer, film director and professor (1920–2002)
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Charles Douglass
audio engineerengineer
American sound engineer
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Bertie Wijesinha
cricketerjournalist
Cricketer (1920-2017)
20th Century
16 deaths
Daniel Bovet
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1957)
Pyotr Kapitsa
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
Gyula Kőnig
deaneditor
Hungarian mathematician (1849–1913)
Loránd Eötvös
engineerinventor
Hungarian physicist (1848–1919)
Tadeusz Estreicher
chemisthistorian
Polish historian and chemist (1871–1952)
Josef Weinheber
poetwriter
Austrian poet (1892–1945)
Lucjan Rydel
playwrightpoet
Polish writer (1870–1918)
Maria Veleda
suffragistwriter
Portuguese writer, suffragist
Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti
poetwriter
Austrian writer (1871–1955)
Luis Alberto de Herrera
diplomatjournalist
Uruguayan politician (1873–1959)
Antonios Miliarakis
geographerhistorian
Greek historian (1841-1905)
Hemchandra Kanungo
politicianrevolutionary
Indian Bengali revolutionary
Florence Turner Blake
painter
Australian artist (1873–1959)
NT
Nuși Tulliu
newspaper editorpoet
Aromanian poet and prose writer
PC
Paul Colin
art criticcritic
Belgian journalist (1895–1943)
Vaslav Nijinsky
ballet dancerballet master
Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
19th Century
5 deaths
Pauline Rifer de Courcelles
artistnaturalist
French bird artist (1781–1851)
William Augustus Muhlenberg
Anglican priestwriter
United States Anglican Episcopal clergyman (1796-1877)
István Széchenyi
politicianwriter
Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist (1791–1860)
Antoine-Félix Bouré
sculptorvisual artist
Belgian sculptor (1831–1883)
Juan José Carrera
military officer
Chilean politician (1782-1818)
18th Century
3 deaths
Mihalj Šilobod
mathematicianmilitary officer
Croatian mathematician
Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
art collectorbotanist
German artist, naturalist, art collector and entomologist (1723-1783)
Francis II Rákóczi
military leaderpolitician
Leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711
17th Century
1 death
Payo Enríquez de Rivera
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Viceroy of New Spain, Roman Catholic archbishop of Mexico
16th Century
2 deaths
Ludwig Helmbold
hymnwriterphilosopher
German poet
Martin Chemnitz
astrologerlibrarian
Lutheran theologian and reformer
15th Century
1 death
Queen consort of Naples and suo jure Princess of Taranto
7th Century
1 death
Charibert II
monarch
Frankish king
3rd Century
1 death
Caracalla
monarchpolitician
Roman emperor from 198 to 217
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