24 notable people died on August 12, including Karl Ziegler, James B. Sumner, Godfrey N. Hounsfield.
21st Century
2 deaths
Godfrey N. Hounsfield
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979)
Dumitru Enescu
engineergeophysicist
Romanian geophysicist
20th Century
13 deaths
Karl Ziegler
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1963)
James B. Sumner
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946)
Ernst B. Chain
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945)
Walter Hess
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1949)
John Philip Holland
design engineerentrepreneur
Irish-American marine engineer (1841–1914)
Louisa Lawson
editorinventor
Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist (1848–1920)
Bernardo Quintana Arrioja
civil engineerengineer
Mexican civil engineer (1920–1984)
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
arctic exploreraristocrat
Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)
Ernest Brougham Docker
cricketerjudge
(1842-1923) judge and photographer
Bakr Sidqi
military officerpolitician
Ottoman pasha and Iraqi general (1890-1937)
EW
Edward George Wright
engineerpolitician
New Zealand politician
Bolesław Romanowski
military officernaval officer
Polish officer and submariner (1910–1968)
TN
Tuini Ngāwai
composersongwriter
Māori songwriter (1910–1965)
19th Century
3 deaths
Eliphalet Remington
blacksmithentrepreneur
American firearm designer (1793–1861)
Robert D. FitzGerald
botanical collectorbotanist
Surveyor, ornithologist, botanist and poet (1830-1892)
William Gosse
botanical collectorexplorer
Australian explorer (1842-1881)
18th Century
2 deaths
Olof von Dalin
historianliterary critic
Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier (1708–1763)
Antonio Palomino
art historianhistorian
Painter from Spain (1655-1726)
17th Century
3 deaths
Johann Sperling
physicianphysicist
German zoologist
Jacob De la Gardie
land ownermilitary officer
Swedish noble (1583-1652)
JM
Jacob Maschius
graphic artistLutheran pastor
Norwegian writer, engraver and clergyman
9th Century
1 death
Yuthog Yontan Gonpo
academicLama
Tibetan lama
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