9 notable people died on August 16, including Selman A. Waksman, Irving Langmuir, Jakuren.
20th Century
5 deaths
Selman A. Waksman
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952)
Irving Langmuir
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1932)
Harriet Morgan
botanical collectorbotanical illustrator
Australian natural history illustrator, and plant collector for Ferdinand von Mueller (1830–1907)
Dulcie Deamer
journalistnovelist
New Zealand-born Australian-based writer
Eduardo Sepúlveda Whittle
journalistpolitician
Chilean journalist
18th Century
1 death
Jacob Bernoulli
mathematicianphysician
Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)
17th Century
1 death
Georg Samuel Dörffel
astronomercleric
German astronomer and theologian
15th Century
1 death
Ibn al-Wazir
Islamic juristMujaddid
9th-century Islamic scholar
13th Century
1 death
Jakuren
poetwriter
Japanese poet
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