20 notable people died on August 16, including Irving Langmuir, Selman A. Waksman, Ibn al-Wazir.
21st Century
2 deaths
Hormoz Farhat
composerethnomusicologist
Iranian musician (1929-2021)
PL
Paul Michel Gabriel Lévy
journalistpolitician
Journalist, professor (1910-2002)
20th Century
9 deaths
Irving Langmuir
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1932)
Selman A. Waksman
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952)
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
Louis Thevenet
draftspersonpainter
Belgian painter (1874-1930)
Carlos Raúl Villanueva
architecturban planner
Venezuelan architect (1900–1975)
HE
Hattat Aziz Efendi
calligrapherwriter
Turkish calligrapher (1871–1934)
JK
Jolanda Kodra
translatorwriter
Albanian writer
19th Century
4 deaths
Charles Grandison Finney
religious leadertheologian
American religious leader, writer and educator (1792–1875)
Charles Thomson
politicianwriter
American patriot leader (1729-1824)
Ramón Aldana del Puerto
writer
Mexican politician
Franciszek Krupiński
philosopher
Polish philosopher (1836–1898)
18th Century
1 death
Jacob Bernoulli
mathematicianphysician
Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)
17th Century
1 death
Georg Samuel Dörffel
astronomercleric
German astronomer and theologian
16th Century
1 death
Georg Rhau
choir directorcomposer
German composer
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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