20 notable people died on August 23, including Thomas A. Steitz, Thomas H. Weller, John C. Kendrew.
21st Century
2 deaths
Thomas A. Steitz
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)
Thomas H. Weller
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
20th Century
8 deaths
John C. Kendrew
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1962)
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Stanford Moore
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1972)
Adolf Loos
architectarchitecture critic
Austrian and Czech architect and art collector (1870-1933)
Joseph Royal
editorhistorian
Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor, journalist, lawyer, politician
Humberto Fierro
poetwriter
Ecuadorian poet
Menotti Del Picchia
children's writerjournalist
Brazilian writer (1892-1988)
Galileo Chini
architectceramicist
Italian painter (1873-1956)
Georges Croegaert
painter
Belgian painter (1848-1923)
19th Century
2 deaths
Karl Rößler
entrepreneurgeologist
German entrepreneur and naturalist
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
engineermilitary engineer
French physicist (1736-1806)
18th Century
5 deaths
Alexander MacFarlane
astronomermathematician
Mathematician, astronomer, merchant and slave-owner in Kingston, Jamaica (c.1702–1755)
Élie Bertrand
encyclopédistesgeologist
Swiss scientist
Celia Grillo Borromeo
mathematicianphilosopher
Italian mathematician and scientist
Humphrey Gainsborough
civil engineercleric
British engineer and minister; (1718-1776)
Juan de Iriarte y Cisneros
lexicographerlibrarian
Spanish writer, librarian, and Hellenist (1702 - 1771)
17th Century
2 deathsNF
Nicholas French
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Irish bishop
Thomas Blood
soldier
Irish-born Colonel best known for attempting to steal the Crown Jewels
16th Century
1 death
Luis de León
friarlinguist
Spanish poet
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