9 notable people died on August 24, including Roger Y. Tsien, Magnus Barefoot, Giuseppe Averani.
21st Century
1 death
Roger Y. Tsien
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008)
19th Century
5 deaths
Jesse Hartley
architectengineer
British architect
Pierre Berthier
engineergeologist
French geologist
Nicolas Carnot
engineermathematician
French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)
Carl Heyer
botanistforestry scientist
German university teacher (1797-1856)
Bjarni Thorarensen
judgelawyer
Icelandic writer and politician
18th Century
2 deaths
Giuseppe Averani
juristnaturalist
Italian jurist and naturalist
Karel Slavíček
astronomerCatholic priest
Czech astronomist, christian missionary, mathematician and roman catholic priest
12th Century
1 death
Magnus Barefoot
monarch
King of Norway
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