27 notable people died on August 24, including Roger Y. Tsien, Magnus Barefoot, Jesse Hartley.
21st Century
1 death
Roger Y. Tsien
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008)
20th Century
8 deaths
Odone Belluzzi
civil engineerengineer
Italian engineering professor (1892–1956)
Lajos Reményi-Schneller
economistnon-fiction writer
Hungarian politician (1892-1946)
Manuel Díaz Rodríguez
diplomatjournalist
Venezuelan writer and politician
Laurent-Olivier David
civil servantessayist
Canadian politician (1840-1926)
João Zeferino da Costa
decoratordraftsperson
Brazilian painter, teacher and decorator (1840-1915)
HA
Harald Alfsen
engineerscience fiction writer
Norwegian engineer and writer
JB
James Munro Bertram
journalistliterary critic
New Zealand academic and activist (1910–1993)
PR
Paddy Roberts
singersongwriter
South African songwriter (1910-1975)
19th Century
10 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)
Samuel Merrill
politicianwriter
American publisher and civic leader (1792-1855)
Ferenc Kölcsey
literary criticpoet
Hungarian politician and writer (1790-1838)
Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro
linguistwriter
Spanish linguist
Bjarni Thorarensen
judgelawyer
Icelandic writer and politician
Luís Gama
journalistlawyer
Brazilian lawyer, poet, abolitionist and journalist (1830-1882)
Macedonio Alcalá
composerpianist
Mexican violinist, pianist, and songwriter
18th Century
3 deaths
Giuseppe Averani
juristnaturalist
Italian jurist and naturalist
Karel Slavíček
astronomerCatholic priest
Czech astronomist, christian missionary, mathematician and roman catholic priest
MP
Mathias Piller
botanistentomologist
Botanist (1733-1788)
17th Century
3 deaths
Diego de Saavedra Fajardo
diplomatplaywright
Spanish diplomat (1584-1648)
Enkū
busshisculptor
Japanese sculptor and monk
Cornelis Brouwer
painter
Dutch Golden Age (c.1634-1681)
16th Century
1 death
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
ambassadoraristocrat
Spanish writer (1503–1575)
12th Century
1 death
Magnus Barefoot
monarch
King of Norway
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