20 notable people died on August 24, including Roger Y. Tsien, Magnus Barefoot, Nicolas Carnot.
21st Century
1 death
Roger Y. Tsien
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008)
20th Century
5 deaths
Odone Belluzzi
civil engineerengineer
Italian engineering professor (1892–1956)
Lajos Reményi-Schneller
economistnon-fiction writer
Hungarian politician (1892-1946)
Laurent-Olivier David
civil servantessayist
Canadian politician (1840-1926)
Manuel Díaz Rodríguez
diplomatjournalist
Venezuelan writer and politician
João Zeferino da Costa
decoratordraftsperson
Brazilian painter, teacher and decorator (1840-1915)
19th Century
8 deaths
Nicolas Carnot
engineermathematician
French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)
Jesse Hartley
architectengineer
British architect
Pierre Berthier
engineergeologist
French geologist
Carl Heyer
botanistforestry scientist
German university teacher (1797-1856)
Bjarni Thorarensen
judgelawyer
Icelandic writer and politician
Ferenc Kölcsey
literary criticpoet
Hungarian politician and writer (1790-1838)
Luís Gama
journalistlawyer
Brazilian lawyer, poet, abolitionist and journalist (1830-1882)
Macedonio Alcalá
composerpianist
Mexican violinist, pianist, and songwriter
18th Century
2 deaths
Giuseppe Averani
juristnaturalist
Italian jurist and naturalist
Karel Slavíček
astronomerCatholic priest
Czech astronomist, christian missionary, mathematician and roman catholic priest
17th Century
2 deaths
Diego de Saavedra Fajardo
diplomatplaywright
Spanish diplomat (1584-1648)
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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