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Famous Deaths on February 16

7 notable people died on February 16, including Giosuè Carducci, Peyton Rous, Henjo.

Total Deaths
7
Avg Age at Death
76
Peak Century
20th Century

20th Century

4 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1906)
PR
Peyton Rous
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
Lewis Thomas
Lewis Thomas
businesspersonmining engineer
Australian colliery owner and politician
Carlos Chagas Filho
Carlos Chagas Filho
biologistneuroscientist
Brazilian physician and biologist (1910–2000)

19th Century

1 death
Wesley Fletcher Orr
Wesley Fletcher Orr
journalistpolitician
Canadian politician (1831-1898)

18th Century

1 death
Swedish noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction

9th Century

1 death
Henjo
Henjo
Buddhist monkpoet
Japanese writer

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