9 notable people died on February 21, including Gertrude B. Elion, Kenneth J. Arrow, Roger Guillemin.
21st Century
2 deaths
Kenneth J. Arrow
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1972)
Roger Guillemin
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)
20th Century
4 deaths
Gertrude B. Elion
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
Mikhail Sholokhov
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1965)
Frederick Banting
biologistpharmacologist
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
Ramon Torres
ministerpolitician
Filipino politician
17th Century
2 deaths
Georg Andreas Böckler
architectengineer
German architect and engineer
Al Walid ben Zidan
politiciansultan
Sultan of Morocco
12th Century
1 death
Leo I, Prince of Armenia
monarch
Prince of Armenia
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