42 notable people died on July 16, including Julian Schwinger, Ludovico Ariosto, Massimiliano Palombara.
21st Century
6 deaths
Heinz Zemanek
computer scientistuniversity teacher
Austrian computer pioneer (1920–2014)
Armando Marques
association football refereejournalist
Brazilian football referee (1930–2014)
Pietro Consagra
artistillustrator
Italian artist (1920-2005)
PC
Paul Cotton
diplomatjournalist
New Zealand diplomat (1930–2022)
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Volodymyr Mykyta
paintervisual artist
Ukrainian painter (1931–2025)
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Julio Abbadie
association football coachassociation football player
Uruguayan footballer (1930-2014)
20th Century
20 deaths
Julian Schwinger
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)
Serafin Baroja
engineerjournalist
Spanish writer
Jack Piddington
astrophysicistelectrical engineer
Australian physicist (1910-1997)
James Innes
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician (1833–1903)
Amelia Denis de Icaza
poetwriter
Panamanian poet (1836-1911)
Árpád Berczik
journalistjurist
Hungarian writer (1842-1919)
Karel Klostermann
journalistsecondary school teacher
Czech writer (1848–1923)
Oscar Drouin
journalistlawyer
Canadian politician (1890–1953)
Ignacio Corsini
actorsinger
Argentine singer (1891-1967)
J. Ellis Barker
essayisthomeopath
Anglo-German homeopath and writer (1870-1948)
Olga de Meyer
modelsocialite
British socialite
Mordechai Gur
military officerpolitician
Israeli politician (1930-1995)
Albert Anker
draftspersonexlibrist
Swiss artist (1831-1910)
Sigismund Bachrich
composerviolinist
Hungarian musician (1841–1913)
Gyula Benczúr
artistdraftsperson
Hungarian artist (1844–1920)
Periklis Argyropoulos
diplomatpolitician
Greek Navy admiral and diplomat (1871–1955)
JD
John Dow
farmerjournalist
Australian politician
SL
Saul Raphael Landau
journalistwriter
Austrian author
HN
Hamid Notghi
poetuniversity teacher
Iranian poet, writer and faculty (1920–1999)
MA
Manuel Maples Arce
diplomatlawyer
Mexican writer and diplomat
19th Century
8 deaths
Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey
magazine editorwriter
American editor (1788-1858)
William Allen
biographereducator
American educator (1784-1868)
Leon Negruzzi
judgepoet lawyer
Moldavian-born Romanian politician and writer (1840-1890)
Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa
diplomatjournalist
Brazilian politician
Adèle d'Affry
artistpainter
Swiss painter and sculptor (1836-1879)
Henry Williams
explorermissionary
British missionary (1792–1867)
Thomas Gaal
painter
Flemish painter (1739-1817)
JR
Johan Christopher Ræder
military officerpolitician
Norwegian politician
18th Century
4 deaths
Nils Rosén von Rosenstein
botanistnaturalist
Swedish physician (1706–1773)
Charles François de Cisternay du Fay
chemistphysicist
French chemist
Adolph Modéer
economistentomologist
Swedish scientist and academic (1739-1799)
Johann Heinrich Keller
draftspersonpainter
Painter from Switzerland active in the Northern Netherlands (1692-1765)
17th Century
2 deaths
Massimiliano Palombara
alchemistpoet
Andreas Gryphius
playwrightpoet
German poet and dramatist (1616–1664)
16th Century
2 deaths
Ludovico Ariosto
playwrightpoet
Italian poet (1474–1533)
GV
Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés
civil servantconquistador
Spanish naturalist and historian (1478–1557)
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