36 notable people died on July 16, including Julian Schwinger, Ludovico Ariosto, Adolph Modéer.
21st Century
4 deaths
Heinz Zemanek
computer scientistuniversity teacher
Austrian computer pioneer (1920–2014)
Pietro Consagra
artistillustrator
Italian artist (1920-2005)
Armando Marques
association football refereejournalist
Brazilian football referee (1930–2014)
PC
Paul Cotton
diplomatjournalist
New Zealand diplomat (1930–2022)
20th Century
18 deaths
Julian Schwinger
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)
Serafin Baroja
engineerjournalist
Spanish writer
Jack Piddington
astrophysicistelectrical engineer
Australian physicist (1910-1997)
Oscar Drouin
journalistlawyer
Canadian politician (1890–1953)
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)
Ignacio Corsini
actorsinger
Argentine singer (1891-1967)
James Innes
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician (1833–1903)
Mordechai Gur
military officerpolitician
Israeli politician (1930-1995)
Albert Anker
draftspersonexlibrist
Swiss artist (1831-1910)
Gyula Benczúr
artistdraftsperson
Hungarian artist (1844–1920)
Sigismund Bachrich
composerviolinist
Hungarian musician (1841–1913)
Periklis Argyropoulos
diplomatpolitician
Greek Navy admiral and diplomat (1871–1955)
SL
Saul Raphael Landau
journalistwriter
Austrian author
JD
John Dow
farmerjournalist
Australian politician
HN
Hamid Notghi
poetuniversity teacher
Iranian poet, writer and faculty (1920–1999)
MA
Manuel Maples Arce
diplomatlawyer
Mexican writer and diplomat
19th Century
7 deaths
William Allen
biographereducator
American educator (1784-1868)
Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey
magazine editorwriter
American editor (1788-1858)
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)
18th Century
4 deaths
Adolph Modéer
economistentomologist
Swedish scientist and academic (1739-1799)
Charles François de Cisternay du Fay
chemistphysicist
French chemist
Nils Rosén von Rosenstein
botanistnaturalist
Swedish physician (1706–1773)
Johann Heinrich Keller
draftspersonpainter
Painter from Switzerland active in the Northern Netherlands (1692-1765)
17th Century
1 death
Massimiliano Palombara
alchemistpoet
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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