21 notable people died on July 29, including Olaf II of Norway, Savari de Mauléon, Johann Kies.
21st Century
1 death
Yuri Ryzhov
diplomatphysicist
Soviet scientist and Russian diplomat (1930-2017)
20th Century
12 deaths
Henry Burrell
biologistnaturalist
Australian monotremes specialist and naturalist (1873–1945)
Ronald Fisher
astronomerbiologist
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
Dorothy Hodgkin
biochemistbiophysicist
British chemist
Daniel de la Vega
journalistnovelist
Chilean writer (1892-1971)
Yordan Ivanov
archaeologistethnographer
Bulgarian historian
Luis Buñuel
actorcomposer
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
Lucia Demetrius
actornovelist
Romanian novelist, poet, playwright and translator
Aleksander Wat
linguistpoet
Polish poet (1900–1967)
Jorge Pacheco Areco
diplomatjournalist
Uruguayan politician (1920-1998)
WY
Wolde Giyorgis Wolde Yohannes
ministerpolitician
Minister of the Pen, Interior and Justice
Natalie Mei
artistcaricaturist
Estonian artist (1900-1975)
JH
Jennie Howard
scientist
American educationist
19th Century
3 deaths
Charles Anthon
classical philologistuniversity teacher
American classical scholar and educator (1797–1867)
Thomas Gibbs Ridout
bankermilitary officer
(1792-1861)
Joseph Colborne-Veel
journalist
New Zealand journalist (1831–1895)
18th Century
3 deaths
Johann Kies
astronomermathematician
German astronomer and mathematician
Kata Bethlen
botanistwriter
Hungarian writer
Peter Warren
naval officerpolitician
Royal Navy vice admiral (1703-1752)
13th Century
1 death
Savari de Mauléon
composerpoet
French soldier and troubadour
11th Century
1 death
Olaf II of Norway
monarch
King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
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