28 notable people died on June 6, including Jean Dausset, George D. Snell, Jerome Karle.
21st Century
4 deathsJean Dausset
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)
Jerome Karle
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985)
Viktor Korchnoi
authorchess player
Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster
Philippe Neerman
architect
Belgian industrial designer (1930–2011)
20th Century
16 deathsGS
George D. Snell
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)
Gerhart Hauptmann
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1912)
Tomás Confesor
ministerpolitician
Filipino politician (1891-1951)
Moisés Bensabat Amzalak
economisthistorian
Scholar and economist (1892-1978)
Gheorghe Eminescu
historianmemoirist
Romanian historian, memoirist, and Land Forces officer
Victor Varconi
actorfilm actor
Hungarian actor (1891–1976)
Laure Conan
essayisthagiographer
Canadian writer (1845-1924)
Miklós Bánffy
diplomatgraphic artist
Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist (1873–1950)
Hannu Leminen
film directorscreenwriter
Finnish film director, set designer and executive at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (1910–1997)
Artur Jaceguai
writer
Brazilian writer (1843-1914)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
writer
Indian writer (1891–1986)
George Taylor Denison III
opinion journalist
Canadian politician
David Ewart
architect
Canadian architect (1841-1921)
HT
Henry Tate
composermusic journalist
Australian poet (1873–1926)
JV
Jaakko Vainio
journalistpolitician
Finnish politician and journalist
FK
Fritz Kasparek
mountaineernon-fiction writer
Austrian mountain climber (1910–1954)
19th Century
5 deathsJeremy Bentham Rollweiser
animal rights advocateeconomist
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
Johann Albrecht Heinrich Reimarus
anatomisteconomist
German scholar
Daniel Pierce Thompson
editorjournalist
American writer (1795-1868)
Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah
diplomathistorian
Romanian politician
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Thomas Luraas
painterrosemaler
Painter and musician (1799-1886)
18th Century
2 deathsAndreas Rüdiger
philosopherphysicist
German philosopher and physicist (1673-1731)
Patrick Henry
lawyerpolitician
American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)
14th Century
1 deathKing of Majorca
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