14 notable people died on June 6, including Jean Dausset, George D. Snell, Jerome Karle.
21st Century
2 deathsJean Dausset
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)
Jerome Karle
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985)
20th Century
7 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)
Laure Conan
essayisthagiographer
Canadian writer (1845-1924)
Gheorghe Eminescu
historianmemoirist
Romanian historian, memoirist, and Land Forces officer
Hannu Leminen
film directorscreenwriter
Finnish film director, set designer and executive at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (1910–1997)
19th Century
3 deathsJeremy Bentham Rollweiser
animal rights advocateeconomist
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
Johann Albrecht Heinrich Reimarus
anatomisteconomist
German scholar
Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah
diplomathistorian
Romanian politician
18th Century
1 deathAndreas Rüdiger
philosopherphysicist
German philosopher and physicist (1673-1731)
14th Century
1 deathKing of Majorca
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