19 notable people died on March 16, including Sir Austen Chamberlain, John Macleod, Derek Barton.
21st Century
1 deathVilém Tauský
composerconductor
Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1910-2004)
20th Century
8 deathsSir Austen Chamberlain
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1925)
John Macleod
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923)
Derek Barton
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1969)
Mervyn O'Gorman
engineermilitary flight engineer
English engineer
Alma Söderhjelm
authorhistorian
Finnish historian (1870-1949)
Emil Fagure
editorjournalist
Romanian prose writer, translator, journalist and theatre and music critic
Karl Ernst Papf
painterphotographer
German painter and draftsman (1833-1910)
Lydia Délectorsckaya
modelpainter
Painter (1910-1998)
19th Century
4 deathsFélix Savart
engineerphysician
French physicist (1791–1841)
Maurits Hansen
pedagoguewriter
Norwegian writer
Henrik Gabriel Porthan
historianpedagogue
Finnish professor and rector (1739–1804)
Tivadar Puskás
engineerinventor
Hungarian inventor (1844-1893)
18th Century
1 deathCristina Roccati
physicistpoet
Italian scientist (1732-1797)
17th Century
2 deathsHenri de Guénégaud
Beamterchancellor
French politician
Hans Bock
painterrestorer
German artist (1550-1624)
16th Century
1 deathLuca Gaurico
astrologerCatholic bishop
Italian astronomer
13th Century
1 deathDrakpa Gyeltsen
Buddhist monkwriter
3rd of the 5 patriarchs of the Sakya tradition
2nd Century
1 deathMarcus Aurelius
monarchphilosopher
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
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