14 notable people died on March 16, including John Macleod, Derek Barton, Sir Austen Chamberlain.
20th Century
5 deaths
John Macleod
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923)
Derek Barton
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1969)
Sir Austen Chamberlain
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1925)
Alma Söderhjelm
authorhistorian
Finnish historian (1870-1949)
Emil Fagure
editorjournalist
Romanian prose writer, translator, journalist and theatre and music critic
19th Century
4 deaths
Félix Savart
engineerphysician
French physicist (1791–1841)
Henrik Gabriel Porthan
historianpedagogue
Finnish professor and rector (1739–1804)
Maurits Hansen
pedagoguewriter
Norwegian writer
Tivadar Puskás
engineerinventor
Hungarian inventor (1844-1893)
18th Century
1 death
Cristina Roccati
physicistpoet
Italian scientist (1732-1797)
17th Century
1 death
Henri de Guénégaud
Beamterchancellor
French politician
16th Century
1 death
Luca Gaurico
astrologerCatholic bishop
Italian astronomer
13th Century
1 death
Drakpa Gyeltsen
Buddhist monkwriter
3rd of the 5 patriarchs of the Sakya tradition
2nd Century
1 death
Marcus Aurelius
monarchphilosopher
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
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