Famous Deaths on March 6

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1967)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2002)

Brazilian politician and former governor of the state of São Paulo from 1995 to 2001 (born 1930–2001)

Nigerian writer

Pakistani general

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1938)

Brazilian scientist (1842-1909)

Indian politician

Bulgarian writer and activist, editor

Peruvian writer (1872–1966)

Turkish diplomat and statesperson (1891–1980)

Norwegian author and art historian (1834–1917)

Baltic German art historian, architect and university teacher (1849-1919)

Greek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920–1994)

Swiss physician, politician, and philosopher (1780–1866)

French naturalist (1797–1880)

American businessman (1785–1851)

American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)

Italian mathematician and architect (1624-1683)

Spanish theologian and philosopher

Japanese poet and writer

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