17 notable people died on May 11, including Odd Hassel, Herbert S. Gasser, Sallust.
20th Century
7 deaths
Odd Hassel
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1969)
Herbert S. Gasser
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1944)
Ante Šupuk
engineerentrepreneur
Croatian engineer and inventor (1838–1904)
İsmail Hakkı Berkok
military leadermilitary personnel
Turkish journalist and statesperson (1889–1954)
Hilda Kay Grant
biographernovelist
Canadian writer (1910–1996)
Edoardo Anton
comedy writerfilm director
Italian playwright and screenwriter (1910–1986)
Carlos Mugica
Catholic priestcolumnist
Argentine priest and activist (1930-1974)
19th Century
4 deaths
Ludwig Engelhard Krebs
apothecarybotanical collector
German apothecary and natural history collector (1792-1844)
Gerard van Spaendonck
botanical illustratorbotanist
Dutch painter (1746–1822)
Israel Hwasser
philosopherphysician
Swedish medical doctor and professor (1790-1860)
Stephan Ludwig Roth
parsonpolitician
Transylvanian Saxon intellectual, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor (1796-1849)
17th Century
1 death
Yagyū Munenori
Japanese swordmasterpolitician
Samurai and daimyo of the early Edo period (1571-1646)
16th Century
2 deaths
Angelo Colocci
Catholic bishopRenaissance humanist
Renaissance Italian humanist, cleric, and bishop of Nocera
TH
Thohanbwa
monarch
King of Ava
11th Century
2 deaths
Gotthard of Hildesheim
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Roman Catholic saint
Humbert of Silva Candida
Catholic priestdiplomat
French cardinal, writer and diplomat
1st Century BC
1 death
Sallust
historianpolitician
Roman historian and politician (86 BC - c. 35 BC)
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