9 notable people died on May 21, including James Franck, Jane Addams, Go-Ichijō.
20th Century
2 deaths
James Franck
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1925)
Jane Addams
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1931)
19th Century
3 deaths
Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée
botanistmycologist
French botanist (1789-1874)
Jean Baptiste Berthier
architectcartographer
French officer in French Corps of Topographical Engineers
Ignacio Jordan de Asso del Rio
botanistdiplomat
Spanish diplomat, naturalist, lawyer, historian, university teacher and director of the Saragossa botanical garden (1742 – 1814)
18th Century
1 death
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
chemistpharmacist
Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen
17th Century
1 death
Otto von Guericke
engineerinstrument maker
German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)
16th Century
1 death
Pier Paolo Parisio
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Catholic cardinal
11th Century
1 death
Go-Ichijō
emperor
Emperor of Japan
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