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Famous Deaths on May 24

15 notable people died on May 24, including Murray Gell-Mann, Dunstan, Robert Hues.

Total Deaths
15
Avg Age at Death
74
Peak Century
19th Century

21st Century

2 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1969)
Stormé DeLarverie
Stormé DeLarverie
actordrag king
American performer and gay rights activist (1920–2014)

20th Century

5 deaths
Canadian artist and author
Pompiliu Eliade
Pompiliu Eliade
historianliterary critic
Romanian historian (1870-1914)
Amado Nervo
Amado Nervo
diplomatessayist
Mexican modernist poet
František Lorenz
František Lorenz
editing staffeditor
Czech-born philosopher and Esperantist (1872-1957)
Henriette Yvonne Stahl
Henriette Yvonne Stahl
translatorwriter
Romanian writer

19th Century

5 deaths
Ludwig Mitterpacher
Ludwig Mitterpacher
agronomistbotanist
Hungarian scientist (1734-1814)
Anders Josef Europaeus
Anders Josef Europaeus
historianLutheran pastor
Finnish politician and priest (1797-1870)
Arthur Wakefield Carkeek
Arthur Wakefield Carkeek
engineersurveyor
Recipient of the New Zealand Cross (1843-1897)
Michael Birkeland
Michael Birkeland
archivisthistorian
Norwegian jurist and historian (1830-1896)
Finnish author

18th Century

1 death
Guillaume Le Blond
Guillaume Le Blond
encyclopédistesmathematician
French mathematician and military historian

17th Century

1 death
Robert Hues
Robert Hues
geographermathematician
English mathematician and geographer

10th Century

1 death
Dunstan
Dunstan
archbishopCatholic priest
Archbishop of Canterbury

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