29 notable people died on May 24, including Murray Gell-Mann, Dunstan, Ludwig Mitterpacher.
21st Century
4 deaths
Murray Gell-Mann
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1969)
Stormé DeLarverie
actordrag king
American performer and gay rights activist (1920–2014)
Joseph Bau
animatorcaricaturist
Polish and Israeli graphic artist and poet (1920-2002)
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Michał Życzkowski
mechanical engineerscientist
Polish engineer and researcher
20th Century
15 deaths
James Peter Hill
biologistzoologist
British zoologist (1873–1954)
George Frederick Barker
acting professorchair
American scientist (1835–1910)
Heinrich Friedrich Weber
physicistuniversity teacher
Physicist (1843-1912)
Pompiliu Eliade
historianliterary critic
Romanian historian (1870-1914)
Clara Mountcastle
painterpoet
Canadian artist and author
Amado Nervo
diplomatessayist
Mexican modernist poet
František Lorenz
editing staffeditor
Czech-born philosopher and Esperantist (1872-1957)
Edward Hemmerde
playwrightpolitician
British politician (1871–1948)
Henriette Yvonne Stahl
translatorwriter
Romanian writer
Militão Augusto de Azevedo
actorphotographer
Brazilian photographer (1837-1905)
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Franz Schneider
engineer
Swiss aircraft and firearms designer (1871-1941)
José Ignacio Paua
military leaderrevolutionary
Philippine revolutionary general (1872-1926)
Salvadoran poet
Johann Baptist Moroder
sculptor
Austrian sculptor (1870-1932)
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LH Sumanadasa
engineer
Engineer and university chancellor
19th Century
7 deaths
Ludwig Mitterpacher
agronomistbotanist
Hungarian scientist (1734-1814)
Anders Josef Europaeus
historianLutheran pastor
Finnish politician and priest (1797-1870)
Arthur Wakefield Carkeek
engineersurveyor
Recipient of the New Zealand Cross (1843-1897)
Michael Birkeland
archivisthistorian
Norwegian jurist and historian (1830-1896)
Charlotta Falkman
writer
Finnish author
Antonio Smith
engraverpainter
Chilean painter and engraver (1832-1877)
José Ignacio Pavón
lawyerlegal counselor
Mexican politician (1791-1866)
18th Century
1 death
Guillaume Le Blond
encyclopédistesmathematician
French mathematician and military historian
17th Century
1 death
Robert Hues
geographermathematician
English mathematician and geographer
10th Century
1 death
Dunstan
archbishopCatholic priest
Archbishop of Canterbury
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