22 notable people died on May 24, including Murray Gell-Mann, Dunstan, Robert Hues.
21st Century
3 deaths
Murray Gell-Mann
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1969)
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Stormé DeLarverie
actordrag king
American performer and gay rights activist (1920–2014)
Joseph Bau
animatorcaricaturist
Polish and Israeli graphic artist and poet (1920-2002)
20th Century
10 deaths
James Peter Hill
biologistzoologist
British zoologist (1873–1954)
Heinrich Friedrich Weber
physicistuniversity teacher
Physicist (1843-1912)
František Lorenz
editing staffeditor
Czech-born philosopher and Esperantist (1872-1957)
Amado Nervo
diplomatessayist
Mexican modernist poet
Pompiliu Eliade
historianliterary critic
Romanian historian (1870-1914)
Clara Mountcastle
painterpoet
Canadian artist and author
Henriette Yvonne Stahl
translatorwriter
Romanian writer
Militão Augusto de Azevedo
actorphotographer
Brazilian photographer (1837-1905)
José Ignacio Paua
military leaderrevolutionary
Philippine revolutionary general (1872-1926)
Salvadoran poet
19th Century
6 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)
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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