15 notable people died on May 24, including Murray Gell-Mann, Dunstan, Robert Hues.
21st Century
2 deathsMurray Gell-Mann
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1969)
Stormé DeLarverie
actordrag king
American performer and gay rights activist (1920–2014)
20th Century
5 deathsClara Mountcastle
painterpoet
Canadian artist and author
Pompiliu Eliade
historianliterary critic
Romanian historian (1870-1914)
Amado Nervo
diplomatessayist
Mexican modernist poet
František Lorenz
editing staffeditor
Czech-born philosopher and Esperantist (1872-1957)
Henriette Yvonne Stahl
translatorwriter
Romanian writer
19th Century
5 deathsLudwig 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
18th Century
1 deathGuillaume Le Blond
encyclopédistesmathematician
French mathematician and military historian
17th Century
1 deathRobert Hues
geographermathematician
English mathematician and geographer
10th Century
1 deathDunstan
archbishopCatholic priest
Archbishop of Canterbury
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