23 notable people died on May 30, including Boris Pasternak, Andrew Huxley, Rosalyn Yalow.
21st Century
2 deaths
Andrew Huxley
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1963)
Rosalyn Yalow
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)
20th Century
9 deaths
Boris Pasternak
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1958)
Rafael Trujillo
dictatormilitary officer
President of the Dominican Republic (1891-1961)
Alexander Just
chemistinventor
German-Hungarian chemist
Louis Slotin
chemistnon-fiction writer
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
Frédéric Pelletier
choir directorcomposer
Canadian music critic (1870-1944)
Owen Davies
Christian ministerwriter
Welsh Baptist minister (1840-1929)
Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor
anthropologistarchaeologist
Romanian writer (1900–1968)
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Harrison Owen
journalistnovelist
Australian writer (1890-1966)
MC
Marthe Crick-Kuntziger
art historiancurator
Belgian museum curator
19th Century
4 deaths
Esprit Requien
botanical collectorbotanist
French naturalist (1788-1851)
Johann Georg Bodmer
entrepreneurinventor
Swiss inventor
Carlos von Koseritz
businesspersonjournalist
Brazilian journalist
Gilles-François Closson
painter
Belgian painter (1796-1842)
18th Century
3 deaths
Voltaire
autobiographercorrespondent
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
Elizabeth Elstob
feministhistorian
English linguist and feminist (1683-1756)
Ike no Taiga
calligrapherpainter
Painter (1723-1776)
17th Century
3 deaths
Simon Vollant
architectmilitary engineer
French architect (1622-1696)
John Davenport
Christian ministerpriest
British priest 1597-1670
Jakob Martini
philosophertheologian
German theologian and philosopher
16th Century
1 death
Bálint Balassi
poettranslator
Hungarian poet, writer, soldier
15th Century
1 death
Christian I of Denmark
monarch
Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (1426-1481)
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