Famous Deaths on October 16

Polish historian (1930-2004)

Nepalese historian, researcher, writer

South Korean essayist

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1953)

Hungarian mathematician (1846–1925)

Spanish researcher

British mathematician (1842-1927)

Japanese physicist (1911–1970)

Venezuelan writer (1874-1944)

Canadian artist (1871-1918)

Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892–1946)

Poland art historian and librarian

Canadian pianist and composer (1891-1947)

Swiss communist (1891-1971)

Canadian politician, lawyer and writer (1891–1983)

Journalist who supported Indian Independence and establishment of Federal Republic of India.

Swedish Righteous Among the Nations, publisher and Esperantist (1872-1960)

Polish-Lithuanian art collector (1846-1926)

Argentine painter (1892-1971)

Swedish writer

Egyptian Feminist

Norwegian film director (1890–1976)

Chilean writer

Turkish military officer (1872–1923)

American abolitionist and writer (1794-1846)

Japanese poet, historian and painter (1780-1832)

American politician (1794-1827)

American author (1796-1866)

Venezuelan productor (1780-1814)

German naturalist (1724-1768)

Philosopher and theologian

Greek rabbi (*1591 – †1655)

Italian commandant (1417–1468)

Irish disciple and saint