14 notable people died on October 2, including Peter Medawar, Selim I, Roman Svyatoslavich.
20th Century
2 deaths
Peter Medawar
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1960)
Johan Anker
businesspersonengineer
Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940)
19th Century
4 deaths
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
engineermilitary engineer
French inventor (1725–1804)
François Arago
astronomerbiographer
French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)
Samuel Adams
philosopherpolitician
American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)
José Mariano Elízaga
composermusicologist
Composer and pianist
18th Century
2 deaths
Johann Conrad Barchusen
chemistuniversity teacher
German chemist
Kelemen Mikes
translatorwriter
Hungarian essayist
16th Century
3 deaths
Selim I
monarchpoet
9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520
Guru Nanak
gurupoet
First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism
Johannes Agricola
philosopherProtestant reformer
Reformer, humanist (1494-1566)
15th Century
1 death
Lương Thế Vinh
mathematician
Vietnamese scholar and mathematician
14th Century
1 death
Walter of Winterburn
Catholic priestphilosopher
English cardinal and theologian
11th Century
1 death
Roman Svyatoslavich
monarch
(1052-1079)
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