20 notable people died on October 2, including Peter Medawar, Selim I, Roman Svyatoslavich.
20th Century
6 deathsPeter Medawar
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1960)
Johan Anker
businesspersonengineer
Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940)
Ebbe Hertzberg
archivisteconomist
Norwegian politician (1847-1912)
Emma Cheeseman
botanistpainter
New Zealand painter and taxidermist (1846-1928)
Kosta Manojlović
choir directorcomposer
Serbian composer
William Little
poet
Australian poet, politician (1839-1916)
19th Century
5 deathsFrançois Arago
astronomerbiographer
French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
engineermilitary engineer
French inventor (1725–1804)
Samuel Adams
philosopherpolitician
American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)
William Ellery Channing
Christian ministerpastor
American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)
José Mariano Elízaga
composermusicologist
Composer and pianist
18th Century
3 deathsJohann Conrad Barchusen
chemistuniversity teacher
German chemist
Fukuda Chiyo-ni
haiku poetpainter
Japanese writer (1703-1775)
Kelemen Mikes
translatorwriter
Hungarian essayist
16th Century
3 deathsSelim I
monarchpoet
9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520
Johannes Agricola
philosopherProtestant reformer
Reformer, humanist (1494-1566)
Guru Nanak
gurupoet
First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism
15th Century
1 deathLương Thế Vinh
mathematician
Vietnamese scholar and mathematician
14th Century
1 deathWalter of Winterburn
Catholic priestphilosopher
English cardinal and theologian
11th Century
1 deathRoman Svyatoslavich
monarch
(1052-1079)
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