27 notable people died on October 21, including Birger Jarl, Marcus Junius Brutus, Piero della Francesca.
21st Century
3 deaths
Harbhajan Singh
academiccritic
Punjabi poet (1920-2002)
Zbigniew Pilarczyk
historian
Polish historian
AK
Alf Kumalo
journalistphotographer
South African photographer (1930-2012)
20th Century
9 deaths
Luis Adaro y Magro
businesspersonmining engineer
Spanish mining engineer from Asturias (1849-1915)
Herman Lieberman
diplomatediting staff
Austrian politician (1870–1941)
Moyshe Altman
translatorwriter
Yiddish writer (1890–1981)
Charles van der Stappen
sculptorteacher
Belgian sculptor (1843–1910)
Heinrich von Angeli
painteruniversity teacher
Austrian painter (1840-1925)
Valko Chervenkov
military officermilitary personnel
Bulgarian communist politician, prime minister (1900-1980)
Cristiano Cruz
painter
Portuguese painter (1892-1951)
AM
Alexander McMinn
teacherwriter
Teacher, journalist, newspaper proprietor (1842–1919)
CA
César Calvo de Araujo
composerpainter
Peruvian artist (1910-1970)
19th Century
7 deaths
Jacques Babinet
astronomermathematician
French physicist, mathematician and astronomer
David Bates Douglass
academicarchitect
American civil and military engineer; academic administrator; and cemetery architect (1790-1849)
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
theologianwriter
Genevan pastor and church historian (1794–1872)
James Henry Greathead
civil engineerengineer
British civil engineer (1844-1896)
José Hernández
journalistmerchant
Argentine writer (1834-1886)
Pieter Vanderghinste
composer
Belgian composer (1789–1860)
PF
Pierre Falcon
composerpoet
Canadian fur trader (1793-1876)
18th Century
3 deaths
Guy Tachard
Catholic priestdiplomat
French Jesuit missionary and mathematician
Louis de l'Isle
astronomerexplorer
French explorer and astronomer
Johann Juncker
chemistphysician
German physician and chemist (1679-1759)
17th Century
1 death
Pedro Espinosa
chaplainpoet
Spanish poet and chaplain (1578-1650)
15th Century
1 death
Piero della Francesca
art theoristmathematician
Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
13th Century
1 death
Birger Jarl
military personnelmonarch
Jarl and ruler of Sweden (c.1210–1266)
8th Century
1 deathFN
Fujiwara no Nakamaro
poetrebel
Japanese noble
1st Century BC
1 death
Marcus Junius Brutus
philosopherpoet
Assassin of Julius Caesar
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