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Famous Deaths on October 23

4 notable people died on October 23, including Charles Glover Barkla, Edward A. Doisy, Herbert A. Hauptman.

Total Deaths
4
Avg Age at Death
78
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

1 death
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985)

20th Century

2 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1917)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1943)

18th Century

1 death
María Andresa Casamayor
María Andresa Casamayor
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Spanish mathematician and teacher

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