9 notable people died on October 29, including Joseph Pulitzer, Petrus Comestor, Gabriel François Venel.
20th Century
3 deathsJoseph Pulitzer
journalistnewspaper proprietor
Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)
Thorstein Hiortdahl
chemistgeologist
Norwegian scientist (1839–1925)
John Motz
editorjournalist
Canadian editor (1830–1911)
18th Century
3 deathsGabriel François Venel
chemistencyclopédistes
French chemist
Domenico Cirillo
botanistentomologist
Physician, entomologist and botanist from Italy (1739-1799)
Johann Heinrich Linck
collectornaturalist
German pharmacist and naturalist (1674-1734)
17th Century
2 deathsEmmanuel Maignan
physicisttheologian
French physicist and theologian (1601-1676)
William Pynchon
theologianwriter
Founder of Springfield, Massachusetts 1590-1662
12th Century
1 deathPetrus Comestor
historiantheologian
French theologian (1100–1179)
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