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Famous Deaths on October 29

9 notable people died on October 29, including Joseph Pulitzer, Petrus Comestor, Gabriel François Venel.

Total Deaths
9
Avg Age at Death
70
Peak Century
20th Century

20th Century

3 deaths
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
journalistnewspaper proprietor
Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)
Thorstein Hiortdahl
Thorstein Hiortdahl
chemistgeologist
Norwegian scientist (1839–1925)
John Motz
John Motz
editorjournalist
Canadian editor (1830–1911)

18th Century

3 deaths
Gabriel François Venel
Gabriel François Venel
chemistencyclopédistes
French chemist
Domenico Cirillo
Domenico Cirillo
botanistentomologist
Physician, entomologist and botanist from Italy (1739-1799)
Johann Heinrich Linck
Johann Heinrich Linck
collectornaturalist
German pharmacist and naturalist (1674-1734)

17th Century

2 deaths
Emmanuel Maignan
Emmanuel Maignan
physicisttheologian
French physicist and theologian (1601-1676)
William Pynchon
William Pynchon
theologianwriter
Founder of Springfield, Massachusetts 1590-1662

12th Century

1 death
Petrus Comestor
Petrus Comestor
historiantheologian
French theologian (1100–1179)

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