29 notable people died on October 6, including Auguste Beernaert, Otto Meyerhof, Dōgen.
21st Century
2 deaths
Paavo Haavikko
playwrightpoet
Finnish poet and writer (1931–2008)
LV
Leonid Vasilyev
historiansinologist
Russian historian and sociologist (1930-2016)
20th Century
13 deaths
Auguste Beernaert
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1909)
Otto Meyerhof
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1922)
Ricardo Palma
historianjournalist
Peruvian historian (1833-1919)
Datto Vaman Potdar
editorhistorian
Indian historian and writer (1890–1979)
Georg Schauman
economisthistorian
Finnish politician
Samuel Darío Maldonado Vivas
anthropologistjournalist
Venezuelan doctor, writer and politician
Jennie Fowler Willing
preachersuffragette
Canadian-American educator, writer, social reformer
Saeroen
journalistscreenwriter
Journalist and screenwriter
Wacław Wąsowicz
graphic artistpainter
Polish painter (1891-1942)
Amália Rodrigues
actorfado singer
Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920-1999)
MS
Moshe Smilansky
farmerwriter
Israeli writer (1874–1953)
RG
Rudolf Goldscheid
philosophersociologist
Austrian penman, philosopher, sociologist (1870-1931)
TA
Torsten Aminoff
genealogistjournalist
Finnish genealogist, journalist and politician (1910–1985)
19th Century
6 deaths
Ignác Török
military engineermilitary officer
Hungarian Army general (1795-1849)
Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
composerpoet
Uruguayan writer (1791–1864)
Frances Trollope
novelistwriter
English novelist (1779-1863)
Joseph Simon Volmar
animal painterlandscape painter
Swiss painter and sculptor (1796-1865)
Estanislao del Campo
military personnelwriter
Argentine writer (1834–1880)
FH
Feliks Horecki
composerguitarist
Polish composer and guitarist (1796-1870)
18th Century
4 deaths
Johann Matthäus Hassencamp
mathematicianorientalist
German academic
Shibukawa Shunkai
astronomerGo player
Japanese astronomer
Miguel de Barrios
historianpoet
Jewish poet
Caspar Wolf
landscape painterpainter
Swiss painter (1735-1783)
17th Century
2 deaths
Martin Zeiler
geographerwriter
German author
Hosokawa Fujitaka
bushiwaka poet
Daimyo
13th Century
1 death
Dōgen
Buddhist monkphilosopher
Japanese Zen buddhist teacher (1200-1253)
12th Century
1 death
Bruno of Cologne
anchoriteCatholic priest
Founder of the Carthusian Order (1030–1101)
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