16 notable people died on October 6, including Auguste Beernaert, Otto Meyerhof, Bruno of Cologne.
20th Century
8 deaths
Auguste Beernaert
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1909)
Otto Meyerhof
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1922)
Jennie Fowler Willing
preachersuffragette
Canadian-American educator, writer, social reformer
Samuel Darío Maldonado Vivas
anthropologistjournalist
Venezuelan doctor, writer and politician
Datto Vaman Potdar
editorhistorian
Indian historian and writer (1890–1979)
Ricardo Palma
historianjournalist
Peruvian historian (1833-1919)
Georg Schauman
economisthistorian
Finnish politician
Saeroen
journalistscreenwriter
Journalist and screenwriter
19th Century
4 deaths
Ignác Török
military engineermilitary officer
Hungarian Army general (1795-1849)
Frances Trollope
novelistwriter
English novelist (1779-1863)
Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
composerpoet
Uruguayan writer (1791–1864)
Estanislao del Campo
military personnelwriter
Argentine writer (1834–1880)
18th Century
2 deaths
Johann Matthäus Hassencamp
mathematicianorientalist
German academic
Shibukawa Shunkai
astronomerGo player
Japanese astronomer
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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