8 notable people died on October 6, including Otto Meyerhof, Auguste Beernaert, Bruno of Cologne.
20th Century
2 deaths
Otto Meyerhof
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1922)
Auguste Beernaert
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1909)
19th Century
2 deaths
Ignác Török
military engineermilitary officer
Hungarian Army general (1795-1849)
Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
composerpoet
Uruguayan writer (1791–1864)
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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