15 notable people died on October 7, including Sir John B. Gurdon, Sir Norman Angell, Demosthenes.
21st Century
1 death
Sir John B. Gurdon
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012)
20th Century
6 deaths
Sir Norman Angell
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1933)
Pedro Américo
naturalistnovelist
Brazilian painter (1843-1905)
Haakon Hauan
engineerpolitician
Norwegian politician
Honoré Beaugrand
journalistpolitician
Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1885-1887)
Rupert Etherege Kingsford
lawyerlecturer
Canadian lawyer, magistrate, and writer
Anica Savić Rebac
classical philologisthistorian
Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor (1892–1953)
19th Century
1 death
Marc Theodore Bourrit
composermountaineer
Swiss writer
18th Century
3 deaths
Jonathan Dickinson
Christian ministerminister
American minister and co-founder of Princeton University (1688–1747)
Johann Georg von Zimmermann
authorbotanist
Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician (1728–1795)
John Woolman
theologianwriter
American Quaker preacher and writer 1720-1772
17th Century
1 death
Thieleman J. van Braght
Christian ministerpoet
Dutch writer
16th Century
1 death
Christoph Frankopan
military leaderwriter
Croatian count
13th Century
1 deathIA
Ibn al-Dubaythi
historianIslamic jurist
(1163-1239) Islamic scholar
4th Century BC
1 death
Demosthenes
diplomatorator
Classical Athenian statesman and orator (384–322 BC)
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