12 notable people died on October 8, including Philip Noel-Baker, Germanicus, Anund Jacob.
20th Century
8 deaths
Philip Noel-Baker
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1959)
James Bisset
architectengineer
South African engineer and architect (1836-1919)
Dimitrie Pompeiu
mathematicianpolitician
Romanian mathematician (1873-1954)
Zośka Vieras
children's writermemoirist
Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991)
Ebenezer Ward
civil servantjournalist
Politician and journalist in South Australia (1837–1917)
Ahmet Tevfik Okday
diplomatstatesperson
Turkish statesperson (1845–1936)
Aarno Maliniemi
church historianhistorian
Finnish historian
Lucio V. Mansilla
diplomatjournalist
Argentinian military personnel, journalist and writer
19th Century
1 death
James Elphinston
linguistwriter
British linguist
18th Century
1 death
Johann Hermann
botanistnaturalist
French physician, zoologist and botanist (1738–1800)
11th Century
1 death
Anund Jacob
monarch
King of Sweden from 1022 until 1050 (1008-1050)
1st Century
1 death
Germanicus
military personnelpoet
Nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, heir apparent of the Roman Empire, and father of emperor Caligula
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