23 notable people died on October 9, including Maurice Allais, Richard F. Heck, William P. Murphy.
21st Century
3 deaths
Maurice Allais
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1988)
Richard F. Heck
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
Aldo Buzzi
architectassistant director
Italian architect (1910–2009)
20th Century
13 deaths
William P. Murphy
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1934)
Sir Cyril Hinshelwood
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1956)
Juan Andreu Almazán
businesspersonmilitary personnel
Mexican general and politician (1891-1965)
Henriette Wulfsberg
head teacherpedagogue
Norwegian pedagogue
Roch-Pamphile Vallée
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician (1848-1935)
Helena Nyblom
autobiographerchildren's writer
Swedish poet and author (1843-1926)
João Cabral de Melo Neto
diplomatplaywright
Brazilian writer (1920-1999)
George Obrenovic
writer
Pretender of the Serbian throne
FF
Franza Feilbogen
translatorwriter
Austrian writer and translator (1873-1927)
JP
Juan Pradenas
journalistpolitician
Chilean journalist
UB
Ustad Bukhari
poetteacher
Pakistani poet (1930-1992)
HK
Hans Gustl Kernmayr
screenwriterwriter
Austrian screenwriter (1900–1977)
VB
Veselin Beshevliev
archaeologisthistorian
Bulgarian historian (1900–1992)
19th Century
3 deaths
Gian Francesco Malfatti
mathematicianscientist
Italian mathematician (1731-1807)
John Stanislaw Kubary
anthropologistbiologist
Polish traveler, ethnographer and naturalist, explorer of Oceania (1846-1896)
Caroline Louisa Daly
painter
Canadian painter (1832-1893)
13th Century
1 death
Saionji Kintsune
poet
Japanese poet
11th Century
1 death
Alfanus I
archbishoparchitect
Archbishop of Salerno
10th Century
1 death
Japanese waka poet
8th Century
1 death
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
waka poet
Japanese statesman and poet of the Nara period
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