8 notable people died on October 9, including Richard F. Heck, William P. Murphy, Sir Cyril Hinshelwood.
21st Century
2 deaths
Richard F. Heck
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
Maurice Allais
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1988)
20th Century
3 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)
19th Century
2 deaths
Gian Francesco Malfatti
mathematicianscientist
Italian mathematician (1731-1807)
John Stanislaw Kubary
anthropologistbiologist
Polish traveler, ethnographer and naturalist, explorer of Oceania (1846-1896)
11th Century
1 death
Alfanus I
archbishoparchitect
Archbishop of Salerno
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