28 notable people died on October 9, including Richard F. Heck, William P. Murphy, Sir Cyril Hinshelwood.
21st Century
4 deaths
Richard F. Heck
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
Maurice Allais
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1988)
Aldo Buzzi
architectassistant director
Italian architect (1910–2009)
JS
John Baptist Sequeira
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Indian priest
20th Century
15 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)
Helena Nyblom
autobiographerchildren's writer
Swedish poet and author (1843-1926)
Henriette Wulfsberg
head teacherpedagogue
Norwegian pedagogue
Roch-Pamphile Vallée
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician (1848-1935)
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
HK
Hans Gustl Kernmayr
screenwriterwriter
Austrian screenwriter (1900–1977)
VB
Veselin Beshevliev
archaeologisthistorian
Bulgarian historian (1900–1992)
UB
Ustad Bukhari
poetteacher
Pakistani poet (1930-1992)
Henry Parke Airey
soldier
Australian colonial soldier (1842–1911)
Carlos Volante
association football coachassociation football player
Argentine footballer (1910-1987)
19th Century
4 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)
Juan Lavalle
military personnelpolitician
Argentine politician (1797-1841)
18th Century
1 death
Johann Christoph Wagenseil
Hebraisttranslator
German Christian Hebraist
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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