12 notable people died on October 9, including William P. Murphy, Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, Maurice Allais.
21st Century
2 deaths
Maurice Allais
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1988)
Richard F. Heck
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
20th Century
5 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)
Roch-Pamphile Vallée
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician (1848-1935)
João Cabral de Melo Neto
diplomatplaywright
Brazilian writer (1920-1999)
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
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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