27 notable people died on September 16, including Ronald Ross, Salabat Jung, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya.
21st Century
3 deaths
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
bankereconomist
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
diplomateconomist
French politician (1910-2010)
John Bevan Ford
artistdraftsperson
New Zealand artist (1930-2005)
20th Century
12 deaths
Ronald Ross
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902)
Martta Salmela-Järvinen
politicianwriter
Finnish politician (1892-1987)
John Utheim
non-fiction writerpolitician
Norwegian politician (1847–1910)
Axel Drolsum
librarianwriter
Norwegian librarian (1846–1927)
Norbert Falk
editing staffjournalist
Austrian writer (1872–1932)
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
human rights defenderphilosopher
Aboriginal Australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for Indigenous rights (1920–1993)
Julio Ruelas
illustratorpainter
Mexican artist (1870-1907)
Vaclovas Bielskis
journalist
Lithuanian activist (1870–1936)
James S. Stening
photographer
Australian photographer
JB
Jawad Boulos
historianpolitician
Lebanese historian and politician
Józef Kustroń
military officer
Polish general
AB
Anatoly Basistov
engineer
Russian engineer
19th Century
5 deaths
John Jeffries
balloonistmeteorologist
Boston physician, scientist, and military surgeon
Samuel Brown
engineerinventor
English engineer and inventor (1799–1849)
Marcin Zaleski
painterphotographer
Polish painter (1796-1877)
Maksymilian Gierymski
landscape painterpainter
Polish painter (1846–1874)
Antônio Carlos Gomes
composerpianist
Brazilian composer (1836–1896)
18th Century
5 deaths
Salabat Jung
monarchpolitician
Nizam of Hyderabad (1718-1763)
Moritz Anton Cappeller
crystallographernaturalist
Swiss naturalist
Johann Wilhelm Wagner
astronomermathematician
German astronomer (1681-1745)
Andrey Matveyev
diplomatmemoirist
Russian politician (1666-1728)
Jakob Prandtauer
architectgeneral contractor
Austrian architect (1660-1726)
17th Century
1 death
Yamazaki Ansai
Confucian scholarphilosopher
Japanese philosopher
14th Century
1 death
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
authorIslamic jurist
Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350)
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