24 notable people died on September 16, including Ronald Ross, Salabat Jung, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya.
21st Century
2 deaths
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
bankereconomist
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006
John Bevan Ford
artistdraftsperson
New Zealand artist (1930-2005)
20th Century
10 deaths
Ronald Ross
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902)
John Utheim
non-fiction writerpolitician
Norwegian politician (1847–1910)
Norbert Falk
editing staffjournalist
Austrian writer (1872–1932)
Martta Salmela-Järvinen
politicianwriter
Finnish politician (1892-1987)
Axel Drolsum
librarianwriter
Norwegian librarian (1846–1927)
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
19th Century
5 deaths
Samuel Brown
engineerinventor
English engineer and inventor (1799–1849)
John Jeffries
balloonistmeteorologist
Boston physician, scientist, and military surgeon
Marcin Zaleski
painterphotographer
Polish painter (1796-1877)
Antônio Carlos Gomes
composerpianist
Brazilian composer (1836–1896)
Maksymilian Gierymski
landscape painterpainter
Polish painter (1846–1874)
18th Century
5 deaths
Salabat Jung
monarchpolitician
Nizam of Hyderabad (1718-1763)
Johann Wilhelm Wagner
astronomermathematician
German astronomer (1681-1745)
Moritz Anton Cappeller
crystallographernaturalist
Swiss naturalist
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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