31 notable people died on September 21, including Bernardo Houssay, Arthur Ashkin, Haakon VII of Norway.
21st Century
1 death
Arthur Ashkin
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2018)
20th Century
18 deaths
Bernardo Houssay
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947)
Haakon VII of Norway
aristocratmonarch
King of Norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957)
Chrystal Macmillan
activistjurist
British feminist and pacifist (1872-1937)
Julian Leszczyński
journalistpolitician
Polish politician (1889–1937)
Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın
diplomatjournalist
Turkish diplomat and statesperson (1892–1959)
Aldo Vergano
film directorfilm producer
Italian film director, screenwriter and journalist (1891–1957)
Sofoklis Avraam Choudaverdoglou-Theodotos
politicianwriter
Greek scholar, historian, stenographer, and politician (1872-1956)
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha
poetwriter
Irish writer (1874-1949)
Kōji Uno
novelistwriter
Japanese author (1891-1961)
Lindolfo Collor
journalistpolitician
Brazilian journalist, politician
Mary Elizabeth Tripe
art educatorpainter
New Zealand painter and art teacher (1870-1939)
Édouard-Gaston Deville
photographersurveyor
French surveyor (1849-1924)
Percy Lindsay
illustratorpainter
Australian artist (1870-1952)
Gustaf Dahl
architectintendant
Swedish architect
Jesús Muñoz Tébar
architectmilitary personnel
Venezuelan politician (1847-1909)
Józef Gawlina
archbishopCatholic bishop
Polish officer, archbishop, field bishop of the Polish Army
Władysław Jabłoński
architect
Polish politician and architect
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Leopold Wenger
classical philologisthistorian of classical antiquity
Austrian legal historian (1874-1953)
19th Century
4 deaths
Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Léonée Elie de Beaumont
entomologistgeologist
French geologist
Prince Grigol of Georgia
poetwriter
Georgian royal prince (batonishvili)
Joseph Rodman Drake
poetwriter
Early American poet (1795–1820)
Antonio de Alcedo
biographergeographer
Ecuadorian soldier and scholar
18th Century
1 death
Asaf-ud-Daula
military leadermonarch
Nawab wazir of Oudh in north India (1748-1797)
17th Century
1 death
Jerome Gratian
Latin Catholic priestwriter
Spanish writer and priest
16th Century
2 deaths
Viktorin Kornel ze Všehrd
juristlawyer
Czech lawyer and writer
Ambrosio de Morales
archaeologisthistorian
Spanish historian
12th Century
2 deaths
Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia
monarch
Duke of Bohemia
Emperor Sutoku
waka poet
Emperor of Japan
9th Century
2 deaths
Kōkō
waka poet
Emperor of Japan
Minamoto no Tōru
poet
Japanese poet and statesman
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