19 notable people died on September 26, including Leopold Ruzicka, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Jakob Gadolin.
20th Century
11 deaths
Leopold Ruzicka
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1939)
Geoffrey Wilkinson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973)
Pál Turán
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Hungarian mathematician (1910–1976)
Cândido de Figueiredo
lexicographerphilologist
Portuguese philologist, writer, lexicographer and politician
Kazimierz Nitsch
dialectologistuniversity teacher
Polish linguist (1874–1958)
Matei Donici
military officerpoet
Moldovan general and politician
Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
educational theoristfreedom fighter
Indian freedom fighter and political activist (1900-1966)
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
composerlyricist
Indian singer (1920–1989)
Uday Shankar
actorchoreographer
Indian dancer, choreographer, and actor (1900-1977)
Chandrasekhara Bharati III
philosopher
Indian Jagadguru
Pierre De Geyter
composer
Belgian composer (1848–1932)
19th Century
5 deaths
Jakob Gadolin
astronomerLutheran pastor
Finnish bishop
James Ferguson
astronomerengineer
American astronomer (1797–1867)
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
composerjournalist
Swedish romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller (1793-1866)
José Antonio Saco
economisthistorian
Historian, writer, social critic, abolitionist (1797–1879)
Francis L. Hawks
Anglican priesthistorian
American writer, historian, educator and priest of the Episcopal Church
18th Century
1 death
Benito Jerónimo Feijoo
essayistphilosopher
Spanish monk and scholar
17th Century
1 death
Francisco de Borja y Aragón
military personnelpoet
(1581-1658) Spanish poet and royal official
16th Century
1 death
Theodore Bibliander
linguisttheologian
Swiss orientalist and linguist
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