March 16th
162 Notable deaths
David Prain
British botanist (1857-1944).
Born July 11th, 1857 in Laurencekirk. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1944 at 86 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Ángel Fournier
Cuban rower.
Born December 31st, 1987 in Guantánamo.
Died March 16th, 2023 at 35 years old in Dallas (myocardial infarction).
Edwin Bingham Copeland
American botanist (1873-1964).
Born September 30th, 1873 in Monroe.
Died March 16th, 1964 at 90 years old in Chico.
José Gorostiza
Mexican poet (1901–1973).
Born November 10th, 1901 in Villahermosa.
Died March 16th, 1973 at 71 years old in Mexico City.
Nico Rijnders
Dutch footballer (1947–1976).
Born July 30th, 1947 in Breda.
Died March 16th, 1976 at 28 years old in Bruges (myocardial infarction).
Alfred Swahn
Sport shooter.
Born August 20th, 1879 in Uddevalla. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1931 at 51 years old in Stockholm.
Varlam Avanesov
Russian revolutionary (1884–1930).
Born September 9th, 1884 in Kağızman.
Died March 16th, 1930 at 45 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Thomas Little Heath
British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940).
Born October 5th, 1861 in Barnetby le Wold.
Died March 16th, 1940 at 78 years old in Ashtead.
Joseph Fan Zhongliang
Catholic bishop from china.
Born December 18th, 1918 in Shanghai.
Died March 16th, 2014 at 95 years old in Shanghai (Alzheimer's disease).
Jesús María de Leizaola
Spanish politician (1896-1989).
Born September 7th, 1896 in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Died March 16th, 1989 at 92 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 162
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon