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March 21st
154 Notable deaths
Paul Rivet
French ethnologist (1876-1958).
Born May 7th, 1876 in Wasigny.
Died March 21st, 1958 at 81 years old in Paris.
Joseph Barcroft
Physiologist, studied the oxygenation of blood.
Born July 26th, 1872 in Newry.
Died March 21st, 1947 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Mirza Davud Huseynov
Soviet politician (1894–1938).
Born March 10th, 1894 in Baku.
Died March 21st, 1938 at 44 years old in Baku.
Anthon van Rappard
Dutch painter and draughtsman (1858-1892).
Born May 14th, 1858 in Zeist. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1892 at 33 years old in Santpoort.
Paul Passy
French linguist (1859-1940).
Born January 13th, 1859 in Versailles. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1940 at 81 years old in Bourg-la-Reine.
Henri Emmanuelli
French politician (1945-2017).
Born May 31st, 1945 in Eaux-Bonnes. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2017 at 71 years old in Bayonne (infectious disease). [ref]
Marcel Detienne
Belgian historian (1935-2019).
Born October 11th, 1935 in Liège. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2019 at 83 years old in Nemours. [ref]
Olha Kobylianska
Ukrainian writer and feminist.
Born November 27th, 1863 in Gura Humorului.
Died March 21st, 1942 at 78 years old in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Ralph George Hawtrey
British economist.
Born November 22nd, 1879 in Slough. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1975 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Edward Walter Maunder
English astronomer studying sunspots.
Born April 12th, 1851 in London.
Died March 21st, 1928 at 76 years old in London.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 154
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