Deaths by starvation

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene ( ; ;  – ) was an Ancient Greek polymath: a philosopher, scholar, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. Eratosthenes eventually became the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. His work was the precursor to the modern discipline of geography, and he introduced some of its terminology, coining the terms geography and geographer.

French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)

Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)

pope

King of England from 1377 to 1399

pope

Russian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)

Russian writer (1905–1942)

Soviet writer (1884–1942)

Prince of Asturias; eldest child of Philip II of Spain

Member of Julio-Claudian dynasty (c. 14 BC–AD 33)

illustrator (1876-1942)

American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)

daughter of Emperor Augustus (39 BC – AD 14)

Mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank (1900–1945)

Spartan general and regent (died c. 477 BC)

Austro-Hungarian chess player

German gymnast (1869–1942)

Russian philosopher (1856-1919)

American polar explorer (1844–1881)

Russian painter and poet (1883-1941)

Russian science writer (1882–1942)

group of American pioneers who cannibalized their own family members in order to survive

German gymnast (1875-1945)

Ukrainian artist and fashion designer (1938–2022)

German actor (1893–1946)

German mathematician (1909-1945)

youngest sister of the Roman Emperor Caligula (c. AD 18-c. 41)

Founding Liang emperor from 502 to 549

adopted grandson and heir of the Roman emperor Tiberius (c. 8 AD-33 AD) (7-33)

Pelagia (, d. 457), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century. Her feast day was celebrated on 8 October, originally in common with Saints Pelagia the Virgin and Pelagia of Tarsus. Pelagia died as a result of extreme asceticism, which had emaciated her to the point she could no longer be recognized. According to Orthodox tradition, she was buried in her cell on the Mount of Olives. Upon the discovery that the renowned monk had been a woman, the holy fathers tried to keep it a secret, but the gos

ruler of Qi state; head of the Five Hegemons during the Chinese Spring Autumn period

Russian noble and saint

Australian explorer (1821–1861)

Polish actor, film director and producer (1899–1943)

French mendicant and saint

Russian bishop

Russian chess player (1866-1942)

Russian inventor, and physicist (1903–1942)

English socialite and author (1894–1972)

Roman consul (8 BCE) and writer active during the rule of Emperors Augustus and Tiberius

Ukrainian writer (1838–1918)

Italian politician and soldier (1220-1289)

Soviet-era prison island event

Zhou Dynasty King

Italian medical ethics case

Indonesian singer-songwriter (1917–2010)

Estonian wrestler and coach (1902–1942)

Russian chess player (1891-1942)

British surveyor (1834–1861)

Duke of Finland

Russian chess player (1891-1942)

Croatian child actress (1927–1943)

Russian pianist (1855–1942)

American quack, fraud, swindler and serial killer (1867-1938)

politician

Russian civil engineer (1877–1942)

Japanese author, Dadaist, nihilist, Stirnerite, epicurean, shakuhachi musician, playwright and actor, feminist, and bohemian. (1884–1944)