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Who died in August 1996

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Victor Ambartsumian

Victor Ambartsumian

19081996

Soviet Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator, widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union

Baba Vanga

Baba Vanga

19111996

Bulgarian psychic and mystic known for her attributed foresight and healing abilities, who lived much of her life blind in the Belasica mountains

Nevill Francis Mott

Nevill Francis Mott

19051996

English physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his theoretical investigations into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems

Tadeusz Reichstein

Tadeusz Reichstein

18971996

Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his isolation of cortisone, which revolutionized medical treatments