Famous Deaths on 10 Jan

Famous Deaths on 10 Jan

1094 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)
1276 - Pope Gregory X (bc. 1210)
1645 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1573)
1654 - Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
1662 - Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
1698 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
1707 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
1754 - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (b. 1691)
1761 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
1777 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
1778 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
1794 - Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754)
1811 - Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
1824 - King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
1828 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
1833 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
1851 - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
1862 - Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. 1814)
1863 - Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
1866 - Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
1883 - Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. 1833)
1895 - Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. 1849)
1901 - Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
1904 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
1905 - Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
1917 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846)
1922 - Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. 1866)
1934 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting the Reichstag fire (b. 1909)
1935 - Edwin Flack, Australian athlete, first Olympic champion (b. 1873)
1941 - Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
1941 - Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. 1856)
1941 - Frank Bridge, English composer (b. 1879)
1949 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)
1951 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
1951 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890)
1957 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
1960 - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
1961 - Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
1968 - Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
1969 - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)
1970 - Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1925)
1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
1972 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
1976 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
1978 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1924)
1978 - Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
1980 - Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
1980 - George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894)
1980 - Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. 1900)
1981 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
1981 - Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
1981 - Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
1982 - Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
1984 - Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
1985 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
1986 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
1987 - Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
1989 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
1989 - Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. 1933)
1992 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
1995 - Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1997 - Elspeth Huxley, British journalist and writer (b. 1907)
1997 - Sheldon Leonard, American film producer, actor, and director (b. 1907)
1997 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1907)
1999 - Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
2000 - Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
2002 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
2004 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2004 - Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
2005 - Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
2005 - Joséphine-Charlotte, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
2005 - Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005 - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
2005 - Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
2005 - Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
2005 - James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
2005 - Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
2007 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007 - Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. 1910)
2008 - Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008 - Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (b. 1921)
2008 - Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
681 - Pope Agatho
976 - John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 925)