Famous Deaths on 3 Jan

Famous Deaths on 3 Jan

1098 - Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)
1322 - King Philip V of France (b. 1293)
1437 - Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)
1543 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499)
1571 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505)
1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (b. 1618)
1656 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
1670 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (b. 1608)
1690 - Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615)
1701 - Prince Louis I of Monaco (b. 1642)
1743 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (b. 1657)
1779 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)
1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (b. 1730)
1813 - Bennelong, Australian aboriginal interlocutor between his tribe and the British settlers (b. c. 1764)
1826 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)
1875 - Pierre Larousse, French editor (b. 1817)
1882 - William Harrison Ainsworth, English novelist (b. 1805)
1895 - James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)
1903 - Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837)
1911 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)
1915 - James Elroy Flecker, English author (b. 1884)
1916 - Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)
1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
1927 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856)
1931 - Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876)
1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
1943 - Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
1945 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (b. 1879)
1946 - William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (b. 1906)
1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
1956 - Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876)
1956 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864)
1967 - Mary Garden, Scottish singer (b. 1874)
1967 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)
1969 - Howard McNear, American actor (b. 1905)
1969 - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (b. 1909)
1970 - Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902)
1974 - Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901)
1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)
1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist (b. 1910)
1980 - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892)
1981 - Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)
1988 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
1988 - Joie Chitwood, American racedriver & Daredevil (b. 1912)
1989 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1990 - Arthur Gold, American pianist, half of Gold and Fizdale duo (b. 1917)
1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897)
1993 - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
1994 - Heather Sears, British actress (b. 1935)
2002 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (b. 1923)
2002 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
2003 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
2004 - Des Corcoran, Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
2004 - Leon Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2005 - JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936)
2005 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)
2005 - Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)
2006 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
2006 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1954)
2007 - Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
2007 - William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)
2007 - Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fáil senator 1961-1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (b. 1921)
2007 - Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast 1983-2001 (b. 1924)
2007 - Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (b. 1930)
2008 - Natasha Collins, British actress and television presenter (b. 1976)
2008 - Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
2008 - Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (b. 1918)
2008 - Yo-Sam Choi, South Korean boxer/former WBC light flyweight champion (b. 1972)
235 - Pope St Anterus (b. unknown)