Famous Deaths on 6 Jan

Famous Deaths on 6 Jan

1088 - Berengar of Tours, French theologian (bc. 999)
1275 - St Raymond of Peñafort (b. c. 1175)
1448 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1418)
1481 - Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde
1537 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1481)
1537 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
1592 - Johann Casimir of Simmern, Elector Palatine (b. 1543)
1616 - Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)
1646 - Elias Holl, German Architect (b. 1573)
1689 - Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
1693 - Mehmed IV, ex-Ottoman Sultan (b. 1642)
1711 - Philipp van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
1718 - Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (b. 1653)
1731 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)
1734 - John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
1813 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1766)
1840 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
1852 - Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
1855 - Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)
1882 - Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)
1884 - Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (b. 1822)
1885 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer and scientist (b. 1812)
1913 - Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)
1918 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)
1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
1919 - Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
1922 - Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)
1928 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete (b. 1876)
1933 - Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 - Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1937 - André Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
1941 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1942 - Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
1942 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b. 1876)
1944 - Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
1945 - Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank (b. 1900)
1945 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
1949 - Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1883)
1966 - Jean Lurçat, French painter and tapestry designer (b. 1892)
1972 - Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)
1978 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1981 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
1984 - Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1990 - Pavel Alekseyevich ÄŒerenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1990 - Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)
1993 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938)
1993 - Dizzy Gillespie, acclaimed jazz trumpet player (b. 1917)
1994 - Virginia Dell Cassidy, Bill Clinton's mother (b. 1923)
1995 - Joe Slovo, South African politician (b. 1926)
1997 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
1999 - Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (b. 1962)
2000 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2004 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2004 - Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)
2004 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
2005 - Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2005 - Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
2006 - Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
2006 - Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)
2007 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2007 - Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
2007 - Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
664 - Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)

Famous Deaths on 5 Jan

Famous Deaths on 5 Jan

1066 - Edward the Confessor, King of England (b. 1004)
1387 - King Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
1400 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)
1448 - Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)
1465 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)
1477 - Charles, Duke of Burgundy (killed in battle) (b. 1433)
1524 - Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (b. 1450)
1527 - Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498)
1588 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
1589 - Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
1713 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)
1740 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1667)
1762 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
1771 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)
1823 - Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
1846 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812)
1858 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
1860 - Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, first American bishop to be canonized (b. 1811)
1883 - Charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806)
1888 - Henri Herz, Austrian pianist (b. 1803)
1891 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (b. 1849)
1904 - Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (b. 1839)
1910 - Léon Walras, French economist (b. 1834)
1922 - Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (b. 1874)
1933 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
1937 - Marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
1939 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897)
1940 - Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (b. 1885)
1941 - Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)
1943 - George Washington Carver, American educator (b. 1864)
1946 - Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)
1951 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (b. 1899)
1952 - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (b. 1887)
1954 - Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1956 - Mistinguett, French singer (b. 1875)
1963 - Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (b. 1896)
1970 - Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer (b. 1896)
1970 - Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (b. 1896)
1970 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
1971 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)
1974 - Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (b. 1907)
1976 - John A. Costello, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
1976 - Mal Evans, Beatles' "roadie" (b. 1935)
1979 - Charles Mingus, American musician (b. 1922)
1981 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
1981 - Harold C. Urey, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1893)
1982 - Sir Edmund Herring, Australian military commander, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (b. 1892)
1982 - Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
1982 - Harvey Lembeck, American actor (b. 1923)
1985 - Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906
1987 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (b. 1875)
1988 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
1990 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
1991 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (b. 1922)
1994 - Tip O'Neill, American politician (b. 1912)
1994 - Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator (b. 1912)
1996 - Lincoln Kirstein, American writer, impresario, art connoisseur (b. 1907)
1996 - Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1966)
1997 - Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
1997 - André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (b. 1924)
1998 - Sonny Bono, American entertainer and politician (b. 1935)
1998 - Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (b. 1943)
2001 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
2003 - Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
2003 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
2003 - Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
2003 - Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (b. 1918)
2004 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
2005 - Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)
2006 - Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)
2007 - Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2007 - Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)
2008 - Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)
842 - Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)