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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 140|140]] – [[Pope Hyginus]], Bishop of Rome (b. 74) * [[705]] – [[Pope John VI]] (b. 655) * [[782]] – [[Emperor Kōnin]] of Japan (b. 709) * [[812]] – [[Staurakios]], Byzantine emperor * [[844]] – [[Michael I Rangabe]], Byzantine emperor (b. 770) * [[887]] – [[Boso of Provence]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] * [[937]] – [[Empress Cao (Li Siyuan's wife)|Cao]], empress of [[Later Tang]] * 937 – [[Li Chongmei]], prince of Later Tang * 937 – [[Li Congke]], emperor of Later Tang (b. 885) * 937 – [[Empress Liu (Li Congke's wife)|Liu]], empress of Later Tang *[[1055]] – [[Constantine IX Monomachos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1000) *[[1068]] – [[Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen]] *[[1083]] – [[Otto of Nordheim]] (b. 1020) *[[1266]] – [[Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania]] *[[1344]] – [[Thomas Charlton (bishop)|Thomas Charlton]], Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland *[[1372]] – [[Eleanor of Lancaster]], English noblewoman (b. 1318) *[[1396]] – [[Isidore Glabas]], Metropolitan bishop of [[Thessalonica]] (b.c. 1341) *[[1397]] – [[Skirgaila]], Grand Duke of Lithuania *[[1494]] – [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian painter (b. 1449) *[[1495]] – [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal (b. 1428) *[[1546]] – [[Gaudenzio Ferrari]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471) *[[1554]] – [[Min Bin]], king of Arakan (b. 1493) ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar]], Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583) *[[1696]] – [[Charles Albanel]], French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616) *[[1703]] – [[Johann Georg Graevius]], German scholar and critic (b. 1632) *[[1713]] – [[Pierre Jurieu]], French priest and theologian (b. 1637) *[[1735]] – [[Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje]] (b. 1670) *[[1753]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660) *[[1757]] – [[Louis Bertrand Castel]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schier|first1=Donald Stephen|title=Louis Bertrand Castel, anti-Newtonian scientist|date=1941|publisher=The Torch press|location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|page=57|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=1757;id=uc1.%24b36247;view=image;seq=77;num=57;start=1;sz=10;page=root;size=100;orient=0|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Louis-François Roubiliac]], French-English sculptor (b. 1695) *[[1763]] – [[Caspar Abel]], German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676) *[[1771]] – [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]], French philosopher and author (b. 1704) *[[1788]] – [[François Joseph Paul de Grasse]], French admiral (b. 1722) *[[1791]] – [[William Williams Pantycelyn]], Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717) *[[1798]] – [[Heraclius II of Georgia]] (b. 1720) *[[1801]] – [[Domenico Cimarosa]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1749) *[[1824]] – [[Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry]], Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736) *[[1836]] – [[John Molson]], Canadian businessman, founded the [[Molson|Molson Brewing Company]] (b. 1763) *[[1843]] – [[Francis Scott Key]], American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779) *[[1866]] – [[Gustavus Vaughan Brooke]], Irish actor (b. 1818) * 1866 – [[John Woolley (educator)|John Woolley]], English minister and academic (b. 1816) *[[1867]] – [[Stuart Donaldson]], English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1812) *[[1882]] – [[Theodor Schwann]], German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810) *[[1891]] – [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]], French urban planner (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Johnny Briggs (cricketer)|Johnny Briggs]], English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862) *[[1904]] – [[William Sawyer (politician)|William Sawyer]], Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815) *[[1914]] – [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842) *[[1920]] – [[Steinar Schjøtt]], Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844) *[[1923]] – [[Constantine I of Greece]] (b. 1868) *[[1928]] – [[Thomas Hardy]], English novelist and poet (b. 1840) *[[1929]] – [[Elfrida Andrée]], Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary Frech|last=McVicker|title=Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century|location=Jefferson|publisher=McFarland|year=2016|isbn=978-0-78649-513-9|page=69}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[James Milton Carroll]], American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852) *[[1937]] – [[Nuri Conker]], Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882) *[[1941]] – [[Emanuel Lasker]], German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868) *[[1944]] – [[Galeazzo Ciano]], Italian politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)|Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1903) *[[1947]] – [[Eva Tanguay]], Canadian singer (b. 1879) *[[1952]] – [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general (b. 1889) * 1952 – [[Aureliano Pertile]], Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885) *[[1953]] – [[Noe Zhordania]], Georgian journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Georgia]] (b. 1868) * 1953 – [[Roberta Fulbright]], American businesswoman (b.1874)<ref>{{cite news|ref={{harvid|''Moberly Monitor-Index''|1953}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Death Claims the Mother of Sen. Fulbright|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4844428/moberly_monitorindex/|access-date=5 August 2020 |newspaper=[[Moberly Monitor-Index]]|date=12 January 1953|location=Moberly, Missouri|pages=7 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]], Austrian composer (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=30 October 2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Robert Garran]], Australian lawyer and politician, [[Solicitor-General of Australia]] (b. 1867) *[[1961]] – [[Elena Gerhardt]], German soprano and actress (b. 1883) *[[1963]] – [[Arthur Nock]], English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902) *[[1965]] – [[Wally Pipp]], American baseball player (b. 1893) *[[1966]] – [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901) * 1966 – [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], Indian academic and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1904) *[[1968]] – [[Moshe Zvi Segal]], Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876) *[[1969]] – [[Richmal Crompton]], English author and educator (b. 1890) *[[1972]] – [[Padraic Colum]], Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881) *[[1975]] – [[Max Lorenz (tenor)|Max Lorenz]], German tenor and actor (b. 1901) *[[1980]] – [[Barbara Pym]], English author (b. 1913) *[[1981]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. 1889) *[[1985]] – [[Edward Buzzell]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895) * 1985 – [[William McKell]], Australian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1891) *[[1986]] – [[Sid Chaplin]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1916) * 1986 – [[Andrzej Czok]], Polish mountaineer (b. 1948) *[[1987]] – [[Albert Ferber]], Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911) *[[1988]] – [[Pappy Boyington]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1912) * 1988 – [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]], Polish-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898) *[[1989]] – [[Ray Moore (broadcaster)|Ray Moore]], English radio host (b. 1942) *[[1990]] – [[Carolyn Haywood]], American author and illustrator (b. 1898) *[[1991]] – [[Carl David Anderson]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905) *[[1994]] – [[Helmut Poppendick]], German physician (b. 1902) *[[1995]] – [[Josef Gingold]], Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909) * 1995 – [[Onat Kutlar]], Turkish author and poet (b. 1936) * 1995 – [[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]], U.S. Army captain (b. 1918) * 1995 – [[Theodor Wisch]], German general (b. 1907) *[[1996]] – [[Roger Crozier]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |title=Detroit Red Wings: Greatest Moments and Players |date=7 November 2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-68358-159-8 |page=<!-- ebook, no page numbers --> |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzKCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT324 |chapter=31 Roger Allan Crozier}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Fabrizio De André]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) * 1999 – [[Naomi Mitchison]], Scottish author and poet (b. 1897) * 1999 – [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]], Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Ivan Combe]], American businessman, invented [[Clearasil]] (b. 1911) * 2000 – [[Bob Lemon]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1920) * 2000 – [[Betty Archdale]], English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907) *[[2001]] – [[Denys Lasdun]], English architect, co-designed the [[Royal National Theatre]] (b. 1914) *[[2002]] – [[Henri Verneuil]], French-Armenian director and playwright (b. 1920) *[[2003]] – [[Jože Pučnik]], Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932) *[[2004]] – [[Spalding Gray]], American actor, writer, and performance artist (b. [[1941]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-02 |title=The final riddle of Spalding Gray |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/the-final-riddle-of-spalding-gray/26203318.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Solveig Dommartin]], French-German actress (b. 1961) * 2007 – [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) *[[2008]] – [[Edmund Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919) * 2008 – [[Carl Karcher]], American businessman, co-founded [[Carl's Jr.]] (b. 1917) *[[2010]] – [[Miep Gies]], Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909) * 2010 – [[Éric Rohmer]], French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920) *[[2011]] – [[David Nelson (actor)|David Nelson]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936) *[[2012]] – [[Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan]], Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980) * 2012 – [[Gilles Jacquier]], French journalist and photographer (b. 1968) * 2012 – [[Edgar Kaiser, Jr]], American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942) * 2012 – [[Wally Osterkorn]], American basketball player (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Steven Rawlings]], English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961) * 2012 – [[David Whitaker (composer)|David Whitaker]], English composer and conductor (b. 1931) *[[2013]] – [[Guido Forti]], Italian businessman, founded the [[Forti|Forti Racing Team]] (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[Nguyễn Khánh]], Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd [[Leaders of South Vietnam|President of South Vietnam]] (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Mariangela Melato]], Italian actress (b. 1941) * 2013 – [[Tom Parry Jones]], Welsh chemist, invented the [[breathalyzer]] (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Alemayehu Shumye]], Ethiopian runner (b. 1988) * 2013 – [[Aaron Swartz]], American programmer and activist (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |title=Aaron Swartz obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/13/aaron-swartz |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2013}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Keiko Awaji]], Japanese actress (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Muhammad Habibur Rahman]], Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Chai Trong-rong]], Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Ariel Sharon]], Israeli general and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Jenő Buzánszky]], Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) * 2015 – [[Anita Ekberg]], Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931) * 2015 – [[Chashi Nazrul Islam]], Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941) * 2015 – [[Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle]], American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918) *[[2016]] – [[Monte Irvin]], American baseball player (b. 1919) * 2016 – [[David Margulies]], American actor (b. 1937) *[[2017]] – [[Adenan Satem]], Malaysian politician and [[Chief Minister of Sarawak]], [[Malaysia]] (b. 1944) *[[2018]] – [[Edgar Ray Killen]], American murderer (b. 1925) *[[2019]] – [[Michael Atiyah]], British-Lebanese mathematician (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2019/01/tribute-to-former-president-of-the-royal-society-sir-michael-atiyah|title=A tribute to former President of the Royal Society Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS (1929 - 2019)|website=The Royal Society|date=2019-01-11}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Carole Cook]], American actress and singer (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Carole Cook, Lucille Ball Protégé and 'Sixteen Candles' Actress, Dies at 98|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carole-cook-dead-lucille-ball-protege-sixteen-candles-actress-1235297334/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 January 2023}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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