Famous Deaths on January 1, Who Died on January 1
Here is a list who died on January 1. Famous deaths for the 1st of January. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on January 1. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in January 1st?
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Who died on January 1?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1031 | William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (b. 962) |
| 1189 | Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (b. c. 1136) |
| 1204 | Haakon III, king of Norway (b. 1182) |
| 138 | Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101) |
| 1387 | Charles II, king of Navarre (b. 1332) |
| 1515 | Louis XII, king of France (b. 1462) |
| 1559 | Christian III, king of Denmark (b. 1503) |
| 1560 | Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522) |
| 1617 | Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558) |
| 1697 | Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625) |
| 1716 | William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641) |
| 1748 | Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667) |
| 1780 | Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713) |
| 1782 | Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735) |
| 1789 | Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716) |
| 1793 | Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712) |
| 1817 | Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743) |
| 1846 | John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825) |
| 1853 | Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778) |
| 1862 | Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)[346] |
| 1881 | Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805) |
| 1892 | Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) |
| 1894 | Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857) |
| 1896 | Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826) |
| 1906 | Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833) |
| 1918 | William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858) |
| 1921 | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856) |
| 1929 | Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894) |
| 1931 | Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851) |
| 1937 | Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874) |
| 1940 | Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865) |
| 1943 | Jenő Rejtő, Hungarian journalist |
| 1944 | Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869) |
| 1953 | Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923) |
| 1954 | Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890) |
| 1955 | Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881) |
| 1960 | Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909) |
| 1966 | Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884) |
| 1969 | Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1971 | Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894) |
| 1972 | Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888) |
| 1978 | Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911) |
| 1980 | Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891) |
| 1981 | Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920) |
| 1982 | Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938) |
| 1984 | Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928) |
| 1992 | Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906) |
| 1994 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900) |
| 1995 | Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) |
| 1996 | Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901) |
| 1997 | Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944) |
| 1998 | Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905) |
| 2001 | Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914) |
| 2002 | Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944) |
| 2003 | Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915) |
| 2005 | Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924) |
| 2006 | Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913) |
| 2007 | Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943) |
| 2008 | Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (b. 1919) |
| 2009 | Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918) |
| 2010 | Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972) |
| 2012 | Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917) |
| 2013 | Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945) |
| 2014 | Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910) |
| 2015 | Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932) |
| 2016 | Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932) |
| 2017 | Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944) |
| 2018 | Robert Mann, American violinist (b. 1920) |
| 2019 | Paul Neville, Australian politician (b. 1940) |
| 2020 | Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist (b. 1937) |
| 2021 | Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (b. 1939) |
| 2022 | Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (b. 1944) |
| 2023 | Barry Lane, English golfer (b. 1960) |
| 404 | Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr |
| 898 | Odo I, Frankish king (b. 860) |
| 951 | Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia |
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