Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 9 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 9
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 9
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 710 | Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and scholar |
| 1150 | Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119) |
| 1283 | Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236) |
| 1367 | Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (b. 1319) |
| 1450 | Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester |
| 1463 | William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (b. 1405) |
| 1499 | John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455) |
| 1511 | Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423) |
| 1514 | Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (b. 1477) |
| 1529 | Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (b. 1472) |
| 1534 | Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (b. 1477) |
| 1543 | Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491) |
| 1561 | Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514) |
| 1571 | Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510) |
| 1598 | Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553) |
| 1612 | Leonard Holliday, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1550) |
| 1622 | Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (b. 1576) |
| 1757 | Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1657) |
| 1762 | Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (b. 1678) |
| 1766 | Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705) |
| 1799 | Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718) |
| 1800 | Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762) |
| 1805 | Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723) |
| 1833 | Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)*1843 |
| 1848 | Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750) |
| 1856 | Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770) |
| 1858 | Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798) |
| 1873 | Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808) |
| 1876 | Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801) |
| 1878 | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820) |
| 1895 | Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812) |
| 1901 | Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830) |
| 1908 | Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832) |
| 1911 | Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853) |
| 1917 | Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853) |
| 1918 | Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844) |
| 1923 | Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888) |
| 1924 | Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853) |
| 1927 | Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855) |
| 1930 | Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863) |
| 1931 | Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896) |
| 1936 | John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899) |
| 1939 | Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866) |
| 1941 | Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874) |
| 1945 | Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908) |
| 1946 | Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903) |
| 1947 | Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893) |
| 1960 | Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880) |
| 1961 | Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) |
| 1964 | Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884) |
| 1971 | Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876) |
| 1972 | Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891) |
| 1975 | Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897) |
| 1979 | Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891) |
| 1981 | Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922) |
| 1984 | Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909) |
| 1985 | Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879) |
| 1987 | Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905) |
| 1988 | Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909) |
| 1990 | Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907) |
| 1992 | Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919) |
| 1993 | Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905) |
| 1995 | Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909) |
| 1996 | Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (b. 1923) |
| 1997 | Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909) |
| 1998 | Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) |
| 2000 | Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915) |
| 2001 | Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926) |
| 2003 | Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935) |
| 2004 | Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909) |
| 2006 | Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964) |
| 2007 | Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977) |
| 2008 | Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923) |
| 2009 | Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1987) |
| 2011 | Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937) |
| 2013 | Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934) |
| 2015 | Michel Jeury, French author (b. 1934) |
| 2016 | John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1938) |
| 2017 | Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (b. 1925) |
| 2018 | Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (b. 1994) |
| 2019 | Verna Bloom, American actress (b. 1938) |
| 2021 | John Reilly, American actor (b. 1934) |
| 2022 | Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (b. 1956) |
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