Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 1 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 1
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 1
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 138 | Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101) |
| 404 | Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr |
| 898 | Odo I, Frankish king (b. 860) |
| 951 | Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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