Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 3 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 3
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 3
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 236 | Anterus, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 323 | Yuan of Yin, Chinese emperor (b. 276) |
| 1027 | Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (b. 972) |
| 1028 | Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese nobleman (b. 966) |
| 1098 | Walkelin, Norman bishop of Winchester |
| 1322 | Philip V, king of France (b. 1292) |
| 1437 | Catherine of Valois, queen consort of Henry V (b. 1401) |
| 1543 | Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1499) |
| 1571 | Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505) |
| 1641 | Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618) |
| 1656 | Mathieu Molé, French politician (b. 1584) |
| 1670 | George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608) |
| 1701 | Louis I, prince of Monaco (b. 1642) |
| 1705 | Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634) |
| 1743 | Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657) |
| 1777 | William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751) |
| 1779 | Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712) |
| 1785 | Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706) |
| 1795 | Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730) |
| 1826 | Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770) |
| 1871 | Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805) |
| 1875 | Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817) |
| 1882 | William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805) |
| 1895 | James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824) |
| 1903 | Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837) |
| 1911 | Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851) |
| 1915 | James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884) |
| 1916 | Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831) |
| 1922 | Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849) |
| 1923 | Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883) |
| 1927 | Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856) |
| 1931 | Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852) |
| 1933 | Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) |
| 1943 | Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863) |
| 1944 | Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873) |
| 1945 | Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877) |
| 1946 | William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906) |
| 1956 | Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864) |
| 1958 | Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (b. 1877) |
| 1959 | Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887) |
| 1960 | Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884) |
| 1962 | Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893) |
| 1965 | Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885) |
| 1966 | Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944) |
| 1967 | Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874) |
| 1969 | Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909) |
| 1970 | Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902) |
| 1972 | Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925) |
| 1975 | Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880) |
| 1977 | William Gropper, American lithographer, cartoonist, and painter (b. 1897) |
| 1979 | Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887) |
| 1980 | Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist (b. 1910) |
| 1981 | Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883) |
| 1988 | Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901) |
| 1989 | Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909) |
| 1992 | Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897) |
| 2002 | Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920) |
| 2003 | Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (b. 1911) |
| 2005 | Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917) |
| 2006 | Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) |
| 2007 | William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917) |
| 2008 | Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931) |
| 2009 | Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921) |
| 2010 | Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean-German composer and academic (b. 1925) |
| 2012 | Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1934) |
| 2013 | Alfie Fripp, English soldier and pilot (b. 1913) |
| 2014 | Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (b. 1939) |
| 2015 | Martin Anderson, American economist and academic (b. 1936) |
| 2016 | Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1932) |
| 2017 | H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, Indian politician (b. 1958) |
| 2018 | Colin Brumby, Australian composer (b. 1933) |
| 2019 | Herb Kelleher, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines (b. 1931) |
| 2020 | Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian Quds Force (b. 1957) |
| 2021 | Eric Jerome Dickey, American author (b. 1961) |
| 2023 | Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (b. 2002) |
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