Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 6 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 6
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 6
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 786 | Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint (b. 756) |
| 1088 | Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian (b. 999) |
| 1148 | Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100) |
| 1233 | Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Anglo-Norman noblewoman (b. 1171) |
| 1275 | Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175) |
| 1350 | Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa |
| 1358 | Gertrude van der Oosten, Beguine mystic |
| 1406 | Roger Walden, English bishop |
| 1448 | Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (b. 1418) |
| 1477 | Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme |
| 1478 | Uzun Hasan, 9th Shahanshah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty |
| 1481 | Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, Mongolian ruler |
| 1537 | Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (b. 1481) |
| 1616 | Philip Henslowe, English impresario (b. 1550) |
| 1646 | Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573) |
| 1689 | Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617) |
| 1693 | Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642) |
| 1711 | Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646) |
| 1718 | Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664) |
| 1725 | Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653) |
| 1731 | Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672) |
| 1734 | John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657) |
| 1829 | Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753) |
| 1831 | Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766) |
| 1840 | Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752) |
| 1852 | Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809) |
| 1855 | Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779) |
| 1882 | Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815) |
| 1884 | Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822) |
| 1885 | Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850) |
| 1896 | Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835) |
| 1902 | Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830) |
| 1913 | Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856) |
| 1917 | Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834) |
| 1918 | Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845) |
| 1919 | Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858) |
| 1921 | Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839) |
| 1922 | Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842) |
| 1928 | Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876) |
| 1933 | Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848) |
| 1934 | Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878) |
| 1937 | André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845) |
| 1939 | Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871) |
| 1942 | Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858) |
| 1944 | Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878) |
| 1945 | Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863) |
| 1949 | Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883) |
| 1966 | Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892) |
| 1974 | David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896) |
| 1978 | Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899) |
| 1981 | A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896) |
| 1984 | Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898) |
| 1990 | Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949) |
| 1991 | Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (b. 1958) |
| 1992 | Steve Gilpin, New Zealand vocalist and songwriter (b. 1949) |
| 1993 | Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917) |
| 1995 | Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926) |
| 1999 | Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962) |
| 2004 | Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954) |
| 2005 | Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932) |
| 2006 | Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2007 | Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912) |
| 2008 | Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn) (b. 1920) |
| 2009 | Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (probable; |
| 2011 | Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967) |
| 2012 | Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928) |
| 2013 | Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (b. 1918) |
| 2016 | Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2017 | Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1923) |
| 2019 | José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (b. 1923) |
| 2020 | Richard Maponya, South African businessman (b. 1920) |
| 2021 | James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec (b. 1921) |
| 2022 | Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939) |
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