History Deaths on January 01

Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924)

#Shirley_Chisholm

Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)

#Alfred_Ely_Beach

Louis XII, king of France (b. 1462)

#Louis_XII_of_France

Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)

#Ray_Walston

Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)

#Donna_Douglas

Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)

#Johann_Christian_Bach

Arthur Rudolph, German-American engineer (b. 1906)

#Arthur_Rudolph

Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)

#Vincent_Auriol

John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)

#John_Torrington

Christian III, king of Denmark (b. 1503)

#Christian_III_of_Denmark

Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)

#Pietro_Nenni

Qianfei, Chinese emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 449)

#Liu_Ziye

Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)

#Mustafa_Necati

Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)

#Margaret_Sullavan

Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (b. 1952)

#Pegi_Young

Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)

#Louis_Auguste_Blanqui

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)

#Theobald_von_Bethmann-Hollweg

Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)

#Arleigh_Burke

Charles d'Orléans, count of Angoulême (b. 1459)

#Charles,_Count_of_Angoulême

Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)

#Francesco_Guardi

Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)

#Victor_Buono

Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (b. 1930)

#Vilmos_Zsigmond

Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)

#Amphilochius_of_Pochayiv

Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia

#Ramiro_II_of_León

Charles II, king of Navarre (b. 1332)

#Charles_II_of_Navarre

Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944)

#Tony_Atkinson

Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)

#Boris_Morukov

Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)

#Carle_Hessay

Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)

#Helen_Wills

Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)

#Higashifushimi_Kunihide

Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907)

#Betty_Archdale

Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)

#Maurice_Chevalier

Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)

#Claiborne_Pell

Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942)

#Derek_Parfit

Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)

#Edwin_Lutyens

Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)

#Cesar_Romero

Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)

#Gregory_Blaxland

Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)

#Nay_Win_Maung

Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)

#Joe_Foss

Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)

#Mario_Cuomo

William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)

#William_Wycherley

Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (b. 1912)

#Tillie_Olsen

Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)

#Hugh_Nelson_(Australian_politician)

William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (b. 962)

#William_of_Volpiano

Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)

#Lhasa_de_Sela

Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)

#Duff_Cooper

Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)

#Heinrich_Hertz

Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)

#Hephzibah_Menuhin

Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932)

#Fazu_Aliyeva

Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)

#Martinus_Beijerinck

Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)

#Grace_Hopper

William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)

#William_Wilfred_Campbell

Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)

#Arthur_C._Parker

Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)

#Juanita_Moore

Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)

#Charles_Turner_(Australian_cricketer)

Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)

#Fletcher_Norton,_1st_Baron_Grantley

Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)

#Hank_Williams

Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)

#Arthur_Porritt,_Baron_Porritt

Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)

#Kiro_Gligorov

Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)

#Christopher_Martin-Jenkins

Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

#Eugene_Wigner

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)

#Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati

Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)

#Patti_Page

Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)

#Alexis_Korner

Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)

#Joachim_du_Bellay

Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)

#Barton_MacLane

Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)

#Roswell_B._Mason

Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925)

#Dale_Bumpers

Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)

#Johann_Bernoulli

Odo I, Frankish king (b. 860)

#Odo_of_France

Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr

#Saint_Telemachus

Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)

#Tommy_Mont

Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)

#Martin_Heinrich_Klaproth

Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

#Mikhail_Ostrogradsky

Robert Mann, American violinist (b. 1920)

Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (b. 1926)

Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)

William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)

Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician

Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)

Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)

Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)

Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (b. 1914)

Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)

Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)

Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)

Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)

Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)

Haakon III, king of Norway (b. 1182)

Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (b. c. 1136)

Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101)