History Deaths on January 02

Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)

#Osa_Massen

Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)

#Maclyn_McCarty

Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)

#Pontormo

Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

#Heinrich_Reuß_von_Plauen

George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)

#George_Biddell_Airy

Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)

#Karl_Goldmark

Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)

#Manuel_de_la_Peña_y_Peña

John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (b. 1926)

#John_Berger

Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)

#Sabine_Baring-Gould

Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)

#Guccio_Gucci

Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)

#Tex_Ritter

Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)

#Teddy_Kollek

William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)

#William_P._Rogers

Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)

#Ardhendu_Bhushan_Bardhan

Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)

#Erroll_Garner

Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)

#Gordon_Hirabayashi

Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)

#Dixy_Lee_Ray

Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)

#Bertrand_de_Blanchefort

Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)

#Léon_Flameng

Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)

#Paul_Adam_(French_novelist)

Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)

#Harekrushna_Mahatab

Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1927)

#Thomas_S._Monson

Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (b. 1942)

#Gene_Okerlund

Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)

#Nancy_Kelly

Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)

#Domenico_Zipoli

Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)

#Rolf_Liebermann

Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)

#Una_Merkel

Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)

#Elmo_Zumwalt

Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)

#Pete_Postlethwaite

Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)

#Léon_Teisserenc_de_Bort

William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England

#William_de_St-Calais

Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)

#Bob_Einstein

Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)

#Siad_Barre

Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)

#Anne_Francis

Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)

#Luisa_Carvajal_y_Mendoza

Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)

#Paul_Sauvé

Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)

#Cecilia_Muñoz-Palma

Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)

#Jack_Carson

Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)

#Alan_Hale_Jr.

Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)

#Inger_Christensen

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)

#John_Carteret,_2nd_Earl_Granville

Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)

#Tihomir_Novakov

Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)

#Francesco_Canova_da_Milano

James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)

#James_Dooley_(politician)

Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos

#Theodora_Komnene,_Duchess_of_Austria

Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)

#Dick_Powell

Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)

#Gerda_Lerner

Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)

#Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia

William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)

#William_Smyth

Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (b. 1914)

#Patrick_O'Brian

Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

#Roman_Dmowski

Lodomer, Hungarian prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom

#Lodomer

James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)

#James_Longstreet

Daryl Dragon, American musician (b. 1942)

#Daryl_Dragon

Teresa Tora?ska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)

#Teresa_Tora?ska

Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)

#Salima_Sultan_Begum

Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer (b. 1942)

#Dnyaneshwar_Agashe

Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)

#Svante_Nilsson_(regent_of_Sweden)

Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)

#Frances_Cress_Welsing

Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

#Joe_Darling

David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)

#David_R._Ross

Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)

#Bali_Ram_Bhagat

William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)

#William_Campion

Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (b. 1950)

Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (b. 1933)

Gisela Mota Ocampo, mayor of Temixco, Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (b. 1982)

Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)

Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)

Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)

William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)

Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (b. 1953)

Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)

George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)

A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)

Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)

Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)

Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)

Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)

Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)

Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor

Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han