History Deaths on January 07

Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#Vladimir_Prelog

Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)

#Bill_Foster_(basketball,_born_1929)

Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (b. 1455)

#Peter_Vischer_the_Elder

Louis de Blois, Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)

#Louis_de_Blois

Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)

#Carl_Schuricht

Ada Louise Huxtable, American curator and critic (b. 1921)

#Ada_Louise_Huxtable

François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, and physiologist (b. 1794)

#François-Vincent_Raspail

Tenji, Japanese emperor (b. 626)

#Emperor_Tenji

Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)

#Run_Run_Shaw

Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)

#Ingrid_Thulin

Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)

#Nikola_Tesla

Babak Khorramdin, Iranian leader of the Khurramite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate

#Babak_Khorramdin

Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)

#Dorothea_Douglass_Lambert_Chambers

René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)

#René_Guénon

Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)

#Thomas_Lawrence

Herbert Wilf, American mathematician and academic (b. 1931)

#Herbert_Wilf

Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)

#Hirohito

Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)

#Heinrich_Harrer

William Tans'ur, English composer and educator (b. 1700)

#William_Tans'ur

Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)

#Charles_Gerard,_1st_Earl_of_Macclesfield

Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

#Nikolaos_Kalogeropoulos

Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)

#Pope_Innocent_X

Kitty Kallen, American singer (b. 1921)

#Kitty_Kallen

Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)

#Thomas_Holland,_1st_Duke_of_Surrey

Tar? Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (b. 1911)

#Tar?_Okamoto

Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485)

#Catherine_of_Aragon

Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)

#Tewfik_Pasha

Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)

#Edmund_Barton

Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936)

#Mompati_Merafhe

Canute Lavard, Danish prince and saint (b. 1096)

#Canute_Lavard

Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)

#Joseph_Dennie

Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (b. 1924)

#Mário_Soares

Lucian of Antioch, Christian martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)

#Lucian_of_Antioch

Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French cartoonist (b. 1934)

#Georges_Wolinski

Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)

#Guy_d'Hardelot

Mustafa Re?id Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)

#Mustafa_Re?id_Pasha

Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)

#Arthur_Edward_Moore

Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author (b. 1836)

#Emmanuel_Rhoides

Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (b. 1935)

#Avery_Schreiber

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (b. 1936)

#Mufti_Mohammad_Sayeed

Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)

#Caleb_Blood_Smith

Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)

#Judith_Kaye

Inês de Castro, Castilian noblewoman (b. 1325)

#Inês_de_Castro

Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)

#Carl_Gustaf_Tessin

André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)

#André_Maginot

Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1866)

#Jack_Boyle

Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)

#Murray_Rothbard

Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and mineralogist (b. 1715)

#Jean-Étienne_Guettard

Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917)

#Juan_Rulfo

France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)

#France_Gall

Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)

#Henry_Ware_Eliot

Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)

#Alwyn_Schlebusch

John Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1947)

#John_Johnson_(basketball)

Denis of Portugal (b. 1261)

#Denis_of_Portugal

Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

#Rod_Taylor

Jim Anderton, Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1938)

#Jim_Anderton

Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1923)

#Arch_A._Moore_Jr.

Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and author (b. 1560)

#Ruggiero_Giovannelli

Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)

#Trevor_Howard

Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (b.1919)

#Zara_Cisco_Brough

Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)

#Károly_Grósz

Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)

#Bobby_Hamilton

François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)

#François_Fénelon

Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)

#Raffaello_Fabretti

Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)

#Josef_Stefan

Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)

#Nicholas_Hilliard

Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

#Alfred_Kastler

Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)

#Allan_Ramsay_(poet)

Herb Simpson, American baseball player (b. 1920)

J. P. Parisé, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1941)

Subhas Anandan, Indian-Singaporean lawyer (b. 1947)

Paul Goggins, English politician (b. 1953)

Harvey Shapiro (poet), American poet (b. 1924)

Richard Ben Cramer, American journalist and author (b. 1950)

George Livingston, American politician (b. 1933)

Milburn E. Calhoun, American physician, philanthropist, and publisher (b. 1930)

Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)

Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1935)

Derek Gardner, English engineer (b. 1931)

Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)

Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)

James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)

Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)

Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)

Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)

Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)

P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)

Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)

Alvar Lidell, English journalist (b. 1908)

John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)

J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)

David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)

Allan Chapman, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)

Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (b. 1911)

Osa Johnson, American explorer, director, and producer (b. 1894)

Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek lawyer and poet (b. 1888)

Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)

Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)

Juste Olivier, Swiss poet and academic (b. 1807)

John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)

Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)

Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)

Amadeus VIII of Savoy a.k.a. Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)

John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English Earl (b. 1350)

Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden

Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)

Aldric, bishop of Le Mans