History Deaths on January 10

K?rlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)

#K?rlis_Baumanis

Hugh I, king of Cyprus

#Hugh_I_of_Cyprus

Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)

#Carl_Linnaeus

Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)

#Karl_Freiherr_von_Müffling

Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)

#Abu_Inan_Faris

Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1957)

#Taylor_Negron

Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)

#Eino_Leino

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

#Gabriela_Mistral

Petr Hlavá?ek, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)

#Petr_Hlavá?ek

William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)

#William_Laud

Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)

#Edward_Boscawen

Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)

#Howlin'_Wolf

Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)

#Edwin_Flack

Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)

#Zonia_Baber

Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher

#Petrus_Aureolus

Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)

#Jean-Léon_Gérôme

François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1750)

#François_de_Neufchâteau

Polyeuctus, Roman saint

#Polyeuctus

George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)

#George_Gruntz

Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)

#Junior_Malanda

Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (b. 1967)

#Christopher_Bowman

Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)

#Dashiell_Hammett

Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929)

#Zbigniew_Messner

Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)

#Charles_E._Burchfield

Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)

#Sheldon_Leonard

Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)

#Al-Mustansir_Billah

Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937)

#Robert_Stone_(novelist)

Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)

#Larry_Speakes

Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)

#Johann_Cochlaeus

Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)

#Sali_Nivica

Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)

#Edward_Cave

John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)

#John_I_Tzimiskes

Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)

#Sampurnanand

Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)

#Souvanna_Phouma

David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)

#David_Robinson_(philanthropist)

Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Francesco_Rosi

Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)

#Frank_Bridge

George Meany, American plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)

#George_Meany

Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)

#Coco_Chanel

Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942)

#Patcha_Ramachandra_Rao

John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)

#John_Lavery

Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)

#Ali_Fuat_Cebesoy

Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)

#Lyman_Beecher

Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Maila_Nurmi

Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)

#Hughie_Critz

Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)

#Chester_Wilmot

Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)

#Margaret_Whiting

Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

#Jaroslav_Seifert

Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)

#Claude_Nobs

Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)

#Sinclair_Lewis

Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)

#Buffalo_Bill

Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)

#Samuel_Colt

Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)

#Roberto_Bonomi

Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)

#Benjamin_Godard

Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)

#Gevork_Vartanian

Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)

#Marion_Hutton

Bretislav I, duke of Bohemia

#Bretislav_I

Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)

#Tochinishiki_Kiyotaka

Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)

#Carlo_Ponti

Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)

#Princess_Joséphine_Charlotte_of_Belgium

Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)

#Issai_Schur

Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)

#Gregorio_Funes

Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)

#Nicholas_Culpeper

Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)

#Jack_Laviolette

Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)

#Mary_Russell_Mitford

Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)

#Erich_von_Drygalski

David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947)

#David_Bowie

Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)

#Charlie_McGahey

Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1930)

#Wim_Bleijenberg

Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866)

#Frank_Tudor

Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904)

#Joe_Penner

Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)

#Adrien-Marie_Legendre

Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926)

#Buddy_Greco

Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)

#Aksel_Larsen

Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)

#Yoshio_Nishina

Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1210)

#Pope_Gregory_X

Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928)

#Pietro_I_Orseolo

Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)

#Edward_Williams_(Queensland_judge)

Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)

#Georg_Forster

?ükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)

#?ükrü_Kaya

Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759)

#Victor_Emmanuel_I_of_Sardinia

James Robert Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)

#James_Robert_Dickson

Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (b. 1911)

George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935)

Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)

Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)

Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)

Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)

Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)

Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)

Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)

Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)

Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)

Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)

Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)

Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895)

Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924)

Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)

Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)

Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)

Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)

Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780)

Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)

Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637)

Agatho, pope of the Catholic Church

Miltiades, pope of the Catholic Church