History Deaths on January 21

Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (b. 1942)

#Marcus_Borg

Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)

#Michael_Winner

Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (b. 1616)

#Obadiah_Walker

Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)

#Theodor_Kittelsen

Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)

#Wilhelm_Matthias_Naeff

Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)

#Theun_de_Vries

Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742)

#Yemelyan_Pugachev

Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)

#Samuel_Wallis

Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)

#Frances_Gertrude_McGill

Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1939)

#Leon_Brittan

Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (b. 438)

#Epiphanius_of_Pavia

Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)

#Lytton_Strachey

Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)

#Cayetano_José_Rodríguez

Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)

#Rash_Behari_Bose

Claude Duval, French highwayman (b. 1643)

#Claude_Duval

Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)

#Sam_Langford

Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (b. 1918)

#Mrinalini_Sarabhai

Božena N?mcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)

#Božena_N?mcová

Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)

#Calixa_Lavallée

Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)

#Blaise_Cendrars

Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire

#Yazdegerd_I

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944)

#Ibrahim_Rugova

Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1139)

#Agnes_II,_Abbess_of_Quedlinburg

Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)

#Charles_Goodell

Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)

#Spiros_Xenos

Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (b. 1962)

#Bassel_al-Assad

Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)

#Elisha_Gray

Kaye Ballard, American actress (b. 1925)

#Kaye_Ballard

Bill Johnson, American skier (b. 1960)

#Bill_Johnson_(skier)

Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)

#Gojong_of_Korea

Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)

#Susan_Strasberg

Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)

#Georges_Méliès

Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (b. 1801)

#Albert_Lortzing

Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)

#Adrien_Baillet

Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)

#Marie_Prevost

Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (b. 1723)

#Baron_d'Holbach

Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (b. 1489)

#Juan_de_Grijalva

Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)

#Jack_Lord

Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)

#Cecil_B._DeMille

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1621)

#Anthony_Ashley_Cooper,_1st_Earl_of_Shaftesbury

Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (b. 1946)

#Johnnie_Lewis

Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)

#Carl_Furillo

Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (b. 1540)

#Joseph_Justus_Scaliger

George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)

#George_Moore_(novelist)

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)

#Franz_Grillparzer

Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (b. 1926)

#Harris_Wofford

Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)

#Ann_Sheridan

Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)

#Archie_Hahn

Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1717)

#Mustafa_III

Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1940)

#Chumpol_Silpa-archa

Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953)

#Paul_Quarrington

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)

#Ermanno_Wolf-Ferrari

George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)

#George_Washington_Goethals

Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (b. 1933)

#Henri,_Count_of_Paris_(1933-2019)

Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)

#Vladimir_Lenin

Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)

#Freda_Utley

George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)

#George_Orwell

Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)

#Matt_Moore_(actor)

Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)

#Acharya_Shivpujan_Sahay

James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)

#James_Beard

Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)

#Peggy_Lee

Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)

#Alexander_Herzen

Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)

#Charlie_Gehringer

Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661)

#Charles_Paulet,_2nd_Duke_of_Bolton

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737)

#Jacques-Henri_Bernardin_de_Saint-Pierre

Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)

#Ahmed_Muhtar_Pasha

Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (b. 1990)

#Emiliano_Sala

Ignjat ?ur?evi?, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)

#Ignjat_?ur?evi?

Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)

#Felix_Blumenfeld

Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)

#Camillo_Golgi

Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)

#Jackie_Wilson

Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (b. 1689)

#Alexis_Piron

Ahmet Mete I??kara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941)

E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1958)

Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)

Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)

Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)

Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (b. 1921)

John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (b. 1917)

Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)

Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)

Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)

Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)

Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)

Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)

Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)

Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949)

Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)

Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)

Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)

Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)

Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (b. 1781)

Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (b. 1729)

Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)

Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)

Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. 1570)

Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimy? (b. 1491)

Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (b. c. 1260)

Pope Paschal II (b. 1050)

Yang Tan, Chinese general and governor

An Chongrong, Chinese general (Five Dynasties)

Yang Pu, Chinese emperor (b. 900)

Liu Zhijun, Chinese general

Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (b. 880)