January 10 - Deaths

Deaths

• 681 – Pope Agatho
• 976 – John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 925)
• 1094 – Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)
• 1276 – Pope Gregory X (b. c. 1210)
• 1645 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1573)
• 1654 – Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
• 1662 – Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
• 1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
• 1707 – Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
• 1754 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (b. 1691)
• 1761 – Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
• 1777 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
• 1778 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
• 1794 – Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754)
• 1811 – Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
• 1824 – King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
• 1825 – Ioannis Varvakis, Greek national hero and benefactor (b. 1745)
• 1828 – François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
• 1829 – Gregorio Funes, Argentine Dean and politician, member of the Junta Grande
• 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
• 1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
• 1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English novelist and dramatist (b. 1787)
• 1862 – Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. 1814)
• 1863 – Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
• 1866 – Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
• 1883 – Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. 1833)
• 1895 – Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. 1849)
• 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist (b. 1836)
• 1901 – Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
• 1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
• 1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 – William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846)
• 1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer (b. 1875)
• 1921 – Raymond Thorne, American freestyle swimmer (b. 1887)
• 1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. 1866)
• 1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting the Reichstag fire (b. 1909)
• 1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian athlete, first Olympic champion (b. 1873)
• 1941 – Frank Bridge, English composer (b. 1879)
• 1941 – Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
• 1941 – Issai Schur, German mathematician (b. 1875)
• 1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)
• 1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890)
• 1954 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1954 – Chester Wilmot, American war correspondent (b. 1911)
• 1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
• 1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Frederick Fleet, English crewman and survivor of RMS Titanic (b. 1887)
• 1968 – Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
• 1969 – John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)
• 1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
• 1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
• 1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
• 1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (d. 1924)
• 1980 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1980 – George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
• 1981 – Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1981 – Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
• 1982 – Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
• 1984 – Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
• 1987 – Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. 1933)
• 1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
• 1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1997 – Elspeth Huxley, British journalist and writer (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American film producer, actor, and director (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
• 2002 – W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
• 2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
• 2005 – James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
• 2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. 1910)
• 2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
• 2008 – Mikhail Minin, Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-born American actress (b. 1921)
• 2009 – William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)
• 2011 – Vivek Shauq, Indian actor (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)