Famous Deaths on January 1

Israeli nuclear physicist (1930–2011)

Norwegian mathematician

Russian poet

American educator, college president (1874–1944)

American poet; college president and faculty (1847-1944)

American abolitionist, journalist, lawyer, judge, minister

10th Etsu Nupe former Federal minister

Romanian aviation pioneer

Polish biologist (1831-1909)

Swiss mathematician (1832-1913)

Greek scientist and university professor

Greek scientist and university professor

British painter and naturalist (1845-1929)

Portuguese Agronomist and Diplomat

Portuguese physicist (1847–1907)

Engineer (1844–1904)

Emir of Afghanistan (1919)

New Zealand teacher, soil scientist, scientific administrator (1900–1975)

Iraqi physicist/meteorologist

Polish cryptanalyst and intelligence officer (1920-1997)

Canadian doctor

(1871-1956) cookery instructor

Serbian writer and diplomat (1832–1914)

Kurdish poet

Iranian missionary of the Baha'i Faith, journalist, author and teacher (1871–1953)

South African linguist, writer, Afrikaans linguistic patriot and politician (1891-1973)

Iranian diplomat and poet (1846-1937)

Greek general (1874–1943)

Thai writer

Argentine historian

Egyptian journalist

Georgian poet, educator and social reformer

Moroccan poet and singer (1873-1945)

Austrian philosopher

(1891-1970) Israeli writer, publicist, public figure

Egyptian social activist

Bengali writer

German actress and screenwriter

Iranian akhoond and theologian

Assyrian physician and nationalist

Argentinian feminist, activist, reformer and author

Italian politician (1891–1980)

Austrian author (1892–1984)

Egyptian Islamic activist, philanthropist, traveller and writer

Turkish statesperson (1891–1965)

Irish journalist and musicologist

Romanian writer and businessman (1892-?)

Indian actress and director

Punjabi poet

Ecuadorian poet

Portuguese writer, educator

Cavalry master of the Polish Army, poet, art historian (1890-1949)

Australian politician

Moldovan politician

Turkish statesperson (1873–1964)

Romanian writer, journalist and politician

Australian writer and artist

Lebanese journalist and poet

Berber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya

New Zealand journalist

Argentine poet (1872–1923)

Iranian politician, lawyer and historian

Ruler in the state of Jeypore and patron of arts

Australian-British Jewish suffragette

Guatemalan writer

Greek poet (1872-1933)

Albanian activist (1871–1917)

Australian journalist and author (1845–1922)

Poet

Finnish politician

Canadian historian (1870–1940)

Turkish statesperson (1870–1955)

Romanian sociologist (1849-1923)

Greek lawyer, academic and writer

New Zealand politician (1845-1924)

Moroccan rabbi and scholar (1848–1935)

English-born Australian writer and women's activist

Chilean politician, journalist and writer (1847-1909)

Portuguese writer, editor

Iranian physician and essayist (1847–1924)

Polish Jewish poet

Egyptian Prime Minister (1839–1904)

Serbian writer

Mexican writer

Belgian writer (1838-1924)

Romanian writer (1843–1928)

Belgian general

Entrepreneur (1842-1923)

Chilean writer (1836-1915)

Norwegian church historian (1832–1913)

Greek pedagogue and teacher

Portuguese poet (1842-1914)

Cuban writer

Roman Catholic archbishop

Tanzanian historian

Australian journalist and spiritualist (1840–1913)

Writer, cartographer

Polish writer (1842–1932)

Iranian writer, diplomat and publicist (1833–1908)

Costa Rican politician and writer

New Zealand artist, writer, designer, printmaker and entrepreneur (1910–1986)

Argentinian educator

Nigerian writer (1911–1981)

Turkish poet of Kurdish ancestry (1911–1972)

Australian photographer (1911–2000)

Brazilian politician (1911-1964)

Persian and Islamic studies scholar (1911–1996)

Chinese Indonesian journalist

Argentine philosopher

Bolivian writer (1900-1980)

Israeli children's writer (1900-1968)

Iranian writer and journalist

Greek poet and diplomat

Iraqi traveler, journalist and author, who mastered over 17 languages

Moroccan writer

Honduran journalist, writer and feminist

1st President of Syrian Republic (1891–1967)

Cambodian politician (1796–1860)

Queen of Tahiti

Susuhunan of Surakarta (1830–1893)

German collector and writer

American writer

French naval engineer (1737–1813)

Scottish astronomer (1743-1811)

Hydrographer and rope manufacturer

French economist (1748-1803)

Scottish advocate, judge and agriculturalist

American architect

British inventor

American inventor

American jurist, businessperson and inventor (1799-1879)

Episcopal minister (1795-1875)

Telugu writer, traveller

Sultan of Sokoto

Swiss engraver

British physician, obstetrician, early psychiatrist, Freemason, and poet

Italian-Brazilian physician, botanist, journalist and politician (1798-1830)

Serbian writer and Orthodox bishop

Argentinian politician

Thai nobleman and poet

British writer

Greek writer (1795–1872)

Genevan novelist, poet and singer (1792-1870)

Swedish dramatist and translator

Uruguayan priest

British missionary, poet (1781–1851)

Greek university professor

Greek politician and journalist (1794-1878)

Irish school-teacher, poet and historian

English cleric and man of letters, died 1883

Egyptian politician

Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814

Belgian scientist

Greek mathematician and university professor

Belgian engraver and medalist (1796–1864)

Irish civil architect who lived and worked in Singapore, Straits Settlements

Greek musician

19th century thief and con man

British Army officer and painter (1796–1843)

Ecuadorian sculptor and painter (1725–1801)

Canadian artist (1783–1865)

Polish mathematician (1796–1847)

Greek mathematician, author and school director

Hungarian mathematician (1742-1816)

Venezuelan poet (1846–1892)

Peruvian writer, poet, composer, pianist (1844-1890)

Bolivian writer and diplomat

Polish and Ukrainian writer and translator (1841–1876)

Bolivian writer (1835-1879)

Romanian lawyer, politician and journalist

Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper proprietor

Cuban writer (1832–1871)

Irish writer (1830–1883)

Romanian writer (1838-1888), editor

Peruvian writer and poet (1840-1888)

Chilean writer

Guatemalan journalist, poet and propagandist

Akan warrior

5th Trịnh Lord

Mul (Chief) Kazi of Nepal

Chinese adventurer

German philosopher

English surveyor and mathematician

German writer

English priest

Spanish artist

Philosopher (1663-1750)

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)

Greek philosopher and polymath

Italian painter (1669-1741)

British firearm designer (1677–1724)

Matemático y cosmógrafo italiano

Physician, chemist

German astronomer and mathematician

German physicist

German pioneer hydraulic engineer

Physician and naturalist (1742-1788)

Italian physician and naturalist

Spanish architect, military engineer, and lieutenant general

French philosopher (18th century)

Italian mathematician and astronomer (18th century)

(1701-1754)

Scottish mathematician

French cartographer and military engineer (1630–1706)

French scientist

German merchant

English naturalist, translator and illustrator

Vietnamese emperor

King of Vietnam

Founder of the Sunanate of Surakarta; Susuhunan of Surakarta, 1726-1742

Chancellor of Transylvania

Dutch writer

English engraver, cartographer, and publisher (1635–1705)

American writer

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

Born 1726; died 1797

Brazilian orator, poet and priest

Armenian philosopher

Italian academic

British historian

English poet (1675-1731)

American politician and lawyer (1702–1778)

Portuguese theologist

Ecuadorian sculptor (1723–1796)

Ecuadorian painter and draftswoman, belonging to the Quito School of art of the 17th century (1666– c. 1714)

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1630-1710)

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1634-1704)

Filipino insurgent

Moroccan Muslim jurist

Dutch scientist-minister

Important Buddhist teacher in the Qing court.

Kazakhstani poet

Moroccan poet

Bagrationi dynasty king of Kartli (1592-1622) (r.1606-1615)

The Eighth Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty

Georgian king of Kartli from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1599

King of Imereti

Angevin noble gentleman and traveller

King of Imereti 1639-1660

Mongolian noble

King of Imereti

King of Imereti

Italian mathematician and philosopher

Spanish soldier and writer

Engineer and master builder in Frankfurt am Main

English mathematician

Italian mathematician and priest (17th century)

Italian astronomers

Peruvian astronomer

Italian architect

English head-master

Italian humanist

Jesuit mathematician

Italian philologist and scientist

Flemish alchemist and writer

Italian scientist and salon-holder

English astronomer

Italian mathematician

Italian presbyter and inventor

British mathematician and astronomer

British chemist and doctor

German theologian

Italian churchman, Papal diplomat and writer on art theory

German astronomer

Metallurgist

German astronomer (1580–1627)

French mathematician

Scottish physician, chemist and biologist (1593-1669)

British canal builder and agricultural improver

Italian mathematician and physicist

1581-1630 astronomer and writer

Fencing master and writer from the Netherlands (1574-1629), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Gerard Thibault

German calligrapher

French astronomer

French alchemist

German alchemist

First female pharmacist and chemist in Malta

English surgeon

English mathematician

Spanish scientist

German astronomer and cartographer (1540-1614)

German mathematician

Cartographer

Italian mathematician and engineer (17th century)

English academic, clergyman and Warden of Winchester College

German physician, alchemist and composer (1568–1622)

German mathematician and cartographer (1606–1674)

German astronomer

Chilean writer

English theologian

English Elizabethan pamphleteer and poet

Spanish Franciscan friar in the New Kingdom of Granada

Italian antiquary

Mistress to English Earl

Roman Catholic bishop

Scottish poet

Roman Catholic bishop

Swiss writer

Spanish Mercedarian friar and missionary (1525–1618)

English comic actor and playwright (1615-1681)

Icelandic bishop

Nun, writer

English linguist and feminist writer

Hungarian travel writer, poet and reformed pastor (1595-1622)

Mongolian noble

Dutch painter (1629-1676)

Italian sculptor (1619-1686)

Polish painter (1615-1683)

Dutch artist and curator, keeper of Charles I's art collections

Flemish engraver

Italian painter (1550-1635)

Dutch Golden Age painter (1566-1612)

Dutch painter (1552-1612)

Austrian composer and luth player

Italian mathematician (16th–17th century)

Iranian philosopher

Filipino writer

Dutch Lutheran minister

King of Kakheti (1589–1661) (r. 1605-1616 and 1625-1648)

Colombian writer

16th-century Hindu mystic poet, saint and devotee of the god Krishna

King of Imereti

16th-century Moroccan ruler of Tétouan and privateer

Italian-born French public official

King of Imereti in western Georgia

17th Inca Emperor under the crown of Spain and 1st Emperor Inca of the Kingdom of Vilcabamba

Italian metallurgist and alchemist

German doctor, mathematician, and mining engineer

Italian mathematician

German Anabaptist leader

French painter, sculptor and engraver (ca. 1490-ca. 1560)

German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician

Spanish translator, philosopher and mathematician (1470-1548)

Italian metallurgist

Architect

Spanish explorer

Spanish mathematician

Wattasid ruler from 1504 to 1526

King of Vietnam

Spanish composer, and theater artist

English politician and writer (1490-1546)

Italian typographer, writer and Franciscan (1490-1589)

Albanian translator

Greek painter (1498–1578)

Italian historian and lawyer

Buddhist master

German astrologer

Indian musician

Italian cardinal

Spanish writer

Indian guru, poet and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition (1489-1564)

Spanish jurist

Andalusian author

Italian humanist

Iranian poet

German artist, singer, and poet. He was also a noted dramtist, who began his career as a barber

Islamic scholar

Teluga poet in the 15th century

Founder of Baishnav dharma, literary poet

Spanish historian

15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint

German theologian

Italian playwright (1452-1501)

Scottish philosopher

Indian Telugu poet

Italian writer and politician

Indian writer

Roman Catholic bishop, writer and translator from Zadar

German writer (1475-1537)

Indian writer

Spanish writer

Italian explorer

Italian philosopher and theologian

15th-century Odia seer-poet, author of Dandi Ramayana & Lakhmi Purana

Italian theologian

Azerbaijani poet

French humanist

Spanish Friar Minor, Catholic missionar in Mexico, Novohispanic mesoamericanist

French poet and writer

German humanist

Italian architect and painter (1475-1554)

Italian writer

Italian ceramicist

Italian physician and renaissance humanist

Spanish conquistador

Bavarian noblewoman and first Protestant woman writer

Swiss humanist

Odia poet and litterateur

Malayalam devotional poet

Dutch humanist (1491-1544)

Italian philosopher

German fashion writer

Spanish botanist (1499-1559)

Chagatai Turco-Mongol military general (died 1551)

Italian humanist

Italian theologian

Spanish explorer of the New World

French writer

Italian astronomer and astrologer

Italian engineer

Spanish explorer

Italian painter (1534-1599)

Scholar and quack at the court of John George, Elector of Brandenburg

Italian scholar

Belgian/German mathematician, astrologer, writer

Italian engineer

Indian scientist

French potter and engineer

Austrian scholar

Architect known for writing architectural theory books (1510–1569)

Swiss physician

Italian astronomer

Hungarian writer

King of Kartli

Spanish anatomist

Italian architect and mathematician

Ottoman Syrian polymath (1526-1585)

German philosopher

Spanish 16th century calligraphist

Spanish scientist

German mathematician, astronomer, instrument maker and cartographer

Third son of King Constantine II of Georgia, founder of the House of Mukhrani, and author of a Christian apology critical of Islam

Spanish 16th century mathematician

Italian architect (1480–1537)

Spanish revolutionary

Spanish artist (1450–1511)

Dutch painter (1490–1553)

Medieval carver and sculptor of the 15th and 16th century

Italian sculptor, goldsmith and architect (1490-1541)

German artist (1494-1519)

Italian artist (1478-1536)

German painter (c. 1465–1524)

Italian painter (1448-1502)

Italian sculptor (c. 1467–c. 1529)

Spanish historian

Spanish physician and psychologist

Spanish Renaissance philosopher

Spanish general (1511–1580)

Spanish poet of the "Siglo de Oro"

Roman Catholic prelate

Spanish composer

Spanish cartographer

Spanish scholar and philosopher

Spanish philosopher (c.1507–1584)

Spanish philosopher

English dramatist

Swiss writer (1500-1577)

Norwegian bishop

Spanish writer, 1505-1541

Spanish explorer and historian

Spanish dramatist and actor

Croatian nobleman, soldier, and diplomat (1490-1545)

King of Texcoco

Serbian printer in Venice

Hindu philosopher and founder of Pushtimarg, a Vaishnav Hindu sect

Late 16th-century Mughal Indian artist

16th-century Italian sculptor (1502–1537)

Austrian artist (1503-1561)

Sculptor and gem engraver from the Netherlands (1530–1567)

Polish philosopher

Indonesian sultan

King of Vietnam

King of Kingdom of Hanthawaddy

Dutch painter at the Tudor court (1493-1552)

Indian philosopher

Nun in Arnhem, wrote Margarita Evangelica

Polish writer

Libyan Muslim saint

Portuguese rabbi

Mexican poet

Tlaxcaltec ruler

Italian humanist

King of Georgia and of Imereti

Tibetan lama

German military engineer

German heraldist and pilgrim to Jerusalem

Italian culinary expert

Italian politician and historian (1430-1497)

Spanish nobleman 1414-1484

Iranian poet

Carthusian monk, 1415-1475

French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430)

Telugu poet

Italian writer

Czech philosopher, religion writer, translator, writer and theologist

Azerbaijani poet, c. 1369–1419

Indian Hindu leader

Philosopher

Spanish historian

Italian translator, politician and author

Scottish author of the poem The Wallace

Arab navigator and cartographer

Swiss chronicler

Theologian

French writer

6th Karmapa

Portuguese chronicler

Dutch theologian (1419-1489)

Italian Renaissance humanist

Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard

Italian artist (1427-1479)

Italian architect (1420-1483)

Italian artist (1418–1481)

Spanish artist and architect of French origin (1430–1496)

Austrian artist

Italian Renaissance painter (1450-1496)

Telugu poet (1652-1730)

Swiss general (1424-1479)

Emperor of Đại Việt (1442-1497) (r. 1460-1497)

15th-century astrologer

Polish astronomer

Hungarian noble and diplomat

14th king of Hanthawaddy Pegu

King of Ava

King of Ava

Early Netherlandish painter (1475-1495)

Serbian writer

Ming Dynasty diplomat

Algerian writer

Muslim Sufi saint and mystic

Irish poet and historian

Italian Renaissance jurist and poet (1270–1336)

German physicist

Arab astronomer and clockmaker (1304–1375)

Persian poet

Person who was said to have invented eyeglasses

King of Malayapura (present-day West Sumatra), ruling circa 1347–1375 CE