Famous Deaths on January 1

Norwegian mathematician

Israeli nuclear physicist (1930–2011)

Russian poet

Polish academic (1920–2017)

Argentine and Italian sculptor (1920-2012)

Brazilian actor

Australian priest (1931–2005)

20th-century Indian linguist

Iranian architect, educator, author

Haitian economist

Chief (traditional ruler), economist, business leader, university administrator, and philanthropist

Indian film director, screenwriter and producer

Artist (1910-2004)

Portuguese artist

Mexican potter

Iranian admiral

Palestinian poet (1931-2014)

Finnish writer

Indian author (1920–2009)

Indian writer

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

English engineer and inventor (1874–1952)

Racing driver, 1873-1961

Swiss physicist (1871-1955)

Japanese seismologist (1870–1948)

Indian conservationist (1849–1930)

Portuguese physicist (1847–1907)

British painter and naturalist (1845-1929)

Greek scientist and university professor

Engineer (1844–1904)

Greek scientist and university professor

Swiss chemist (1838-1911)

Swiss mathematician (1832-1913)

Polish biologist (1831-1909)

Japanese engineer (1848–1906)

Portuguese Agronomist and Diplomat

Romanian aviation pioneer

Emir of Afghanistan (1919)

British writer and hunter

Iraqi physicist/meteorologist

Polish cryptanalyst and intelligence officer (1920-1997)

Canadian doctor

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

Romanian writer (1843–1928)

Iranian akhoond and theologian

Hungarian politician from Romania (1892-1946)

German actress and screenwriter

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

Greek general (1874–1943)

Irish journalist and musicologist

Thai writer

Turkish statesperson (1891–1965)

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

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 Islamic activist, philanthropist, traveller and writer

Tanzanian historian

Iranian diplomat and poet (1846-1937)

Roman Catholic archbishop

Italian politician (1891–1980)

Hungarian rabbi (1869–1944)

Egyptian social activist

Iranian writer, diplomat and publicist (1833–1908)

Norwegian church historian (1832–1913)

Austrian author (1892–1984)

Kurdish poet

Romanian writer and businessman (1892-?)

Indian actress and director

Punjabi poet

Argentinian feminist, activist, reformer and author

Ecuadorian poet

Portuguese writer, educator

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

Australian politician

Assyrian physician and nationalist

Mexican writer

Serbian writer

Egyptian Prime Minister (1839–1904)

Norwegian journalist and writer, editor

Iranian physician and essayist (1847–1924)

Portuguese writer, editor

Chilean politician, journalist and writer (1847-1909)

English-born Australian writer and women's activist

Moroccan rabbi and scholar (1848–1935)

Greek lawyer, academic and writer

Romanian sociologist (1849-1923)

Turkish statesperson (1870–1955)

Canadian historian (1870–1940)

Finnish politician

Poet

Albanian activist (1871–1917)

Greek poet (1872-1933)

Guatemalan writer

Australian-British Jewish suffragette

(1871-1956) cookery instructor

Iranian politician, lawyer and historian

Argentine poet (1872–1923)

New Zealand journalist

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

Lebanese journalist and poet

Romanian writer, journalist and politician

Turkish statesperson (1873–1964)

Australian journalist and spiritualist (1840–1913)

Canadian university administrator, historian and philosopher (1874–1962)

Moldovan politician

Bengali writer

Serbian writer and diplomat (1832–1914)

Australian writer and artist

Belgian writer (1838-1924)

Ruler in the state of Jeypore and patron of arts

Costa Rican politician and writer

Polish writer (1842–1932)

Writer, cartographer

Australian journalist and author (1845–1922)

Cuban writer

New Zealand politician (1845-1924)

Portuguese poet (1842-1914)

Greek pedagogue and teacher

Chilean writer (1836-1915)

Swiss church historian and theologian (1836-1923)

Entrepreneur (1842-1923)

Polish Jewish poet

Belgian general

Chilean historian

Salvadorean politologist

Chinese Indonesian journalist

Polish poet

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

Moroccan writer

Honduran journalist, writer and feminist

Argentine philosopher

Bolivian writer (1900-1980)

Israeli children's writer (1900-1968)

Italian architect (1910-1973)

Polish diplomat

Iranian writer and journalist

Greek poet and diplomat

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

Argentinian educator

Polish acttess and musician

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)

Israeli poet (1930–1989)

Egyptian Muslim feminist and writer (1930–1996)

Iranian Muslim scholar and writer (1930–1997)

Polish painter and architect (1872-1947)

Argentinian musician

(1842-1916) Aboriginal shellworker

Belgian artist

(c1845–c1905) Aboriginal elder, senior lawman and performer

Art restorer, copyist, art forger (1872-1964)

Austrian artist (1891-1945)

Albanian-Italian artist (1834-1903)

Iranian photographer

(1891-1945) artist

Israeli artist (1892-1970)

Painter (1892-1979)

Turkish architect (1873–1942)

Cuban musician

Belgian landscape architect (1872–1958)

Australian ornithologist and photographer

Romanian painter (1870-1933)

British illustrator and commercial artist (1890–1964)

Finnish architect

Polish artist and educator (1833–1920)

Irish model

Turkish diplomat (1849–1929)

Austrian artist (1890-1940)

Musician

Australian lithographer

Australian photographer

New Zealand politician and photographer (1833-1913)

Canadian artist (1843-1939)

Ghanaian chemist and politician

Greek mineralogist

Polish mathematician and physicist (1830–1910)

New Zealand engineer

Egyptian politician

Burmese architect and engineer

Astronomer

Ghanaian banker and politician

Islamic scholar

Chief engineer of the railways in Queensland, Australia

Iranian politician (1900–1994)

Polish artist (1910-1989)

Polish Jewish artist

Austrian-born Israeli sculptor

Mexican potter (1900-1980)

Polish painter (1900–1983)

Moroccan Military leader and figure of Berber resistance against French colonialism

Greek politician (1871–1942)

Cuban scientist

Austrian chemist

Tamil writer

Journalist

Kurdish poet

Brazilian scientist (1840–1923)

Uzbekistani poet (1845–1910)

Kurdish poet

Brazilian journalist

South African writer (1838-1912)

Lebanese poet

Gardener, writer

Finnish deacon and Writer (1846–1924)

Argentine journalist

Finnish writer

Romanian writer

Indian poet

(1873-1957) welfare worker

Romanian author

Colombian writer (1858-1940)

Egyptian writer

Intellectual and social activist (1849–1914)

Australian businessman

Estonian politician and agricultural scientist (1874-1932)

Brazilian military officer and engineer

Civil engineer, public servant, arbitration court judge

Austrian art historian and businessman involved in looting with the Dienststelle Mühlmann

Australian mathematician

Romanian chemist

New Zealand Surveyor-General (1934-1919)

Mexican intellectual

Romanian general

Romanian engineer and architect

Sri Lankan politician

British-New Zealand mining engineer

South African civil engineer

Estonian politician and veterinary scientist (1873-1962)

Latvian architect (1870-1941)

Parliamentary clerk and author in Australia (1837–1909)

Explorer

Chilean poet (1920-1962)

Iranian poet

Filipino writer

Nepalese writer (1900–1971)

Israeli writer (1910–1992)

Indian journalist

Finnish journalist

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

American jurist, businessperson and inventor (1799-1879)

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

Episcopal minister (1795-1875)

Irish school-teacher, poet and historian

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

African-American entrepreneur and author, formerly enslaved person

English-born American socialite and poet (1789-1876)

American bishop

Argentinian politician

British missionary, poet (1781–1851)

Greek politician and journalist (1794-1878)

Greek university professor

Greek writer (1795–1872)

English cleric and man of letters, died 1883

British writer

Genevan novelist, poet and singer (1792-1870)

American teacher, writer (1789-1874)

American educator

Japanese Ukiyo-e artist, fiction writer, and comic tanka poemer

Swedish dramatist and translator

African American/Native American entrepreneur and memoirist

American politician

Telugu writer, traveller

Uruguayan priest

Sultan of Sokoto

Swiss engraver

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

Serbian writer and Orthodox bishop

Thai nobleman and poet

Egyptian politician

Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814

Greek mathematician and university professor

Belgian scientist

19th century thief and con man

Miniaturist and printmaker from Sweden (1789–1829)

Canadian artist (1783–1865)

Ecuadorian sculptor and painter (1725–1801)

Belgian engraver and medalist (1796–1864)

Greek musician

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

(1745-1829)

Minister and architect

British Army officer and painter (1796–1843)

Hungarian mathematician (1742-1816)

Polish mathematician (1796–1847)

Greek mathematician, author and school director

Venezuelan poet (1846–1892)

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

Irish writer (1830–1883)

Cuban writer (1832–1871)

Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper proprietor

Hungarian rabbi (1832-1883)

Romanian lawyer, politician and journalist

Bolivian writer (1835-1879)

Chilean writer

Bolivian writer and diplomat

Polish and Ukrainian writer and translator (1841–1876)

Peruvian writer and poet (1840-1888)

Romanian writer (1838-1888), editor

Guatemalan journalist, poet and propagandist

British army officer (1739–1825)

Sculptor (1845–1938)

Brazilian photographer and painter (1830-1886)

Irish chemist

Moroccan poet

Victorian industrialist

President of Paraguay

Vietnamese emperor

Argentine naturalist (1833–1900)

British painter (1797–1875)

Polish painter (1796-1865)

Irish iron founder

Filipino painters (1796-1834)

Belgian architect

Romanian artist

Irish painter, 1795-1872

Hispano-Cuban painter (1734-1804)

Irish portrait-painter (1740-1808)

Irish painter and cartoonist

Romanian painter (1794–1882)

Irish architect (1792–1848)

Albanian poet

Moroccan historian

Indian poet

Pakistani Pashto Poet/ writer

Poet, writer

Chilean writer and historian

Irish poet and nationalist

Greek doctor, journalist and politician

Salvadoran politician and poet

Argentinian journalist

Egyptian Shāfiʿī scholar and writer

Dominican author, editor, and poet (1790–1850)

Greek writer

Qing dynasty storyteller (1810–1871)

Moroccan Sufi master

Nineteenth century Islamic scholar in Gwandu and Adamawa

Irish playwright and librettist

Irish poet (1790–1868)

Greek merchant, writer and revolutionary

Moroccan writer

Chilean politician

First enlightened philosopher of the Dominican Republic

Albanian musician

Brazilian poet

Bolivian poet

Maronite clerk, chronicler and emissary of the Shihab emirs (c.1794-1861)

Greek politician

Antoine Dupré was a Haitian writer and playwright.

Irish librarian

Moroccan historian and writer

Indonesian writer, nationalist, teacher and educator

Greek scholar and writer

Australian writer and educator

Australian engineer and ironfounder

Scientist

Vietnamese admiral

Military General

Maori chief

English engraver (1746-1810)

Nepalese artist (1797–1865)

Mul (Chief) Kazi of Nepal

Akan warrior

Chinese adventurer

5th Trịnh Lord

French cartographer and military engineer (1630–1706)

French scientist

German merchant

English naturalist, translator and illustrator

Physician and naturalist (1742-1788)

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

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

King of Vietnam

Chancellor of Transylvania

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

Vietnamese emperor

Dutch writer

Portuguese theologist

American newspaper editor and publisher

American politician and lawyer (1702–1778)

Japanese Zen Buddhist master (1686-1769)

American writer

Japanese painter, calligrapher, and poet (1727–1784)

Born 1726; died 1797

Brazilian orator, poet and priest

Armenian philosopher

Italian academic

British historian

English poet (1675-1731)

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

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

English miniature painter

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1630-1710)

Dutch painter (1648-1736)

French painter

Swedish sculptor resided in Estonia (died 1710)

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

Ecuadorian sculptor (1723–1796)

Italian painter (1708-1795)

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1634-1704)

Swiss painter (1637-1710)

Swedish portrait-painter in England

Swedish artist (1683-1710)

British medallist and Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint (1720-1779)

British astronomer

British scientist

Filipino insurgent

Moroccan Muslim jurist

Dutch scientist-minister

Important Buddhist teacher in the Qing court.

Kazakhstani poet

Moroccan poet

Dutch-Polish writer and scientist

German linguist

Church of Ireland clergyman, naturalist, and author of scientific and medical tracts

Costa Rican king

Thai general

King of Vietnam

King of Vietnam

Cambodian King

King of Vietnam

Vietnamese ruler

Last king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma

Irish sculptor (1737–1798)

Painter from the Northern Netherlands active in England (1653-1702)

Painter (1662-1727)

Painter from the Northern Netherlands

Irish artist (1698-1770)

Painter from England active in the Netherlands

Wife of Icelandic bishop

Egyptian iconographer (1720–1786)

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1738–1793)

Dutch painter (1695-1751)

Serbian writer

Mexican writer (1745-1783)

Moroccan historian

Irish poet

Vietnamese poet

Greek writer

Songwriter, physician, professor of chemistry

Vietnamese writer

Georgian writer and cartigrapher

Poet and goldsmith from the Northern Netherlands

18th-century Telugu poet and scholar

(1734/35–1792) Serbian writer

Punjabi sufi poet

Dutch-South-African poet

Serbian theologian

Icelandic poet

Moroccan historian

Irish librettist

Moroccan writer

Born 1661; died 1748

Greek artist (1662-1729)

Delft publisher and writer (1691–1750)

Afghan poet and writer (1651–1717)

18th-century Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet

Moroccan diplomat

Vietnamese Chancellor, Principal of Imperial Academy

Writer and military officer

Founder and leader of the Mola quilombo

Irish artist (1710-1770)

Irish composer and musician

Austrian architect and sculptor (1644–1727)

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

King of Imereti

King of Imereti

Angevin noble gentleman and traveller

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

King of Imereti

Mongolian noble

The Eighth Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty

King of Imereti 1639-1660

Italian scientist and salon-holder

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

French alchemist

French astronomer

English mathematician

German astronomer

Metallurgist

Italian mathematician

Italian humanist

Italian mathematician and philosopher

German astronomer

Cartographer

German mathematician

German astronomer and cartographer (1540-1614)