Famous Deaths on January 1

Norwegian mathematician

Israeli nuclear physicist (1930–2011)

Argentine and Italian sculptor (1920-2012)

Russian poet

20th-century Indian linguist

Australian priest (1931–2005)

Brazilian actor

Iranian architect, educator, author

Polish academic (1920–2017)

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

Haitian economist

Indian film director, screenwriter and producer

Italian jazz singer

Portuguese artist

Artist (1910-2004)

Italian neurobioengineer (1950–2002)

Mexican potter

Iranian admiral

Indian author (1920–2009)

Indian writer

Finnish writer

Palestinian poet (1931-2014)

Swedish inventor (1920–2002)

Australian racing driver

Lithuanian engineer

Australian mathematician and historian (1910–2004)

Brazilian politician

Greek university teacher

Lithuanian artist

Biotechnology researcher

Portuguese artist

Argentinian painter (died 2007)

Mexican photographer

Taiwanese writer of children's literature

Odia-language Indian author and translator

Indian writer

Polish artist (1930–2004)

Indian diplomat, writer and literary critic

South African activist and journalist (1920–2008)

Peruvian ethnomusicologist

Australian architect and Buddhist scholar

Palestinian painter (1930-2006)

Finland Swedish poet

Indian politician

Israeli poet (1911–2007)

Indian historian (1920–2002)

Pakistani journalist, historian (1920-2003

Indian historian

Indian writer

Nigerian playwright (born 1949)

Australian author, editor and environmental activist

Ethiopian writer and artist

Kenyan songwriter, singer and choir director

Bangladeshi historian

Israeli poet

Polish teacher and writer (1910–2007)

Historian

Pakistani writer and public servant

Writer

Mexican-American composer

Canadian artistic director (1930–2008)

Austrian gymnast

Artist

Haitian visual artist (1920-2004)

Soviet Scientist

Tajikistani biologist

Bulgarian chemist

Chilean mining engineer

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

American educator, college president (1874–1944)

American abolitionist, journalist, lawyer, judge, minister

10th Etsu Nupe former Federal minister

Indian conservationist (1849–1930)

Portuguese physicist (1847–1907)

Romanian aviation pioneer

British painter and naturalist (1845-1929)

Portuguese Agronomist and Diplomat

Japanese engineer (1848–1906)

Greek scientist and university professor

Racing driver, 1873-1961

Engineer (1844–1904)

Greek scientist and university professor

Spanish architect (1842–1908)

Swiss physicist (1871-1955)

Japanese seismologist (1870–1948)

Swiss chemist (1838-1911)

English engineer and inventor (1874–1952)

Swiss mathematician (1832-1913)

American chemist (1832–1905)

American woodworker and rodmaker

Polish biologist (1831-1909)

American railroad engineer

Emir of Afghanistan (1919)

Canadian doctor

Polish cryptanalyst and intelligence officer (1920-1997)

Iraqi physicist/meteorologist

British writer and hunter

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

Romanian writer (1843–1928)

Italian politician (1891–1980)

Moroccan poet and singer (1873-1945)

Argentinian feminist, activist, reformer and author

Georgian poet, educator and social reformer

Egyptian journalist

Argentine historian

Thai writer

Assyrian physician and nationalist

Swiss teacher and naturalist (1871-1927)

Iranian akhoond and theologian

British schoolteacher

German actress and screenwriter

Austrian author (1892–1984)

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)

Swiss physician and writer (1874-1945)

Australian politician

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

Moldovan politician

Turkish statesperson (1873–1964)

Romanian writer, journalist and politician

Lebanese journalist and poet

Irish journalist, linguist and writer (1872–1934)

Richards, (Franklin Thomas) Grant (1872–1948), publisher and writer (1872–1948)

British historian (1872–1957)

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

(1871-1956) cookery instructor

Australian-British Jewish suffragette

Guatemalan writer

Greek poet (1872-1933)

Australian writer, Esperanto novelist

Albanian activist (1871–1917)

Swedish artist and author (1874-1951)

Poet

Finnish politician

French educator, translator, and children's book author

Japanese evangelist

British civil servant and Tibetologist (1870-1945)

Canadian historian (1870–1940)

British magician

Turkish statesperson (1870–1955)

Romanian sociologist (1849-1923)

Greek lawyer, academic and writer

English political hostess and philanthropist

Moroccan rabbi and scholar (1848–1935)

English-born Australian writer and women's activist

Chilean politician, journalist and writer (1847-1909)

Portuguese writer, editor

Daughter of William Gladstone

Iranian physician and essayist (1847–1924)

Norwegian journalist and writer, editor

Egyptian Prime Minister (1839–1904)

Serbian writer

Mexican writer

English philosopher and social reformer

Scottish classical scholar, and educational and theological writer (1831–1915)

British barrister and anthropologist (1839-1930)

Serbian writer and diplomat (1832–1914)

Bengali writer

New Zealand politician (1845-1924)

Australian journalist and spiritualist (1840–1913)

Tanzanian historian

Roman Catholic archbishop

Japanese feminist

Belgian writer (1838-1924)

Belgian general

Australian journalist and author (1845–1922)

Kurdish poet

Norwegian church historian (1832–1913)

Iranian writer, diplomat and publicist (1833–1908)

Entrepreneur (1842-1923)

Ruler in the state of Jeypore and patron of arts

Swiss church historian and theologian (1836-1923)

Iranian diplomat and poet (1846-1937)

Chilean writer (1836-1915)

British-born American/Australian temperance reformer, newspaper editor (1847/49 - 1937)

Greek pedagogue and teacher

Portuguese poet (1842-1914)

Cuban writer

British journalist, economist and author

Writer, cartographer

English writer whose pen name was Darley Dale

British journalist, publisher and politician (1846-1932)

Australian writer and artist

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

Polish writer (1842–1932)

Costa Rican politician and writer

Polish Jewish poet

British art historian and art collector (1872-1952)

Egyptian social activist

Greek general (1874–1943)

Hungarian rabbi (1869–1944)

Irish journalist and musicologist

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

Turkish statesperson (1891–1965)

Hungarian politician from Romania (1892-1946)

Japanese educator and writer

Egyptian Islamic activist, philanthropist, traveller and writer

English sports administrator (1849–1937)

British classicist, philosopher and translator (1871–1942)

British writer and publisher (1871–1955)

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

Austrian philosopher

15th-century Swiss lawyer, historian and writer

Brazilian politician (1911-1964)

Iranian Muslim scholar and writer (1930–1997)

Persian and Islamic studies scholar (1911–1996)

Salvadorean politologist

Chilean historian

Egyptian Muslim feminist and writer (1930–1996)

Israeli poet (1930–1989)

Chinese Indonesian journalist

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

Moroccan writer

Swedish art historian, museum curator and museum director

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)

Polish poet

Romanian painter (1870-1933)

Musician

Cuban musician

Polish artist and educator (1833–1920)

Turkish architect (1873–1942)

Painter (1892-1979)

Israeli artist (1892-1970)

British illustrator and commercial artist (1890–1964)

(1891-1945) artist

Belgian artist

Iranian photographer

Hungarian artist (1873-1944)

Argentinian musician

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

Polish painter and architect (1872-1947)

Italian composer and conductor

Belgian landscape architect (1872–1958)

Austrian artist (1891-1945)

New Zealand politician and photographer (1833-1913)

Australian lithographer

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

Swiss artist (1872–1938)

Australian ornithologist and photographer

Finnish architect

Albanian-Italian artist (1834-1903)

Australian photographer

(1842-1916) Aboriginal shellworker

Irish model

Canadian artist (1843-1939)

Austrian artist (1890-1940)

Turkish diplomat (1849–1929)

Greek mineralogist

Ghanaian banker and politician

New Zealand engineer

Islamic scholar

Iranian politician (1900–1994)

Burmese architect and engineer

Egyptian politician

Ghanaian chemist and politician

Astronomer

Polish mathematician and physicist (1830–1910)

Chief engineer of the railways in Queensland, Australia

Mexican potter (1900-1980)

Polish painter (1900–1983)

Italian architect and designer (1911–1979)

Italian painter (1911-1993)

Austrian-born Israeli sculptor

Polish artist (1910-1989)

Polish Jewish artist

Norwegian military officer

Italian general

Greek politician (1871–1942)

Polish general (1892–1940)

Moroccan Military leader and figure of Berber resistance against French colonialism

Cuban scientist

Austrian chemist

Polish-Austrian physicist

Canadian writer

Tamil writer

Indian poet

Brazilian journalist

Colombian writer (1858-1940)

Romanian author

Romanian writer

Finnish deacon and Writer (1846–1924)

Polish author

Kurdish poet

Journalist

South African writer (1838-1912)

Canadian tribal leader

Gardener, writer

Lebanese poet

Uzbekistani poet (1845–1910)

Argentine journalist

Finnish writer

Brazilian scientist (1840–1923)

Kurdish poet

Egyptian writer

Intellectual and social activist (1849–1914)

(1873-1957) welfare worker

South African civil engineer

Australian mathematician

Mexican intellectual

New Zealand Surveyor-General (1934-1919)

Romanian general

Sri Lankan politician

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

Civil engineer, public servant, arbitration court judge

Norwegian businessman (1871–1948)

Italian mathematician (1872–1970)

Latvian architect (1870-1941)

Romanian engineer and architect

Australian businessman

British-New Zealand mining engineer

Estonian politician and veterinary scientist (1873-1962)

Estonian politician and agricultural scientist (1874-1932)

Romanian chemist

Brazilian military officer and engineer

Polish resistance fighter

Parliamentary clerk and author in Australia (1837–1909)

Explorer

Iranian poet

Israeli writer (1910–1992)

Filipino writer

Polish journalist, writer, publicist

Indian journalist

Chilean poet (1920-1962)

Finnish journalist

Nepalese writer (1900–1971)

Polish-Jewish editor, translator and feminist

Canadian architect (1872–1945)

Turkish painter of Armenian ancestry (1870–1950)

Ecuadorian painter (1842-1906)

Belgian composer (1844–1932)

Australian photographer (1870–1929)

Greek painter (1871-1960)

Polish painter (1895–1942)

Architect (1835–1924)

Canadian artist (1870-1946)

English architect (1846–1914)

Brazilian composer

Canadian architect (1838-1922)

Indian political scientist

Polish painter (1874–c. 1928)

Norwegian photographer

German architect (1831–1911)

Greek painter (1845-1916)

Taiwanese artist (1891–1972)

Polish painter

Brazilian sculptor

Canadian painter (1871–1960)

Pakistani mathematician

Painter (1890-1973)

Indian sculptor

Australian painter (1874–1964)

Chilean painter (1891-1987)

Canadian painter (1871–1913)

Romanian sculptor

Norwegian painter (1842-1925)

Italian painter (1890-1988)

Canadian architect

Greek sculptor (1843–1909)

Painter (1891-1943)

Belgian painter (1872-1940)

New Zealand painter (1890-1980)

Canadian artist

Australian photographer

Armenian photographer

Greek painter (1870-1927)

Iraqi politician

Greek photographer (1872–1918)

Historian

English-born Australian photographer (1846-1910)

Ecuadorian botanist, ecologist, university teacher and conservationist (1910-1994)

Australian photographer (1871–1936)

Indian hydrologist (1930–1988)

Polish artist (1841-1922)

English Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter (1872-1952)

Canadian writer, public figure and scientist (1910-1996)

Australian chemist and lichenologist (1931–1978)

Burmese artist (1872-1930)

Australian photographer (1891–1962)

Canadian architect

New Zealand commercial photographer (1872–1949)

Polish painter (1872-1933)

Artist (1873-1956)

Brazilian composer and singer

British architect

Lithuanian sculptor

Belgian painter (1890–1974)

Canadian architect (1842–1923)

Canadian artist (1837-1901)

Bolivian poet

Canadian judge (1891–1976)

Australian journalist and screenwriter

Lebanese journalist

Polish Jewish actor and writer

Greek writer (1891–1972)

Moroccan writer (1844–1914)

Chilean journalist

Indian historian

Indian Hindu guru

Chinese Indonesian journalist, writer and translator

Odia playwright, lyricist

Filipino poet and revolutionary

Colombian journalist

Canadian physician

Lebanese journalist

Indian Scholar of Sanskrit and Telugu

Palestinian writer and translator

Chilean writer

Paraguayan writer

Yao priest, missionary and writer

Nigerian doctor

Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane leader, guide, interpreter, assessor, politician, writer (1843–1933)

Venezuelan writer and politician

Irish poet

Concubine of Tự Đức; poet (1830–1909)

Chilean journalist and writer (1841-1901)

Cuban musician

Political and religious radical

Greek journalist and politician

Soviet Lithuanian-Jewish revolutionary, journalist and trade unionist

Famous Telugu humorist; author of Barrister Parvateesam

Arab writer (1892–1968)

Greek journalist

Indian film lyricist

Telugu poet and pioneer of the Bhavakavitam movement

Estonian journalist and politician (1891-1941)

Canadian writer and artist

Nigerian physician, journalist and politician

Canadian poet

Australian judge (1873-1927)

Haitian physician, journalist and historian (1890–1984)

Lebanese writer and journalist (1873–1939)

Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher

Pakistani writer (1873–1956)

Greek writer, translator and teacher

Spanish educator and feminis

Scholar (1872-1955)

South African journalist

Australian journalist (1891–1962)

Paraguayan journalist

Iranian politician and playwright

Estonian writer (1891-1937)

Irish suffragist

Indian writer

New Zealand journalist

Austrian art historian (1891–1953)

Austrian-Israeli abstract painter

Austro-Hungarian Jewish scholar of religion

Romanian writer

Egyptian monk and author (1848–1935)

Greek feminist and educator (1847–1929)

Missionary, clergyman, writer, interpreter in New Zealand (1835–1919)

Canadian poet (1836–1904)

Australian writer

Colombian writer, translator (1845–1921)

Norwegian historian (1838–1921)

Chilean engineer and writer

(1837-1907) evangelist, pacifist and reformer

Persian novelist

Iranian author and politician

Musician, author

Irish writer (1845-1909)

Polish caricaturist (1892–1967)

Argentine painter

Turkish-Armenian photographer

Latvian artist (1900-1992)

Indian Carnatic musician

Palestinian artist (1930-1984)

South Korean painter (1920-1976)

Croatian sculptor, ceramic artist

Iranian painter

Australian artist, sculptor, instructor and musician

Venezuelan poet

Bulgarian Army officer

Latvian military officer (1874–1919)

Vietnamese politician

Venezuelan poet and writer

Sudanese literary writer, educator and women's rights activist

Paraguayan poet

Palestinian trade unionist

Iranian film director and screenwriter

Indian Islamic scholar, Arabic writer and teacher of Arabic literature

Sri Lankan poet

Libyan writer and activist

Indian philosopher (1930–1998)

Writer (1910–1983)

Portuguese chess player

Indian poet (1911-2000)

Turkish poet and statesperson (1931–1990)

Iraqi historian

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1892–1968)

Belgian writer (1920–1974)

South African songwriter (1920–1972)

Australian artist and writer (1920–1985)

Peruvian poet and politician

Indian author and journalist

Azerbaijani writer

Cuban painter, sculptor, draftsman and engraver

Arab music critic

Australian writer and academic (1910–1991)

Polish historian

Russian writer (1910–1994)

Australian American writer and journalist

Politician and Indian independence activist (1911–1997)

Indian musicologist