Famous Deaths on January 1

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

Greek scientist and university professor

Greek scientist and university professor

Portuguese physicist (1847–1907)

Portuguese Agronomist and Diplomat

Engineer (1844–1904)

Polish biologist (1831-1909)

1st President of Syrian Republic (1891–1967)

Cambodian politician (1796–1860)

Queen of Tahiti

Susuhunan of Surakarta (1830–1893)

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)

American writer

German collector and writer

Sultan of Sokoto

Serbian writer and Orthodox bishop

Uruguayan priest

Telugu writer, traveller

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

Argentinian politician

Greek politician and journalist (1794-1878)

Greek university professor

Thai nobleman and poet

Irish school-teacher, poet and historian

Greek writer (1795–1872)

Egyptian politician

Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814

Belgian scientist

Greek mathematician and university professor

Chinese adventurer

5th Trịnh Lord

Mul (Chief) Kazi of Nepal

Akan warrior

French scientist

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

French cartographer and military engineer (1630–1706)

German philosopher

Physician and naturalist (1742-1788)

English naturalist, translator and illustrator

German merchant

Vietnamese emperor

King of Vietnam

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

Brazilian orator, poet and priest

Dutch writer

Portuguese theologist

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

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

King of Imereti

King of Imereti

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

King of Imereti 1639-1660

The Eighth Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty

Mongolian noble

King of Imereti

Angevin noble gentleman and traveller

German astronomer (1580–1627)

French mathematician

German calligrapher

1581-1630 astronomer and writer

Italian mathematician and physicist

British canal builder and agricultural improver

Scottish physician, chemist and biologist (1593-1669)

English academic, clergyman and Warden of Winchester College

Italian mathematician and engineer (17th century)

German mathematician and cartographer (1606–1674)

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

Jesuit mathematician

Italian philologist and scientist

Flemish alchemist and writer

Italian scientist and salon-holder

English astronomer

Italian presbyter and inventor

British mathematician and astronomer

British chemist and doctor

German theologian

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

Metallurgist

German astronomer

English mathematician

French astronomer

French alchemist

Italian mathematician

Italian humanist

Italian mathematician and philosopher

German astronomer

Cartographer

German mathematician

German astronomer and cartographer (1540-1614)

Spanish scientist

Spanish soldier and writer

German physician, alchemist and composer (1568–1622)

English surgeon

First female pharmacist and chemist in Malta

German alchemist

Italian churchman, Papal diplomat and writer on art theory

Mongolian noble

Nun, writer

Icelandic bishop

Chilean writer

English Elizabethan pamphleteer and poet

Mistress to English Earl

Roman Catholic bishop

Roman Catholic bishop

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

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

King of Imereti in western Georgia

Italian mathematician

German doctor, mathematician, and mining engineer

Italian metallurgist and alchemist

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

King of Vietnam

Wattasid ruler from 1504 to 1526

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

Iranian poet

Italian humanist

Italian humanist

Italian theologian

Spanish explorer of the New World

French writer

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)

Andalusian author

Islamic scholar

Teluga poet in the 15th century

Founder of Baishnav dharma, literary poet

Spanish jurist

Spanish historian

15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint

German theologian

Spanish composer, and theater artist

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)

Swiss physician

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

Austrian scholar

Italian astronomer and astrologer

Spanish 16th century calligraphist

Hungarian writer

Spanish anatomist

Italian architect and mathematician

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

King of Kartli

Ottoman Syrian polymath (1526-1585)

German mathematician, astronomer, instrument maker and cartographer

Spanish scientist

Italian astronomer

French potter and engineer

Indian scientist

Italian engineer

Belgian/German mathematician, astrologer, writer

Italian scholar

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

Italian painter (1534-1599)

Spanish explorer

Italian engineer

Spanish 16th century mathematician

German philosopher

Dutch painter (1490–1553)

Italian architect (1480–1537)

Norwegian bishop

English dramatist

Italian humanist

King of Georgia and of Imereti

Tibetan lama

German military engineer

Arab navigator and cartographer

Carthusian monk, 1415-1475

French writer

6th Karmapa

Portuguese chronicler

Dutch theologian (1419-1489)

Italian Renaissance humanist

German heraldist and pilgrim to Jerusalem

Italian culinary expert

Iranian poet

Italian politician and historian (1430-1497)

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 nobleman 1414-1484

Spanish historian

Italian translator, politician and author

Scottish author of the poem The Wallace

Swiss chronicler

Theologian

Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard

Italian artist (1427-1479)

Italian artist (1418–1481)

Italian architect (1420-1483)

Austrian artist

Telugu poet (1652-1730)

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

Khan of the Golden Horde

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

Queen of Aragon

Third Karmapa, an important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism

German poet and writer (c. 1230-1313)

Serbian writer

French author (1240–1305)

Catalan rabbi, Talmudist and Maimonidean

Iranian writer and scholar

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

Nepalese philosopher

Muslim scholar of medieval period

Bolognese jurist and writer on agriculture (1233–1320)

Italian Franciscan leader

Catholic bishop

Japanese writer

Italian theologian, Franciscan, missionary and writer (1260-1330)

German musician

Catholic cardinal

Italian philosopher (1275–1342)

Italian chronicler

Italian poet

Iranian historian

Italian writer and translator

Japanese Buddhist

Hindu Jagadguru

Tibetan Buddhist

Imposter of the Margrave of Brandenburg

Italian painter

Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377)

Tibetan religious figure

Czech medieval chronicler

Italian philosopher

English writer

Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)

Duke of Legnica (1296-1312)

Italian architect and sculptor (1240–1302)

14th century Italian sculptor and architect (1290–1348)

Was the king of Chughtai Khanate

Grand Duke of Lithuania

Polish noble

Sultan of Rum

King of Georgia

Moroccan mathematician

Armenian writer

Third Rasulid sultan (1242–1296)

English astronomer and mathematician

Persian scientist (1203–1283)

Italian astrologer and astronomer

12th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and philosopher

Grand Duke of Lithuania (1210–1264)

King of Sweden

Queen consort of Cyprus

Judge of Logudoro-Torres

King of Okinawa

Sardinian queen

Emperor of Ethiopia

Prince of Antioch

Sri Lankan Queen

Italian noble

Prince of Black Ruthenia

Prince of Kingdom of Gwynedd

Bulgarian ruler

Judge of Logudoro-Torres

Sardinian giudici

Ahom king

Member of the Welsh royal house of Deheubarth

Cambodian king, considered by historians to be the most powerful Khmer monarch of all time

13th-century Indian queen

13th-century Flemish author

Medieval German poet

Troubadour

Cypriot Orthodox monk and priest

Troubadour (c. 1138 – 1215)

Tibetan Lama (1235-1280)

Italian poet (1235-1294)

German poet

Occitan troubadour

Persian poet

Austrian nobleman and poet

Saxon Christian saint

Japanese poet

Trobadour and anti-Cathar bishop of Toulouse

Italian historian

Leading poet of the Middle High German period

Troubadour

Japanese court noble from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period

Troubadour

Troubadour

Limousin troubadour

Aristocrat poet and portrait artist (1176-1265)

Tamil poet

French theologian

Occitan troubadour

Tibetan Lama (1182–1251)

Iraqi poet

German poet and writer

French troubadour

Troubadour

Italian religious, poet and writer

Medieval epic poet (1200-1254)

French scholar and poet from Lorris (1200–1238)

Telugu language writer

Hungarian historian and writer

Persian poet, mystic, and Sufi

Medieval feudal lords of Germany

Italian poet and author

Armenian priest and public figure (1130–1213)

Tibetan doctor

Japanese poet

Welsh medieval writer

Founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage

Occitan troubadour

Jewish writer

Troubadour

Old French poet

Poet

French writer and rabbi (c. 1160–1235)

Indian mystic leader and scholar

Japanese lady poet

Troubadour and poet

German composer

Vaishnava Sanskrit poet

12th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic

Shafi'i Islamic scholar

Sufi saint, philosopher and poet

Occitan poet and countess of Forcalquier

French troubadour

French troubadour

Troubadour

German minnesinger

Poet of Spruchdichtung

German minnesänger, author and composer

Troubadour and poet

German poet

Writer (1190-1250)

German Catholic priest, Dominican friar and writer (1190–1237)

Troubadour

Italian troubadour, poet and composer

German poet

German mystic

Japanese poet of the Kamakura period

German poet and author

Japanese noblewoman and poet

Polish composer, poet and member of the Dominican Order (1201-1262)

Notary and chronicler of Hungarian King Béla III

Japanese poet

Anatolian Muslim mystic (1209–1271)

Italian physician and translator (1215-1295)

Gascon troubadour

Italian poet (1210–1287)

Italian poet

Arab polymath and physician (1213–1288)

Medieval Flemish writer, poet and translator

French poet

Italian poet

Italian noble woman

13th-century Hindu Marathi saint and philosopher

German poet and Minnesanger

German poet, composer and writer

Austrian author

Trobairitz, poet and writer

German writer

Italian writer of the 13th century

Poet and playwright from Italy

Khan of the Chagatai Khanate (r. 1266–1271)

Monarch

Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt 1250-1255

Italian noble

Prince of Achaea

Ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun

Mother of Genghis Khan

Mongol general

Mongol Khan

Count of Edessa (1072-1131)

Yemeni queen and ruler (c. 1048–1138)

Count of Edessa (1113-1159)

Mathematician and astronomer

12th-century Jain scholar, poet, writer, mathematician and polymath

12th-century Arab-Sicilian philosopher and politician

King of Gwynedd

Queen consort of Hungary

King of Sweden

Sri Lankan king of Polonnaruwaa from 1055 to 1110

Grand prince of Kiev

Sri Lankan King

Judge of Logudoro-Torres

King of Burma

Queen consort of Hungary (1154–1184)

Italian noble

Queen consort of Hungary

Judge of Cagliari

King of Sri Lanka

Eldest daughter of Louis VII of France by his second wife Constance of Castile; queen of England by marriage to Henry the Young King, and queen of Hungary and Croatia by marriage to Béla III of Hungary

Judge-King of Arborea

King of Burma

12th century Chaulukya king who ruled parts of present-day Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India

King of Sweden

11th-12th century Chaulukya king of Gujarat

Twelfth-century King of the Isles, Lord of Argyll, and religious patron

Medieval king of Duklja, and temporary of Bulgaria

King of Sweden

King of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1112/1113 to 1168

Clergyman and writer

Japanese poet

12th century French poet and trouvère

Kannada poet

Prince of Blaye and troubadour

12th-century Indian Hindu philosopher

Central Asian Hanafi theologian (1027–1115)

Tibetan Buddhist Lama and scholar

Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)

German theologian

Italian crusader

Latin lyric poet

French abbot and saint

Troubadour

Anglo-Norman historian, chronicler and trouvère

Japanese poet

Iranian theologian and writer

Armenian historian and priest of the 12th century

French theologian

Japanese poet

Kadampa master

Tibetan Buddhist teacher

Korean Buddhist monk and philosopher (1051–1101)

Byzantine archbishop and saint

Crusader historian

French schoolmaster and theologian (12th century)

Bishop of Laon

Halakist and poet

Georgian philosopher

Georgian saint

12th-century chronicler of Polish history

Buddhist yogi

Persian scholar

French priest

Trobairitz

Tibetan Buddhist lama (1110-1170)

12th century Italian monk, librarian and chronicler

German minnesänger, poet and composer

Andalusian geographer (1100–1165)

12th-century Iraqi Arab official and Hanbali jurist

Gascon troubadour

Medical practitioner and writer

Founder of the Tshalpa Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism