34 notable people died on January 12, including Charles B. Huggins, Pierre de Fermat, Alauddin Khalji.
21st Century
3 deaths
Jayme Tiomno
nuclear physicistphysicist
Brazilian physicist (1920–2011)
María Hortensia Lacau
children's writerwriter
Argentine educator, writer (1910-2006)
DW
David C. C. Watson
theologianwriter
British theologian
20th Century
17 deaths
Charles B. Huggins
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
Andrew J. Hunter
civil engineerengineer
American politician
Johan Sandström
hydrographermeteorologist
Swedish oceanographer and meteorologist (1874–1947)
Roman Smoluchowski
astronomerphysicist
Polish physicist
David Laird
editorjournalist
Canadian politician (1833–1914)
Alice Vickery
physicianwriter
Physician
James Mason
chess playerwriter
Irish chess player, journalist and writer (1849–1905)
Wincenty Rapacki
actorplaywright
Polish actor (1840–1924)
Sophia Elizabeth Peeters
folkloristwriter
Dutch folklorist (1833-1916)
Marc Ferrez
businesspersonphotographer
Brazilian photographer (1843-1923)
Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth
military officerpainter
Norwegian artist (1847-1919)
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
medalistsculptor
Croatian sculptor (1872–1940)
Émile Storms
explorermilitary officer
Belgian explorer (1846–1918)
UT
Umberto Tombari
architectengineer
Italian civil engineer (1900-1984)
Simeon Roksandić
sculptor
Serbian sculptor of Croatian origin (1874–1943)
AP
Andreas Papagiannakopoulos
journalistpolitician
Greek politician
FB
Francis Houssemayne du Boulay
botanical collectorcollector
Australian scientist, entomologist, natural history artist, and beetle collector (1837-1914)
19th Century
5 deaths
Désiré Dalloz
editorjurist-consultant
French jurist, politician and publisher (1795–1869)
Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville
archaeologistnaturalist
French officer, scientist, archeologist and writer
Max Alphons Pfyffer von Altishofen
architecthotel manager
Swiss architect and hotel manager (1834-1890)
PL
Petrus Loosjes
writer
19th century poet and writer from the northern Netherlands
Diego Bautista Urbaneja
lawyermilitary personnel
Venezuelan politician (1782-1856)
18th Century
5 deaths
Jacob Leupold
engineermathematician
German multidisciplinary scientist
Charles-René de Fourcroy
military engineernaturalist
Military engineer, member of the French Academy of Sciences, author of the Tableau poléométrique
Johann Philipp Murray
historianuniversity teacher
German historian (1726-1776)
Jacob Eggers
military officermilitary personnel
Swedish officer (1704–1773)
HL
Hans Hansen Lilienskiold
lawyerwriter
Norwegian civil servant
17th Century
2 deaths
Pierre de Fermat
judgejurist
French mathematician and lawyer
Jean Bourdon
cartographerengineer
New France engineer, surveyor and attorney-general (1601–1668)
14th Century
1 death
Alauddin Khalji
politiciansultan
13th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate and 2nd from the Khalji dynasty (1266-1316)
13th Century
1 death
Martin of Leon
canonCatholic priest
Priest and canon regular of the Augustinian Order
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