20 notable people died on January 12, including Charles B. Huggins, Pierre de Fermat, Alauddin Khalji.
21st Century
2 deaths
Jayme Tiomno
nuclear physicistphysicist
Brazilian physicist (1920–2011)
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María Hortensia Lacau
children's writerwriter
Argentine educator, writer (1910-2006)
20th Century
9 deaths
Charles B. Huggins
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
Johan Sandström
hydrographermeteorologist
Swedish oceanographer and meteorologist (1874–1947)
Roman Smoluchowski
astronomerphysicist
Polish physicist
David Laird
editorjournalist
Canadian politician (1833–1914)
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)
Émile Storms
explorermilitary officer
Belgian explorer (1846–1918)
19th Century
2 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
18th Century
3 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)
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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