16 notable people died on January 12, including Charles B. Huggins, Pierre de Fermat, Alauddin Khalji.
21st Century
1 death
Jayme Tiomno
nuclear physicistphysicist
Brazilian physicist (1920–2011)
20th Century
6 deaths
Charles B. Huggins
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
Roman Smoluchowski
astronomerphysicist
Polish physicist
David Laird
editorjournalist
Canadian politician (1833–1914)
Sophia Elizabeth Peeters
folkloristwriter
Dutch folklorist (1833-1916)
Wincenty Rapacki
actorplaywright
Polish actor (1840–1924)
James Mason
chess playerwriter
Irish chess player, journalist and writer (1849–1905)
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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