13 notable people died on January 15, including Seán MacBride, Marshall W. Nirenberg, Boso of Provence.
21st Century
1 death
Marshall W. Nirenberg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1968)
20th Century
2 deaths
Seán MacBride
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1974)
Rosa Luxemburg
botanical collectordocent
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
19th Century
2 deaths
Johan Rudolph Deiman
chemistphysicist
Dutch physician and chemist
Isaac Nathan
composerethnomusicologist
Anglo-Australian composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist
18th Century
2 deaths
Ambrose Godfrey
apothecarychemist
German-English chemist, inventor of the fire extinguisher (1660-1741)
Vicente Tofiño de San Miguel
astronomercartographer
Spanish Navy officer, navigator and cosmographer (1732-1795)
16th Century
2 deaths
Johannes Nauclerus
historianjurist
German historian
Juan de Herrera
architectmathematician
Spanish architect (1530-1597)
15th Century
1 death
John VIII
monarch
Count of Vendôme
12th Century
1 death
Celestine III
Catholic priestdiplomat
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1191 to 1198
9th Century
1 death
Boso of Provence
monarch
Frankish noble, King of lower Bourgundy
6th Century
1 death
Saint Remigius
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
French archbishop and saint
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