39 notable people died on January 18, including Adolf Butenandt, Konstantin Päts, Charles Nisbet.
21st Century
7 deaths
Yasuo Tanaka
astronomeruniversity teacher
Japanese astrophysicist
Ishfaq Ahmad
engineernuclear physicist
Nuclear physicist
Grazia Livi
essayistjournalist
Italian writer
Marcel Marlier
children's writerillustrator
Belgian artist and illustrator (1930–2011)
Ugo Pirro
film screenwriterjournalist
Italian screenwriter and novelist (1920-2008)
Yosl Bergner
illustratorlithographer
Israeli/Australian artist (1920-2017)
Pranlal Patel
photographer
Indian photographer
20th Century
19 deaths
Adolf Butenandt
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1939)
Konstantin Päts
journalistjurist
Estonian politician (1874–1956)
Onesim Claire
botanistnaturalist
Swiss botanist (1845-1920)
Araldo di Crollalanza
journalistpolitician
Italian journalist and politician (1892–1986)
Joseph Devlin
journalistpolitician
Irish journalist and politician (1871-1934)
Anton Kuh
journalistwriter
Austrian writer (1890–1941)
Jurgis Bielinis
journalistpublisher
Lithuanian writer
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet
aristocratbarrister
British academic (1845–1937)
Leonard N. Fowles
composerconductor
English composer, arranger, conductor, teacher and organist (1870-1939)
Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse
editorjournalist
Canadian politician (1890-1953)
Rudolf Kalmar
journalistwriter
Austrian author (1900–1974)
Ciril Cvetko
composerconductor
Slovenian composer and conductor (1920-1999)
Mordechai Bentov
journalistlawyer
Israeli politician (1900–1985)
LS
Laxminarayan Sahu
historianjournalist
Indian Odia-language writer and poet (1890-1963)
MH
Mieczysław Hertz
adult educatorhistorian
Polish merchant, historian, writer
ME
Malcolm Henry Ellis
biographerhistorian
Writer
PS
Petar Stapov
teacherwriter
Bulgarian writer (1910-1992)
RA
Rajalakshmi
poetwriter
Indian writer (1930–1965)
JB
Julius von Borsody
architectproduction designer
Austrian film architect and set designer (1892-1960)
19th Century
7 deaths
Charles Nisbet
civil servantminister
British minister and educator (1736-1804)
Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix
astronomertranslator
French astronomer (1718-1802)
Antoine César Becquerel
chemistengineer
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
Juan de Lángara
cartographerexplorer
Admiral of the Spanish Navy (1736–1806)
Charles Dupin
economistmarine engineer
French mathematician, engineer, economist and politician (1784-1873)
Antoine Payen
naturalistpainter
Belgian painter (1792-1853)
Henry Marie Brackenridge
judgelawyer
American politician
18th Century
4 deaths
Otto Mencke
mathematicianphilosopher
German philosopher (1644-1707)
Antonio Vallisneri
biologistbotanist
Italian scientist (1661-1730)
François-Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire
magistratenaturalist
French scientist and president of the Court of Auditors of Montpellier
Antonio González Velázquez
designerdraftsperson
Spanish painter (1723-1793)
17th Century
1 death
Juan López
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Bishop of Crotone
12th Century
1 death
Duke and King of Bohemia (1110–1172)
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