34 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
Ugo Pirro
film screenwriterjournalist
Italian screenwriter and novelist (1920-2008)
Marcel Marlier
children's writerillustrator
Belgian artist and illustrator (1930–2011)
Yosl Bergner
illustratorlithographer
Israeli/Australian artist (1920-2017)
Pranlal Patel
photographer
Indian photographer
20th Century
15 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)
Jurgis Bielinis
journalistpublisher
Lithuanian writer
Araldo di Crollalanza
journalistpolitician
Italian journalist and politician (1892–1986)
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet
aristocratbarrister
British academic (1845–1937)
Anton Kuh
journalistwriter
Austrian writer (1890–1941)
Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse
editorjournalist
Canadian politician (1890-1953)
Mordechai Bentov
journalistlawyer
Israeli politician (1900–1985)
Ciril Cvetko
composerconductor
Slovenian composer and conductor (1920-1999)
Rudolf Kalmar
journalistwriter
Austrian author (1900–1974)
LS
Laxminarayan Sahu
historianjournalist
Indian Odia-language writer and poet (1890-1963)
ME
Malcolm Henry Ellis
biographerhistorian
Writer
MH
Mieczysław Hertz
adult educatorhistorian
Polish merchant, historian, writer
PS
Petar Stapov
teacherwriter
Bulgarian writer (1910-1992)
19th Century
7 deaths
Charles Nisbet
civil servantminister
British minister and educator (1736-1804)
Antoine César Becquerel
chemistengineer
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix
astronomertranslator
French astronomer (1718-1802)
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
3 deaths
Antonio Vallisneri
biologistbotanist
Italian scientist (1661-1730)
Otto Mencke
mathematicianphilosopher
German philosopher (1644-1707)
François-Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire
magistratenaturalist
French scientist and president of the Court of Auditors of Montpellier
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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