26 notable people died on January 2, including Genmei, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Utsunomiya Yoritsuna.
21st Century
2 deaths
Ullal Thangal
writer
Indian Muslim leader (1920–2014)
RC
Roberto Castillo
philosopherwriter
Honduran writer and philosopher
20th Century
14 deaths
Eleanor Rathbone
economistnon-fiction writer
Member of British parliament, women's rights campaigner (1872-1946)
Leopoldine Kulka
editoropinion journalist
Austrian author and peace activist (1872-1920)
Omar Toson
archaeologistdiplomat
Egyptian prince
Hector Munro Chadwick
comparative literature academichistorian
English philologist and historian (1870-1947)
Gustave Francq
journalisttrade unionist
Belgian journalist (1871-1952)
Dante Troisi
magistratewriter
Italian writer (1920-1989)
Rolf Liebermann
composerconductor
Swiss composer (1910-1999)
Karl Goldmark
composermusic educator
Hungarian-born Viennese composer (1830–1915)
Bengta Eskilsson
textile artistweaving teacher
Swedish artist (1836–1923)
Jacques Carabain
draftspersonpainter
Belgian painter (1834-1933)
Franz Defregger
painterprofessor
Painter from Austria (1835-1921)
Carlos Denegri
journalist
Mexican journalist
SW
Sándor Wolf
collectornon-fiction writer
Austro-Hungarian collector (1871-1946)
DZ
David Záizar
actorfilm actor
Mexican singer (1928–1982)
19th Century
5 deaths
Manuel de la Peña y Peña
diplomatjudge
President of Mexico (1789-1850)
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
balloonistchemist
French chemist and politician (1737-1816)
Samuel Williams
astronomerbotanist
American botanist (1743–1817)
Johann Kaspar Lavater
criminologistillustrator
Swiss poet (1741-1801)
Carl Fredrik Kiörboe
lithographerpainter
Swedish painter (1799-1876)
18th Century
1 death
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
sculptor
German sculptor (1696–1770)
17th Century
1 death
Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza
poetwriter
Spanish religious poet
14th Century
1 death
Jacopone da Todi
composerjurist
Italian Franciscan mystic
13th Century
1 death
Utsunomiya Yoritsuna
bushipoet
Samurai and poet of Japan
8th Century
1 death
Genmei
waka poetwriter
Empress regnant of Japan
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