6 notable people died on January 20, including Al-Shafi'i, Nikolaus Gerbel, Famiano Michelini.
20th Century
2 deaths
Carlos Albán
astronomerchemist
Colombian inventor who specialized in mathematics, chemistry, medicine, and surgery.
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
freedom fighterpolitician
Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India
19th Century
1 death
Minh Mạng
monarch
Vietnamese emperor (1791–1841)
17th Century
1 death
Famiano Michelini
engineermathematician
Italian mathematician
16th Century
1 death
Nikolaus Gerbel
humanistjurist
German writer
9th Century
1 death
Al-Shafi'i
Islamic juristmuhaddith
Arab Muslim theologian, writer and scholar (767–820)
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