6 notable people died on January 21, including Camillo Golgi, Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz, Caspar Neumann.
20th Century
1 deathCamillo Golgi
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906)
19th Century
1 deathJacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
botanistgeographical engineer (military cartographer)
Writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)
18th Century
3 deathsCaspar Neumann
Lutheran pastornaturalist
Silesian pastor (1648-1715)
Baron d'Holbach
chemistencyclopédistes
German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)
Jean Baptiste Le Roy
chemistencyclopédistes
French physicist and chemist (1720-1800)
16th Century
1 deathJan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz
diplomattraveler
Czech traveller, humanist, politician, writer and nobleman
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