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Famous Deaths on January 21

6 notable people died on January 21, including Camillo Golgi, Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz, Caspar Neumann.

Total Deaths
6
Avg Age at Death
73
Peak Century
18th Century

20th Century

1 death
Camillo Golgi
Camillo Golgi
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906)

19th Century

1 death
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
botanistgeographical engineer (military cartographer)
Writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)

18th Century

3 deaths
Caspar Neumann
Caspar Neumann
Lutheran pastornaturalist
Silesian pastor (1648-1715)
Baron d'Holbach
Baron d'Holbach
chemistencyclopédistes
German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)
Jean Baptiste Le Roy
Jean Baptiste Le Roy
chemistencyclopédistes
French physicist and chemist (1720-1800)

16th Century

1 death
Czech traveller, humanist, politician, writer and nobleman

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