15 notable people died on January 21, including Camillo Golgi, Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz, Jean Baptiste Le Roy.
20th Century
5 deaths
Camillo Golgi
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906)
Charles Warren
anthropologistarchaeologist
British army officer, archaeologist, and photographer (1840-1927)
Alexander William Bickerton
chemistphysicist
British scientist
Henry Kistemaeckers
journalistnovelist
Author and playwright (1872–1938)
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Jerzy Zaruba
caricaturistgraphic artist
Graphic artist, stage scenographer, caricaturist, satirist (1891-1971)
19th Century
4 deaths
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
botanistgeographical engineer (military cartographer)
Writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)
Calixa Lavallée
composerconductor
Canadian composer (1842-1891)
Lyuben Karavelov
encyclopédistesjournalist
Bulgarian writer (1834–1879)
Phan Dinh Phung
poetrevolutionary
Vietnamese revolutionary
18th Century
5 deaths
Jean Baptiste Le Roy
chemistencyclopédistes
French physicist and chemist (1720-1800)
Caspar Neumann
Lutheran pastornaturalist
Silesian pastor (1648-1715)
Baron d'Holbach
chemistencyclopédistes
German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)
Christian Braunmann Tullin
businesspersonpoet
Norwegian poet (1728-1765)
Coenraet Roepel
botanical illustratorpainter
Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1678-1748)
16th Century
1 death
Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz
diplomattraveler
Czech traveller, humanist, politician, writer and nobleman
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