14 notable people died on January 5, including Harold C. Urey, Babur, Georg Christoph Eimmart.
20th Century
10 deaths
Harold C. Urey
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1934)
Alexander Wienerberger
engineerphotographer
Austrian photographer, soldier, prisoner of war and chemical engineer (1891-1955)
Jaan Raamot
agricultural scientistpolitician
Estonian politician (1873-1927)
Joel Pettersson
painterplaywright
Åland painter and writer (1892-1937)
Taufiq Wahby
politicianwriter
Iraqi politician
James Henry Coyne
historianlawyer
Canadian lawyer and historian
Walter Edward Gudgeon
historianpolice officer
New Zealand police commissioner (1841–1920)
Akaki Chkhenkeli
diplomatlawyer
Georgian politician (1874–1959)
Kim Dong-in
poetwriter
Korean writer (1900–1951)
Calvin Coolidge
autobiographerlawyer
President of the United States from 1923 to 1929
19th Century
1 death
Richard Cobbold
clericnovelist
British cleric and writer (1797–1877)
18th Century
2 deaths
Georg Christoph Eimmart
astronomerdraftsperson
Engraver (1638–1705)
Michelangelo Fardella
astronomermathematician
Italian scientist
16th Century
1 death
Babur
autobiographermonarch
Founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530)
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