29 notable people died on January 5, including Harold C. Urey, Babur, Michelangelo Fardella.
21st Century
5 deaths
Momofuku Ando
businesspersonentrepreneur
Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, created instant noodle (ramyeon), Nissin Chikin Ramen
Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada
journalistlawyer
Brazilian journalist and lawyer
NF
Natalia Aleksandrovna Filippova
acarologistscientist
USSR-Russian acarologist
AP
Ana Maria Primavesi
agronomistecologist
Brazilian-Austrian agronomist, researcher and university teacher
RS
Rafiq Subaie
actorfilm actor
Syrian actor
20th Century
18 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)
James Henry Coyne
historianlawyer
Canadian lawyer and historian
Taufiq Wahby
politicianwriter
Iraqi politician
Joel Pettersson
painterplaywright
Åland painter and writer (1892-1937)
Akaki Chkhenkeli
diplomatlawyer
Georgian politician (1874–1959)
Walter Edward Gudgeon
historianpolice officer
New Zealand police commissioner (1841–1920)
Eva Wigström
ethnologistwriter
Swedish writer (1832–1901)
Kim Dong-in
poetwriter
Korean writer (1900–1951)
Pieter Van der Ouderaa
lithographerpainter
Belgian painter (1841-1915)
AP
Amin Othman Pasha
diplomatlawyer
Egyptian politician (1898-1946)
Eligio Perucca
chemist
Italian chemist (1890–1965)
Feliks Sypniewski
painter
Polish painter (1830-1902)
E. J. Woods
architect
Architect (1839–1916)
KK
Kustaa Killinen
politicianschool teacher
Finnish teacher, politician and writer (1849-1922)
WG
Waguih Ghali
novelistwriter
Egyptian writer
Calvin Coolidge
autobiographerlawyer
President of the United States from 1923 to 1929
19th Century
2 deaths
Richard Cobbold
clericnovelist
British cleric and writer (1797–1877)
Eduard Colinet
sculptor
Belgian sculptor (1844-1890)
18th Century
3 deaths
Michelangelo Fardella
astronomermathematician
Italian scientist
Georg Christoph Eimmart
astronomerdraftsperson
Engraver (1638–1705)
Anna Barbara Reinhart
mathematician
Swiss mathematician
16th Century
1 death
Babur
autobiographermonarch
Founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530)
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