24 notable people died on January 6, including Pavel A. Cherenkov, Berengar of Tours, Haym Solomon.
21st Century
3 deathsJV
Jānis Vagris
engineerpolitician
Latvian politician (1930-2023)
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Chung-Chuan Cheng
artistpainter
Taiwanese painter (1931–2024)
Luís Morais
association football coachassociation football player
Brazilian footballer (1930-2020)
20th Century
11 deaths
Pavel A. Cherenkov
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
Giovanni Vacca
historian of mathematicsmathematician
Italian mathematician and sinologist (1872–1953)
Gustavs Zemgals
journalistlawyer
President of Latvia (1871-1939)
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
criticjournalist
Indian Islamic scholar, philosopher, writer, critic, researcher, journalist and exegete of the Quran (1892–1977)
Maila Talvio
translatorwriter
Finnish writer
Lars Hertervig
painterwatercolorist
Norwegian artist (1830-1902)
Antonio Bilbao La Vieja
architectrugby union player
Argentine rugby union footballer
Alma Hongell
writer
Finnish author
AF
Augusto Fraga
actorfilm director
Portuguese filmmaker (1910–2000)
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Henry George
sport cyclisttrack cyclist
Cyclist (1891–1976)
TB
Thomas Beck
civil engineer
New Zealand civil engineer
19th Century
2 deaths
Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant
chemistengineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
French mathematician (*1797 – †1886)
Gil Colunje
journalistnovelist
Colombian writer (1831-1899)
18th Century
5 deaths
Haym Solomon
economics of bankingentrepreneur
American businessman
Jean-Baptiste Labat
colonizerengineer
French botanist (1663-1738)
Étienne François Geoffroy
chemistpharmacist
French chemist
Samuel Johnson
grammarianHebraist
President of Columbia University (1696-1772)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
actorpuppet playwright
Japanese playwright
17th Century
1 death
Guidobaldo del Monte
astronomermathematician
Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (*1545 – †1607)
16th Century
1 death
Donato Giannotti
politicianwriter
Italian writer (1492-1574)
11th Century
1 death
Berengar of Tours
philosopherscholaster
Medieval theologian (vers 990-1088)
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