21 notable people died on January 7, including Vladimir Prelog, Alfred Kastler, Nagano Narimasa.
21st Century
1 death
Rod Taylor
actorfilm actor
Australian actor (1930-2015)
20th Century
11 deaths
Vladimir Prelog
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1975)
Alfred Kastler
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1966)
Lou Henry Hoover
geologistpolitician
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Johannes Frischauf
astronomergeodesist
Austrian mathematician (1837-1924)
Richard Pribram
chemistuniversity teacher
Austrian chemist (1847-1928)
Bert Hinkler
aircraft pilotinventor
Australian aviator (1892-1933)
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Giovanni Titta Rosa
essayistliterary critic
Italian writer (1891-1972)
Jan Gotlib Bloch
bankerdiplomat
Polish banker (1836–1902)
Virgilio Guidi
graphic artistpainter
Italian poet, painter and sculptor (1891–1984)
Emmanuel Rhoides
journalisttranslator
Greek writer
Colin McPhee
composerethnomusicologist
Canadian composer and musicologist
19th Century
1 death
François-Vincent Raspail
biologistbotanist
French chemist, naturalist, physician, physiologist, attorney, and socialist politician (1794-1878)
18th Century
6 deaths
Jean-Étienne Guettard
botanistcurator
French scientist (1715-1786)
Florent-Jean de Vallière
marshalmathematician
French general (1667-1759)
Jacob Christian Schäffer
botanistlepidopterist
German inventor, professor, botanist, entomologist and ornithologist (1718–1790)
Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti
agronomistbotanist
Italian naturalist (1712-1783)
Árni Magnússon
historianuniversity teacher
Icelandic scholar and manuscript collector (1663-1730)
Carl Gustaf Tessin
art collectordiplomat
Swedish count, politician and art collector (1695-1770)
16th Century
1 death
Nagano Narimasa
military commandermilitary engineer
Japanese samurai and engineer
12th Century
1 death
Eysteinn Erlendsson
Catholic priestwriter
Archbishop of Nidaros (1120–1188)
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