9 notable people died on January 8, including Melvin Calvin, Paul Verlaine, Giuliano Dati.
20th Century
3 deaths
Melvin Calvin
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1961)
Julius Raab
engineerpolitician
Austrian chancellor and politician (1891-1964)
Rauf Yekta
composermusician
Turkish musicologist (1871–1935)
19th Century
2 deaths
Paul Verlaine
essayistlibrettist
French poet (1844-1896)
Alexis Caswell
astronomerbiographer
American scientist (1799–1877)
18th Century
1 death
King of Kartli (1700–1762)
17th Century
1 death
Giovanni Camillo Glorioso
astronomermathematician
Italian mathematician and astronomer
16th Century
1 death
Giuliano Dati
Catholic bishoppoet
Poet from Italy
13th Century
1 deathHN
Haakon III of Norway
monarch
King of Norway
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