12 notable people died on January 9, including K. Alex Müller, Emily Greene Balch, James M. Buchanan Jr..
21st Century
4 deathsK. Alex Müller
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1987)
James M. Buchanan Jr.
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1986)
Dale T. Mortensen
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2010)
Gordon Smith
inventortool and die maker
Inventor, born 1950
20th Century
4 deathsEmily Greene Balch
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1946)
Hanoch Albeck
Judaic scholarrabbi
Austrian/Israeli Professor of Talmud (1890–1972)
Pier Luigi Nervi
architectcivil engineer
Italian engineer (1891-1979)
Antoni Osuchowski
adult educatorjurist
Polish lawyer
18th Century
1 deathThomas Birch
historiantheologian
English historian (1705-1766)
17th Century
1 deathPierre Jean Fabre
alchemistphysician
French doctor and alchemist.
16th Century
1 deathJohannes Aventinus
historianphilologist
Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)
9th Century
1 deathJohn IX
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
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