31 notable people died on January 9, including James M. Buchanan Jr., K. Alex Müller, Emily Greene Balch.
21st Century
8 deaths
James M. Buchanan Jr.
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1986)
K. Alex Müller
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1987)
Dale T. Mortensen
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2010)
Gordon Smith
inventortool and die maker
Inventor, born 1950
Anatoly Lukyanov
poetpolitician
Russian politician (1930-2019)
KJ
Karel Janovický
composerediting staff
Czech composer (1930–2024)
FG
Francis Golffing
university teacherwriter
American poet (1910–2012)
FF
František Filip
directorfilm director
Czech director (1930–2021)
20th Century
15 deaths
Emily Greene Balch
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1946)
Pier Luigi Nervi
architectcivil engineer
Italian engineer (1891-1979)
Jaques-Louis Reverdin
entomologistlepidopterist
Swiss surgeon (skin graft pioneer), lepidopterist and butterfly researcher (1842-1929)
Hanoch Albeck
Judaic scholarrabbi
Austrian/Israeli Professor of Talmud (1890–1972)
Nils Flyg
journalistnewspaper editor
Swedish politician (1891-1943)
Jüri Uluots
journalistlawyer
Estonian prime minister (1890-1945)
Antoni Osuchowski
adult educatorjurist
Polish lawyer
Amélia Barros
actorartist
Portuguese artist
Amilcare Zanella
composerconductor
Italian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1949)
Peter Theodor Holst
civil servantmilitary officer
Norwegian politician (1843–1908)
PS
Piotr Smoleński
cryptographermathematician
Polish cryptographer
AS
A. M. Sullivan
barristerjournalist
Irish lawyer (1871–1959)
AG
Agnes Gavin
screenwriterwriter
Australian actor and screenwriter (1872–1948)
CS
Cemal Süreya
civil servantpoet
Turkish poet (1931–1990)
BI
Blanca Irurzun
poetteacher
Argentine poet, artist and teacher
19th Century
1 death
Guillaume Vogels
draftspersonpainter
Belgian painter (1836-1896)
18th Century
2 deaths
Thomas Birch
historiantheologian
English historian (1705-1766)
Ursula Micaela Morata
nunwriter
Spanish writer (1628-1703)
17th Century
2 deaths
Pierre Jean Fabre
alchemistphysician
French doctor and alchemist.
Sor Marcela de San Felix
nunpoet
Spanish writer (1605-1688)
16th Century
2 deaths
Johannes Aventinus
historianphilologist
Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)
Galeazzo Alessi
architect
Architect
9th Century
1 death
John IX
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
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