People who died on January 7 103
Lucian of Antioch
d. 312 (b. 240)
Lucian of Antioch, Turkish martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)
Emperor Tenji
d. 672 (b. 626)
Tenji, Japanese emperor (b. 626)
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Aldric of Le Mans
d. 856
Aldric, bishop of Le Mans
Canute Lavard
d. 1131 (b. 1096)
Canute Lavard, Danish prince and saint (b. 1096)
Charles I of Naples
d. 1285 (b. 1227)
Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)
Denis of Portugal
d. 1325 (b. 1261)
Denis of Portugal (d. 1325)
Inês de Castro
d. 1355 (b. 1325)
Inês de Castro, Castilian noblewoman (b. 1325)
Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
d. 1361
Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey
d. 1400 (b. 1374)
Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
d. 1400 (b. 1350)
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English Earl (b. 1350)
Amadeus VIII of Savoy
d. 1451 (b. 1383)
Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)
Antipope Felix V
d. 1451 (b. 1383)
Felix V, antipope of Rome (d. 1451)
Peter Vischer the Elder
d. 1529 (b. 1455)
Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (b. 1455)
Catherine of Aragon
d. 1536 (b. 1485)
Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485)
Louis de Blois
d. 1566 (b. 1506)
Louis de Blois, Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)
Nicholas Hilliard
d. 1619 (b. 1547)
Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)
Ruggiero Giovannelli
d. 1625 (b. 1560)
Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and author (b. 1560)
Pope Innocent X
d. 1655 (b. 1574)
Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)
Theophilus Eaton
d. 1658 (b. 1590)
Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
d. 1694 (b. 1618)
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
Raffaello Fabretti
d. 1700 (b. 1618)
Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
François Fénelon
d. 1715 (b. 1651)
François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet (d. 1715)
Allan Ramsay (poet)
d. 1758 (b. 1686)
Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
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Thomas Clap
d. 1767 (b. 1703)
Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)
Carl Gustaf Tessin
d. 1770 (b. 1695)
Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 1770)
William Tans'ur
d. 1783 (b. 1700)
William Tans'ur, English composer and educator (b. 1700)
Jean-Étienne Guettard
d. 1786 (b. 1715)
Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist (d. 1786)
Joseph Dennie
d. 1812 (b. 1768)
Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (d. 1812)
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John Thomas Campbell
d. 1830 (b. 1770)
John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian banker and politician (d. 1830)
Thomas Lawrence
d. 1830 (b. 1769)
Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (d. 1830)
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
d. 1858 (b. 1800)
Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
Caleb Blood Smith
d. 1864 (b. 1808)
Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)
Juste Olivier
d. 1876 (b. 1807)
Juste Olivier, Swiss poet and academic (b. 1807)
François-Vincent Raspail
d. 1878 (b. 1794)
François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)
Tewfik Pasha
d. 1892 (b. 1852)
Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
Josef Stefan
d. 1893 (b. 1835)
Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
Emmanuel Rhoides
d. 1904 (b. 1836)
Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author (d. 1904)
Jack Boyle
d. 1913 (b. 1866)
Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1866)
Henry Ware Eliot
d. 1919 (b. 1843)
Henry Ware Eliot American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
Edmund Barton
d. 1920 (b. 1849)
Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
d. 1927 (b. 1851)
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
Edward Channing
d. 1931 (b. 1856)
Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
André Maginot
d. 1932 (b. 1877)
André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (d. 1932)
Guy d'Hardelot
d. 1936 (b. 1858)
Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
Charles Finger
d. 1941 (b. 1869)
Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
Nikola Tesla
d. 1943 (b. 1856)
Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
Napoleon Lapathiotis
d. 1944 (b. 1888)
Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
René Guénon
d. 1951 (b. 1886)
René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
Osa Johnson
d. 1953 (b. 1894)
Osa Johnson, American explorer, director, and producer (b. 1894)
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
d. 1960 (b. 1878)
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player (d. 1960)
Arthur Edward Moore
d. 1963 (b. 1876)
Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
Reg Parnell
d. 1964 (b. 1911)
Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (d. 1964)
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Allan Chapman (politician)
d. 1966 (b. 1897)
Allan Chapman, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
David Goodis
d. 1967 (b. 1917)
David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
Carl Schuricht
d. 1967 (b. 1880)
Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (d. 1967)
J. L. B. Smith
d. 1968 (b. 1897)
J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
John Berryman
d. 1972 (b. 1914)
John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
Alvar Lidell
d. 1981 (b. 1908)
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981)
Eric Robinson (Australian politician)
d. 1981 (b. 1926)
Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
Alfred Kastler
d. 1984 (b. 1902)
Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
P. D. Eastman
d. 1986 (b. 1909)
P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
Juan Rulfo
d. 1986 (b. 1917)
Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
Trevor Howard
d. 1988 (b. 1913)
Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
Hirohito
d. 1989 (b. 1901)
Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
Bronko Nagurski
d. 1990 (b. 1908)
Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
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Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
d. 1992 (b. 1951)
Richard Hunt (puppeteer), Muppet performer (d. 1992)
Murray Rothbard
d. 1995 (b. 1926)
Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)
Károly Grósz
d. 1996 (b. 1930)
Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)
Tarō Okamoto
d. 1996 (b. 1911)
Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
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Owen Bradley
d. 1998 (b. 1915)
Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
Vladimir Prelog
d. 1998 (b. 1906)
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
Gary Albright
d. 2000 (b. 1963)
Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)
James Carr (musician)
d. 2001 (b. 1942)
James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)
Avery Schreiber
d. 2002 (b. 1935)
Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (d. 2002)
Ingrid Thulin
d. 2004 (b. 1926)
Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)
Pierre Daninos
d. 2005 (b. 1913)
Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
Heinrich Harrer
d. 2006 (b. 1912)
Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
Bobby Hamilton
d. 2007 (b. 1957)
Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)
Magnus Magnusson
d. 2007 (b. 1929)
Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)
Alwyn Schlebusch
d. 2008 (b. 1917)
Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)
Derek Gardner (designer)
d. 2011 (b. 1931)
Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011)
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Ibrahim Aslan
d. 2012 (b. 1935)
Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1935)
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Tony Blankley
d. 2012 (b. 1948)
Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)
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Milburn E. Calhoun
d. 2012 (b. 1930)
Milburn E. Calhoun, American physician, philanthropist, and publisher (b. 1930)
George Livingston
d. 2012 (b. 1933)
George Livingston, American politician (b. 1933)
Herbert Wilf
d. 2012 (b. 1931)
Herbert Wilf, American mathematician and academic (b. 1931)
Richard Ben Cramer
d. 2013 (b. 1950)
Richard Ben Cramer, American journalist and author (b. 1950)
Ada Louise Huxtable
d. 2013 (b. 1921)
Ada Louise Huxtable, American curator and critic (b. 1921)
Paul Goggins
d. 2014 (b. 1953)
Paul Goggins, English politician (b. 1953)
Run Run Shaw
d. 2014 (b. 1907)
Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)
Subhas Anandan
d. 2015 (b. 1947)
Subhas Anandan, Indian-Singaporean lawyer (b. 1947)
Mompati Merafhe
d. 2015 (b. 1936)
Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (d. 2015)
Arch A. Moore, Jr.
d. 2015 (b. 1923)
Arch A. Moore, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)
J. P. Parisé
d. 2015 (b. 1941)
J. P. Parisé, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1941)
Herb Simpson
d. 2015 (b. 1920)
Herb Simpson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
Rod Taylor
d. 2015 (b. 1930)
Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
Georges Wolinski
d. 2015 (b. 1934)
Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)
Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929)
d. 2016 (b. 1929)
Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
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John Johnson (basketball)
d. 2016 (b. 1947)
John Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1947)
Kitty Kallen
d. 2016 (b. 1921)
Kitty Kallen, American singer (d. 2016)
Judith Kaye
d. 2016 (b. 1938)
Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
d. 2016 (b. 1936)
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (d. 2016)
Mário Soares
d. 2017 (b. 1924)
Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (b. 1924)