Famous Deaths on January 6, Who Died on January 6
Here is a list who died on January 6. Famous deaths for the 6th of January. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on January 6. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1088 | Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian (b. 999) |
| 1148 | Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100) |
| 1233 | Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Anglo-Norman noblewoman (b. 1171) |
| 1275 | Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175) |
| 1350 | Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa |
| 1358 | Gertrude van der Oosten, Beguine mystic |
| 1406 | Roger Walden, English bishop |
| 1448 | Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (b. 1418) |
| 1477 | Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme |
| 1478 | Uzun Hasan, 9th Shahanshah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty |
| 1481 | Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, Mongolian ruler |
| 1537 | Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (b. 1481) |
| 1616 | Philip Henslowe, English impresario (b. 1550) |
| 1646 | Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573) |
| 1689 | Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617) |
| 1693 | Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642) |
| 1711 | Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646) |
| 1718 | Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664) |
| 1725 | Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653) |
| 1731 | Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672) |
| 1734 | John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657) |
| 1829 | Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753) |
| 1831 | Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766) |
| 1840 | Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752) |
| 1852 | Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809) |
| 1855 | Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779) |
| 1882 | Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815) |
| 1884 | Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822) |
| 1885 | Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850) |
| 1896 | Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835) |
| 1902 | Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830) |
| 1913 | Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856) |
| 1917 | Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834) |
| 1918 | Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845) |
| 1919 | Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858) |
| 1921 | Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839) |
| 1922 | Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842) |
| 1928 | Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876) |
| 1933 | Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848) |
| 1934 | Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878) |
| 1937 | André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845) |
| 1939 | Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871) |
| 1942 | Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858) |
| 1944 | Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878) |
| 1945 | Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863) |
| 1949 | Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883) |
| 1966 | Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892) |
| 1974 | David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896) |
| 1978 | Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899) |
| 1981 | A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896) |
| 1984 | Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898) |
| 1990 | Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949) |
| 1991 | Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (b. 1958) |
| 1992 | Steve Gilpin, New Zealand vocalist and songwriter (b. 1949) |
| 1993 | Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917) |
| 1995 | Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926) |
| 1999 | Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962) |
| 2004 | Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954) |
| 2005 | Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932) |
| 2006 | Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2007 | Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912) |
| 2008 | Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn) (b. 1920) |
| 2009 | Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (probable; |
| 2011 | Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967) |
| 2012 | Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928) |
| 2013 | Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (b. 1918) |
| 2016 | Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2017 | Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1923) |
| 2019 | José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (b. 1923) |
| 2020 | Richard Maponya, South African businessman (b. 1920) |
| 2021 | James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec (b. 1921) |
| 2022 | Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939) |
| 786 | Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint (b. 756) |
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