Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 21 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 21
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 21
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 420 | Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire |
| 496 | Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (b. 438) |
| 917 | Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (b. 880) |
| 918 | Liu Zhijun, Chinese general |
| 939 | Yang Pu, Chinese emperor (b. 900) |
| 942 | An Chongrong, Chinese general (Five Dynasties) |
| 945 | Yang Tan, Chinese general and governor |
| 1118 | Pope Paschal II (b. 1050) |
| 1203 | Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1139) |
| 1320 | Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (b. c. 1260) |
| 1527 | Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (b. 1489) |
| 1546 | Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1491) |
| 1609 | Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (b. 1540) |
| 1638 | Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. 1570) |
| 1670 | Claude Duval, French highwayman (b. 1643) |
| 1683 | Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1621) |
| 1699 | Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (b. 1616) |
| 1706 | Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) |
| 1710 | Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638) |
| 1722 | Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661) |
| 1731 | Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675) |
| 1773 | Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (b. 1689) |
| 1774 | Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1717) |
| 1775 | Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742) |
| 1793 | Louis XVI of France (b. 1754) |
| 1795 | Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728) |
| 1809 | Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (b. 1729) |
| 1814 | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737) |
| 1823 | Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761) |
| 1831 | Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (b. 1781) |
| 1851 | Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (b. 1801) |
| 1862 | Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820) |
| 1870 | Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812) |
| 1872 | Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791) |
| 1881 | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802) |
| 1891 | Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842) |
| 1901 | Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835) |
| 1914 | Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857) |
| 1918 | Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857) |
| 1919 | Gojong of Korea (b. 1852) |
| 1924 | Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870) |
| 1926 | Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843) |
| 1928 | George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858) |
| 1931 | Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863) |
| 1932 | Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880) |
| 1933 | George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852) |
| 1937 | Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1896) |
| 1938 | Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861) |
| 1945 | Rash Behari Bose, founder of the Indian National Army (b. 1886) |
| 1948 | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876) |
| 1950 | George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903) |
| 1955 | Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880) |
| 1959 | Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881) |
| 1961 | Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887) |
| 1963 | Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893) |
| 1967 | Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915) |
| 1977 | Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906) |
| 1978 | Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898) |
| 1983 | Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949) |
| 1984 | Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893) |
| 1985 | James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903) |
| 1987 | Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926) |
| 1988 | Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919) |
| 1989 | Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922) |
| 1993 | Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903) |
| 1994 | Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (b. 1962) |
| 1998 | Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920) |
| 1999 | Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938) |
| 2002 | Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920) |
| 2003 | Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2004 | Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929) |
| 2005 | Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907) |
| 2006 | Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944) |
| 2009 | Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946) |
| 2010 | Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953) |
| 2011 | Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922) |
| 2013 | Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941) |
| 2015 | Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (b. 1942) |
| 2016 | Bill Johnson, American skier (b. 1960) |
| 2019 | Kaye Ballard, American actress (b. 1925) |
| 2020 | Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942) |
| 2022 | Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1953) |
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