Famous Deaths on 6th January

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664 - Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)
1088 - Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies
1275 - Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
1374 - Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
1425 - Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
1448 - Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1481 - Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde
1536 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
1541 - Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
1592 - John Casimir of Simmern, German prince and regent for his nephew, Elector Frederick IV (b. 1543)
1616 - Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)
1646 - Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
1685 - Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
1689 - Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
1693 - Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
1694 - Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies
1697 - Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
1702 - Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
1718 - Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
1731 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)
1734 - John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
1738 - Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
1742 - Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
1785 - Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution
1790 - Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
1799 - W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25
1800 - William Jones, composer, dies at 73
1813 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
1840 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
Braille Inventor Louis Braille (1852) 1852 - Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
1855 - Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)
1882 - Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)
1884 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
1884 - Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
1885 - Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
1907 - Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
1913 - Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)
1915 - Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
1917 - Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82
1918 - Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72
1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
1919 - Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
1922 - Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)
1928 - Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt (1919) 1929 - Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
1933 - Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 - Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1935 - George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
1936 - Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies
1937 - André Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
1939 - Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1941 - Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60
1941 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1942 - Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
1944 - Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
1945 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
1950 - Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
1958 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
1959 - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
1960 - Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
1960 - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope & Means), dies at 68
1961 - Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76
1962 - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
1963 - Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
1964 - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
1965 - John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
1967 - Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
1967 - Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
1968 - Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
1972 - Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)
1974 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1975 - Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
1978 - John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80
1978 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1981 - A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84
1981 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
1984 - Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1985 - Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
1986 - Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90
1988 - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1989 - Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
1990 - Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies
1990 - Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
1991 - Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
1992 - Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
1992 - Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
1993 - Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70
1993 - John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
1993 - Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1994 - "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
1994 - Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1994 - Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
1994 - Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
1994 - Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of Pres Clinton, dies at 70
1995 - Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
1995 - James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
1995 - Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/sect-gen (SACR), dies at 68
1995 - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
1996 - Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
1996 - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
1996 - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
1996 - Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
1997 - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52
1997 - Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
1997 - Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
1997 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
1999 - French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness at age 36
2000 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2004 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
2004 - Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)
2004 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2005 - Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2005 - Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
2006 - Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
2006 - Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)
2007 - Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
2007 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2007 - Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2009 - Ron Asheton, The Stooges guitarrist (b. 1948)
2011 - Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 - Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
2012 - Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and film-maker, dies at 96
2012 - Robert Holness, English radio and television presenter, dies at 83
2012 - William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78
2012 - Ellen Pence, social activist, dies from cancer at 63
2012 - Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist, dies at 73
2013 - Neil Adcock, South African cricketer, dies from bowel cancer at 81