Famous Deaths on January 10

Deaths 1 - 200 of 226

• 314 Pope St. Miltiades, Bishop of Rome (311-314)
• 681 Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
• 866 Lin-chi I-hsuan [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies

• 976 John I Tzimisces/Tzimiskes, Byzantine Emperor (969-76), dies at 51
• 1094 Al-Mustanṣir, 8th Fāṭimid Caliph of Cairo, dies at 64
• 1221 Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire (1200-1221), dies on the run from Genghis Khan at 50 or 51
• 1271 Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
• 1276 Pope Gregory X, (Tedaldo Visconti), dies at about 65
• 1542 Gerardus Noviomagus [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
• 1645 William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), beheaded for treason in the Tower of London at 71
• 1654 Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
• 1662 Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
• 1674 Jacob de Witt, Dutch politician (Mayor of Dordrecht), and mathematician, dies at 84
• 1698 Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French ecclesiastical historian, dies at 60
• 1707 Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
• 1754 Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51

• 1754 Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (Gentlemen's Magazine, coined term "magazine"), dies at 62
• 1761 Edward Boscawen, British admiral in the Royal Navy, dies at 49
• 1768 Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
• 1775 Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"Tsar Peter III", dies
• 1777 Spranger Barry, Irish Shakespearean actor, dies at 57

• 1780 Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist and composer, dies at 82
• 1785 Henry William Stiegel, German-American early glassmaker (built American Flint Glassworks at Manheim which had rapid rise and fall), dies at 55
• 1789 Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist and cryptologist, dies at 82
• 1792 Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60
• 1794 Georg Forster, German writer, naturalist (A Voyage Round the World) and revolutionary, dies at 39
• 1800 Johan Wikmanson, Swedish composer, dies at 46
• 1811 Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (Caïus Gracchus), dies at 46
• 1824 Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
• 1828 François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure, dies at 77
• 1833 Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician who worked on elliptic integrals, dies at 80
• 1833 António da Silva Leite, Portuguese composer, dies at 73
• 1840 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, 7th child and 3rd daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 69
• 1846 Étienne Pivert de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
• 1851 Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal, dies at 75
• 1855 Mary Russell Mitford, English playwright and poet (Julian), dies at 67

• 1863 Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
• 1866 Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
• 1871 Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41
• 1876 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70

• 1883 Samuel Mudd, American physician (imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth), dies of pneumonia at 49
• 1889 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68
• 1891 Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer (Prvi put s ocem na jutrenje) and psychiatrist, dies at 39
• 1892 Heinrich Dorn, German composer and opera conductor, dies at 91
• 1895 Benjamin Godard, French violinist, orchestral and opera composer (Symphonie légendaire; Jocelyn), dies at 45
• 1899 Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
• 1901 Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
• 1904 Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
• 1905 Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (Dievs, svētī Latviju! (“God bless Latvia!”), the national anthem of Latvia), dies at 69
• 1908 Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65
• 1913 José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist and illustrator (Biblioteca del niño mexicano), dies at 60
• 1917 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American Wild West hunter and showman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West), dies at 70
• 1919 Wallace Sabine, American physicist (father of architectural acoustics), dies at 50 [1]
• 1922 Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. 1866)
• 1922 Ōkuma Shigenobu, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1898, 1914-1916), dies at 83
• 1926 Eino Leino, Finnish poet, dies at 47
• 1931 Oscar Fetrás [Otto Faster], German composer (Mondnacht auf der Alster), dies at 76

• 1935 Charlie McGahey, Australian cricketer (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies

• 1936 Charles Wright, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Cambridge Uni CC, Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 72
• 1939 Jameson Thomas, British actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies from tuberculosis at 50
• 1939 Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet; Missa Austriaca), dies at 64
• 1941 Frank Bridge, British violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61
• 1941 Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
• 1941 Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. 1856)
• 1944 Joseph Schmidlin, German clergyman, church historian, and anti-fascist, beaten to death in a Nazi labor camp at 67
• 1945 Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67
• 1949 Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist, dies at 83
• 1951 Athos Palma, Argentine composer, dies at 59
• 1951 Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (known as the founding father of modern physics research in Japan), dies at 60
• 1951 [Harry] Sinclair Lewis, American writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930), dies from advanced alcoholism at 65
• 1953 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
• 1954 Fred Raymond, Austrian composer, dies at 53
• 1955 Charles Rist, French economist who opposed the Keynesian Revolution, dies at 79
• 1956 Henk Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84
• 1956 Karl Ludwig Schmidt, German-Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64

• 1958 Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52
• 1959 Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), dies at 55
• 1960 Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 80
• 1961 Dashiell Hammett, American detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66
• 1963 Tadeusz Szeligowski, Polish composer (The Peacock and the Girl), dies at 66
• 1964 A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
• 1966 Fen Cresswell, New Zealand cricket slow bower (3 Tests, 13 wickets; Wellington, Central Districts), dies from suicide at 50
• 1966 Hermann Kasack, German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom), dies at 69
• 1967 Emerson Treacy, American actor (California Straight Ahead, Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
• 1967 Vilém Petrželka, Czech composer, dies at 77
• 1968 Basil Sydney, British actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife), dies of pleurisy at 73
• 1968 Howard Smith, American actor (Kiss of Death, Call Northside 777), dies at 74
• 1968 Josue Teofilo Wilkes, Argentine composer, dies at 85
• 1969 John Brownlee, Australian operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-57), dies at 69
• 1970 Charles Olson, American poet (The Maximus Poems), dies of liver cancer at 59
• 1970 Pavel Belyayev, Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44
• 1971 (Gabrielle) "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel), dies at 87
• 1972 Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
• 1972 Al Goodman, Russian-American orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
• 1972 Georg Rendl, Austrian miner, beekeeper and writer (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
• 1972 Sverre Jordan, Norwegian composer, orchestra conductor and pianist (Norwegian Rapsody), dies at 82
• 1974 Eddie Safranski, American jazz double bassist and orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), dies at 55
• 1976 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues musician (Smokestack Lightnin', Killing Floor), dies of complications during kidney surgery at 65
• 1977 Ruth Wakefield, American inventor who created the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie, dies at 73
• 1978 Don Gillis, American composer (Symphony 5½ - A Symphony for Fun), dies at 65
• 1978 Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist, publisher and editor of "La Prensa", assassinated in Managua at 53
• 1978 Zeb Turner [William Grishaw], American country-rockabilly guitarist, singer-songwriter ("Chew Tobacco Rag"; "It's A Sin"), and disc jockey, dies at 62
• 1980 Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
• 1980 George Meany, American labor leader (AFL-CIO), dies at 86
• 1981 Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
• 1981 Richard Boone, American actor (The Richard Boone Show, Have Gun Will Travel), dies of throat cancer at 63
• 1982 Lazar Weiner, Russian-born American composer, dies at 84
• 1982 Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (The Hollywood Squares, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies after a heart attack at 55
• 1983 Ewan Roberts, Scottish actor (The Day of the Triffids, Five to One), dies at 68

• 1984 Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (1951–54, 1956–58, 1960 and 1962–75), dies at 82
• 1985 Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (The Third Man), dies at 78
• 1986 Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel Prize for Literature 1984), dies at 84 [1]
• 1986 Joe Farrell, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 48
• 1986 Joseph Kraft, American columnist, dies at 61
• 1987 Håkan Malmrot, Swedish swimmer (Olympic gold 200m & 400m breaststroke 1920), dies at 86
• 1987 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
• 1987 Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
• 1989 Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. 1933)
• 1989 Donald Voorhees, American conductor (Bell Telephone Hour), dies at 85
• 1989 Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
• 1990 Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
• 1990 Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
• 1991 Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62
• 1992 Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
• 1992 Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
• 1993 Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
• 1993 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
• 1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney, American MLB executive (President of the National League), dies at 72
• 1994 Ien Dales, Dutch politician (Minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
• 1994 Michael Aldridge, British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Murder in Cathedral), dies at 73
• 1995 Elaine Greene, American-British literary agent (Arthur Miller, Dr Seuss), dies at 74
• 1995 Fred Böhler, Swiss jazz bandleader, pianist, and early proponent of the Hammond organ, dies at 82
• 1995 Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at 57
• 1996 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
• 1996 Arthur Sydney Martin, British M15 spycatcher, dies at 81
• 1997 Alexander R. Todd, British chemist (Nobel Prize 1957), dies at 89
• 1997 Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
• 1997 Darrell A. Amyx, American classical archaeologist (Greek Ceramics), dies at 85
• 1997 Elspeth Huxley, English author (The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard), dies at 89
• 1997 George Young, Scottish soccer defender (54 caps; Rangers 293 games), dies at 74
• 1997 Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, British conservationist and for the WWF, dies at 71
• 1997 Shiv Verma, Indian revolutionary soldier, dies at 88
• 1999 (Elbert) "Sonny" Forriest, American guitarist (The Coasters; Ray Charles; Hank Crawford), dies at 64
• 1999 Frank Parker, American singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party), dies at 95
• 1999 John Hervey, 7th marquess of Bristol, English flamboyant peer who lost his fortune to drug addiction, dies at 44
• 1999 Primož Ramovš, Slovenian avant-garde composer (Za Harmoniko; Tryptychon), pedagogue, and library director (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1945-87), dies at 77
• 1999 Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
• 2000 Sam Jaffe, American music and film producer (Born Free, The Fighting Sullivans), dies at 98
• 2001 Jacques Marin, French character actor (The Vintage, Charade), dies at 81
• 2002 John Buscema, American comics artist (Conan the Barbarian), dies at 74
• 2002 W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
• 2004 Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
• 2004 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), dies at 87

• 2005 Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
• 2005 Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
• 2005 Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
• 2005 James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
• 2005 Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Princess of Belgium, dies at 77
• 2005 Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
• 2005 Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
• 2005 Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
• 2005 Tommy Fine, American baseball player, dies at 90
• 2007 Bradford Washburn, American explorer and cartographer, dies at 96
• 2007 Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 94
• 2008 (Walter) "Pete" Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Henry Mancini; The Brothers Candoli), dies of prostate cancer at 84
• 2008 Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
• 2008 Maila Nurmi [Syrjäniemi], Finnish-American actress (The Vampira Show), dies at 85
• 2008 Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
• 2009 Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, dies at 108
• 2009 Jean Pelletier, French Canadian politician (Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 1993–2001; Mayor of Quebec, 1977-89), dies of colon cancer at 73
• 2009 Sidney Wood Jr, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1931), dies at 97
• 2010 Donald Acheson, Irish physician and Chief Medical Officer for England (1983-90), dies at 83
• 2010 Mano Solo [Emmanuel Cabut], French singer, dies from multiple aneurisms at 46
• 2011 Bosko Petrovic, Croatian jazz musician, founder of the Zagreb Jazz Quartet, dies at 75
• 2011 Cookie Gilchrist, American football fullback (AFL All Star 1962-65; AFL MVP 1962; CFL All Star 1956-60), dies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 75
• 2011 Liana Alexandra, Romanian pianist and composer, dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 63
• 2011 Margaret Whiting, American singer (It Might As Well Be Spring, Time After Time), dies at 86
• 2012 Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence agent, dies at 87
• 2013 Christel Adelaar, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown - "Mammaloe"), dies of lung cancer at 77
• 2013 Evan Connell, American author, dies at 88
• 2014 Aram Gharabekian, Armenian conductor (National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia; Boston SinfoNova, 1983-96), dies at 58
• 2014 Larry Speakes, Acting White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan, dies at 74
• 2015 Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron, American actor and writer (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Easy Money), dies of liver cancer at 57
• 2015 Francesco Rosi, Italian film director ("The Mattei Affair" - Palme d'Or 1972), dies at 92
• 2015 Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist, inventor, and writer, dies at 86
• 2015 Robert Stone, American novelist (Dog Soldiers, WUSA), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 77
• 2015 Timothy Lee Drummond, American musician, dies at 74

• 2017 (Armando) "Buddy" Greco, American jazz and pop singer ("Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty"; "The Lady Is A Tramp"), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go), dies at 90

• 2017 Oliver Smithies, British biochemist (2007 Noble Prize for gene targeting), dies at 91
• 2017 Steven McDonald, New York City Police Department patrolman who was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty, dies at 59

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